Continuing our visit to Michigan's Upper Peninsula...
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The great up/down bridge at Houghton/Hancock
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Headframes everywhere in this great mining area...
which fed America's industrial growth through
much of the 19th and 20th centuries |
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Great jams and pastries, run by eastern orthodox monks, the
Society of St. John, recommended by Jodie
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Vicki had read that a great boondocking site was atop Brockway
Mountain, overlooking the Lake on one side and the interior
of Keweenaw County on the other; people drive up to watch the
sunset; then leave |
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Boondocking, as nearly always; we were joined by a couple
other campers later than evening |
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Anticipating the sunset
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Thus; the weather forecast did not so much as hint at the gale
that came up about 2AM, violently rocking Le Sport the rest
of the night; we drove the 7 miles back down to the coast as
soon as the sun came up, vowing to avoid mountain-top
boondocking in the future |
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| Keweenaw County snow guage (20 feet average) |
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Plenty to snowmobile on...
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On the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore...picturesque
Miner's Castle
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And on to Whitefish Point, its lighthouse and the Shipwreck
Museum (some 10,000 ships wrecked on the Great Lakes over
the years, many just off this point) |
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We skipped the interior of the Museum...too many
people...all masked...nevertheless... |
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Lake Superior, still gusty
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The lighthouse
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No flamingoes?
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More gorgeous color on the Byway
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Same day, different lighthouse (Point Iroquois)
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