After the Dakotas, we spent a night in Minnesota and then headed towards the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. On the way, we stopped in Wisconsin for a nice bike ride along Lake Superior to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
After the ride, we dunked in Lake Superior.
The next day, we toured some waterfalls in the Michigan UP. First up: Kakabika Falls.
Next stop. Bond Falls
Then on to Peanut Butter Falls and…
O-Kun-De-Kun Falls.
We finished up the day with a hike along a trail at Canyon Falls.
We eat pretty well while on the road. You may be curious how we cook. Here is our set up. This particular evening we were having veggies and sausage on pasta. Yum.
On occasion, we had a fire at our campground…which means roasted marshmallows! We get to have fires so infrequently that our marshmallows had melted into a big old clump. No complaining here.
The next day we headed to the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (on Lake Superior). Our first stop was Munising Falls.
Then we did a hike to Chapel Rock and Chapel Beach…
and then out towards the Grand Portal Point.
Afterwards, we stopped for pasties. What is a pasty? A traditional, handheld savory meat and root vegetable pie wrapped in a flaky pastry crust. The recipe was brought to the Upper Peninsula in the mid 1800s by immigrants working in the region’s iron and copper mines.
On our drive the next day, I took a dunk in Lake Michigan,
had lunch and a dunk on Lake Huron,
and stopped for a dunk in Lake Ontario (Canadian shore) too.
If you are counting, yes, that is all the Great Lakes except Lake Erie. We will have to swim in that one on the way home.
What an awesome trip you are having. The waterfalls are beautiful. The lakes look cold!!!but you are brave. Any water other then a shower is good for you. 😂
Wow! What a wonderful family adventure! Something never to forget! 🩷
Beautiful sites and waterfalls. Was the lake water col or warm?
So much water falling! When does it get to go back up? How great to swim in all the great lakes.