Day 3 started early! We needed to get from Mackinaw City to Munising for a fun little excursion I had planned. But first, we crossed the Mighty Mac - Garry's first time across!!
We ended up arriving at our destination a little earlier than planned but found this pretty little waterfall just a short walk away. It was along the main road but was a nice diversion.
A short while later, and a short bus ride, we were launching our kayaks at Pictured Rocks for a 3 hour excursion into Lake Superior! This was my first time to Pictured Rocks and my first time touching water in Lake Superior!
We had another perfect weather day with barely any wind. LOTS of people were out for this trip about 16 in our group but there were lots of other tour groups on the lake too. Fresh air sports in Covid times are pretty popular!!
The rocks were really pretty - and having such great weather really let them show off.
Again, the water looked almost tropical it was so blue and calm! Hard to imagine that it gets so rough on this lake that many big ships have sunk here.
They are a little hard to see but this area was filled with birds - it's a popular nesting area apparently.
Garry had the front of the kayak and I was steering in the back. We both needed a good dose of sunshine for our ghostly skin!
Navigating between these rocks should have been quite easy - remember - I was in charge of steering!! But when you decide you want to take pictures while trying to steer, which requires your paddle, it wasn't so simple. Let's just say we may have hit the rocks a little!
So after almost 5 hours of getting to and from Pictured Rocks via shuttle (which included 3 hours of paddling in Lake Superior), we decided we hadn't had enough fun yet and headed to Taquanamen Falls! I had never been here either but as a true Michigan, this is a must. We weren't far off from sunset so we decided to drive to the upper falls, do the walkabout and then drive down to the lower falls instead of doing what is labeled as a rather challenging hike between the two. We simply wouldn't have enough time considering its about 8 miles round trip.
I'm glad we chose to go to the upper falls first. Another place with a million stairs to get to all the viewing points. This was a rather short set compared to many.
But the viewing spots were worth the stairs - every stop was simply beautiful and the pictures don't come close to doing it justice.
My arms are just too short for good selfies!
The falls are just so pretty with their brown staining from tannins. The mist and sun make a pretty little rainbow from this angle.
There are actually several sets of falls at the lower falls and all of them look a little bit different.
It was a really, really full day!! We left the falls after sunset with very empty stomachs. On our way to our hotel in the Soo, we found a Pizza Hut, pretty much in the middle of nowhere, and stopped. It was one of the best darn pizzas I've ever had!!
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