Northeast 2024 – 02

Our “travelling partners” have become quite at home during the trip.

We made the short hike to the 50 foot Munising Falls, cascading over a sandstone outcrop.

We hiked to Miners Falls. At 50 feet, it flows a lot more water than Munising Falls so it seems more impressive and powerful.

Either the ferns are really BIG here or Cathy is getting shorter!

This is Miners Castle, taken from the upper loverlook. This feature is slowly crumbling into the lake, with two of the natural arches or bridges falling into the lake in the last century. The colors of the lake are almost Mediterranean.

Looking directly down, we are well above the waterline. The lake water is crystal clear.

A local tour boat was circling the island.

This is the upper Miners Castle overlook. Note the small hole directly below the “castle”. Water would surge out of this in reaction to the waves.

We hiked up to the lower viewpoint for a closer look at the top of Miners Castle.

The shoreline to the east of Miners Castle is beautiful. Off in distance (you would need a very high-power lens or telescope) is Rainbow Falls, only truly viewable by boat or hiking to Miners Beach. At 150 feet, it is Michigan’s tallest waterfall.

This is an example of weathered stone on the trail between the upper and lower overlooks.

You can see the Miners River entering Lake Superior far down below. The water from the river is dark colored due to the heavy tannin content. Here the river is actually covering the seashore out to about 20 feet.

The beautiful end of another day as seen from our campsite.