Munising, Michigan

Today we visited the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore by land. This was the first national lakeshore authorized in 1966. It is six miles across at its widest point and hugs Lake Superior's shoreline for over 40 miles. After a heavy rain in the night we thought it would be the perfect day to visit some of the eleven waterfalls in Alger County. This little woodpecker was oblivious to our hike down the trail.

Then we passed blue berries that I had to sample. Not ripe!  Hmmm..not sure what these are!

The 1.2 mile hike was well worth it to view Miners Falls with its 50 foot cascade.

A couple miles down the road was a shorter walk to visit Munising Falls. It also has a 50 foot drop.

Munising Coast Guard Station on Sand Point is currently the national park headquarters but will soon be renovated as it was when it was used from 1933 until it closed in 1960.

At one time they had four boats but only participated in the rescue two large vessels.

This area is quite noted for the shipwrecks that lie in the harbor. There is even a glass bottom boat tour that you can take to view them.

Wagner Falls is in the town of Munising and has a 20' cascade. The Ojibwa Indian words "Kitchi Minissing" means "place of the island," which lies in the bay offshore.

Also nearby we visited Alger Falls which is on the side of the highway.

The area had a vast lumbering industry and evidently there is still a lot of logging.

This fellow decided to go closer for a better picture of Alger Falls.

And the perfect ending to a great day.