Munising, MI

The  weather in Munising has been absolutely phenomenal.  Today it was in the high 80s, which is 17 degrees above normal.  I think its supposed to be closer to normal temperatures in a few days, but thats OK, by then we'll want to do some hiking or biking.  

    After swimming and relaxing yesterday, this morning we put the dinghy in  the water and went for a ride on "Gitchee Gumee".  We were only in a small bay, but within an hour the wind had changed directions twice and picked up in velocity, so we elected to head back closer to the RV park to be on the safe side.

    Lake Superior is 160 miles wide and about 400 miles long, and up to 1300 ft deep.  Its roughly the size of the state of Maine. We heard today that if you emptied the lake and spread it out at a depth of 5 inches, it would cover the entire continental U.S.  Thats a lot of water!

       After our dinghy exploration, we bumped up to a bigger vessel.  We took the sunset cruise to see Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.  The shoreline is made of sandstone- and the top layer is harder than the underlayer, so it erodes in an unusual way, creating "sculptures". 




There are a lot of minerals in the sandstone that seep out,   leaving colorful stains on the rock's surface.  The captain made the trip fun and informative-but my favorite part was just being on the beautiful water on a beautiful evening.