I’m sifting through images from our recent road trip around Lake Superior.
There are so many places I didn’t show you, that didn’t happen to fit into the particular story I was sharing on the blog.
How about I show you a few of the pretty things we saw on the first part of the trip, in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan – I’ll show you Wisconsin, Minnesota and Canada soon!
There’s a town in the UP called Christmas. When I lived in the UP in the early 80s there wasn’t much in Christmas except a post office that was busy during the end of year holiday season as people wanted their cards postmarked from Christmas, Michigan.
In August when we drove through Christmas on our way to somewhere else we were amazed to see that apparently Santa has sold out.
We stopped in Munising for a night. You saw the waterfalls we saw there, but you didn’t get to see the sunset over Munising Bay. It started out kind of slow.
I got bored with the clouds and started messing with camera settings, not paying attention to the sky. But a quacking duck flew by and I glanced up. And gasped, as the sun was touching the top of the hills across the bay.
Eventually the sun died and the sky turned pink. We didn’t leave until the sky was black.
And on another evening we watched the sun set over Lake Superior. It didn’t turn out to be much, but it was fun to watch people playing in the waves.
There’s a ‘covered road’ near where I used to live. I’d forgotten all about it, but while we were exploring I saw a sign pointing the way, so we turned right and I’m so glad we did. I remember this being stunning in the fall.
When we came out the other side of the covered road my husband caught, out of the corner of his eye, a huge metal dam. Well of course we had to stop and explore.
And speaking of exploring, when I lived in Hancock I often passed the Quincy Mine buildings, abandoned and falling apart. Now they’ve been restored and the site offers tours.
Of course we went.
I’m so glad we did, it was fascinating and nostalgic, all at the same time.
We were driving across the UP one morning when I noticed a commotion up ahead in the ditch. Several large birds lifted off as we approached, and I caught the spread of a huge white tail. They were all bald eagles!
They flew up into the trees there, and we turned around to see what was happening. While I was changing to the long lens most of them flew away. The light was bad, my settings, in my haste, were wrong, but I got a few shots, mostly bad, from which I could crop a few images.
And just before we left Michigan we stopped at Lake of the Clouds in the western part of the UP.
This lake never fails to delight, no matter the season.
You can click on any of the images to make them larger and to see more detail. Of course on those eagle crops the detail is already lost, but I couldn’t help but share that experience regardless of the quality of the pictures.
Soon I’ll show you a little of Ashland Wisconsin and Duluth Minnesota and Thunder Bay Canada. And maybe more!
September 15, 2019 at 11:08 am
Nice! Travelogues are so fun. I look forward to the rest of this journey.
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September 15, 2019 at 2:42 pm
It was a great trip.
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September 15, 2019 at 5:26 pm
I bet!
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September 15, 2019 at 11:48 am
Beautiful photos, Dawn. The sunset, the eagle and the industrial….I love all that metal! And yes, that eagle was most definitely looking at you. Look at that wing span!
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September 15, 2019 at 2:43 pm
They were huge! So fun to watch, wish I had been more prepared.
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September 15, 2019 at 12:30 pm
Beautiful shots – it always seems to be cloudy by the lake when I’ve been there. The colors you captured in all the photos are pleasing to the eye, nice job! I like the eagle shots – they are impressive birds to watch in flight, way to catch a few shots!
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September 15, 2019 at 2:44 pm
They were amazing. And the color up north was amazing too, even on the (many) cloudy days.
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September 16, 2019 at 6:26 am
That sounds lovely :-)!
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September 15, 2019 at 12:51 pm
As always, your photos are beautiful!
I have a fantasy of doing a big trip based solely on interesting place names — Hell, Michigan, Hot Coffee Mississippi, Mosquitoville, Vermont, etc. I have now added Christmas, Michigan to my list! 🙂
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September 15, 2019 at 2:45 pm
I live very near Hell, Michigan. If you get up here let me know! There’s not much to see there, but I could take you to places nearby that you’d enjoy. There’s a road race in Hell every August that I’ve run twice…the shirts say “I’ve run through Hell.”
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September 15, 2019 at 1:37 pm
A lovely variety of photos!
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September 15, 2019 at 2:46 pm
Thank you Martha! The trip was filled with a variety of things to see and do.
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September 15, 2019 at 2:22 pm
Great shots!!! I might be out that way next year if I go West as I always cross at Sault St Marie.
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September 15, 2019 at 2:47 pm
We re-entered the US at Sault St Marie. We were confused to be asked whether we were going straight home or spending time in Michigan on the way. We couldn’t figure out why she’d care where we went once we were back in the States.
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September 15, 2019 at 2:48 pm
If you get over this way let me know. Maybe I can meet you somewhere.
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September 16, 2019 at 7:00 am
I love, love, love old industrial buildings. Wish I could live in one. I’m glad they restored the old mining building.
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September 16, 2019 at 1:59 pm
Yes, I’m figuring out reluctantly that I’ve reached an age where I probably won’t be able to live in every kind of interesting place I’d like to, one being an industrial loft.
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September 16, 2019 at 8:48 am
Bald eagles! For some reason I thought they were out west only. How cool.
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September 16, 2019 at 1:59 pm
I always used to think that too. But we’ve had sightings very near here, in lower Michigan. And they for sure live all over the UP and further north.
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September 16, 2019 at 2:00 pm
Oh! And we have them in Alabama too!!
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September 16, 2019 at 2:10 pm
It’s so exciting to share what you saw on your trip! Love those eagles and all that history; and I’m eager to see more. Bring ’em on!!
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September 16, 2019 at 2:39 pm
I will!
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September 16, 2019 at 3:06 pm
Marvelous Michigan moments
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September 17, 2019 at 5:50 am
Thank you! Wish I could think of a thank you that starts with “M”!
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September 16, 2019 at 7:59 pm
LOVE the beach and the “miles of trees” the best!
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September 17, 2019 at 5:51 am
Love those too!
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September 17, 2019 at 4:36 am
those bald eagle pictures are pawsome. wow!
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September 17, 2019 at 12:10 pm
It was crazy!
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September 17, 2019 at 1:19 pm
We didn’t get over the Bridge this year, Dawn, so thank you for sharing your trip. I look forward to the rest of it!
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