Some swimmingly spectacular falls - August 14, 2017, Day 54

What a great visit with Jill and Fitzi last night.  Fittingly at an old brewery in Petoskey that has been revived and now houses a NEW brewery -- Petoskey Brewery.  It was so good to catch up with them.  they had lots of questions about Truckeeites and we had a lot, but not all, answers.  Wonderful beer, great conversation and promises to not let it be so long again.  (about 12 years).

This morning I got in a run and took a couple of pictures and still got out of the park by 10:00am.  After a 2 hour ride we reached the Mackinaw Bridge, one of the longest suspension bridges in the world.  This bridge joins the upper peninsula of Michigan to the lower.  I was born and raised in Michigan but I had never up in the upper.  This was a benchmark for me.  As soon as we reached the other side, I felt like I was in a different planet (yes, this is the drifted area, or the side that the glaciers pushed through and smashed all the rocks to sand, as opposed to the "driftless area" where that didn't happen).  I can't even believe what grows in this soil which appears to have 1/2 inch of dirt above a huge layer of sand.

Additionally, this side of the state has very few inhabitants (except lots of Minnesotan mosquitos) and very few towns.  I would be interested to see a count on how many traffic lights there are.

We had reservations at the Tahquamenon Falls State Park and so far this is the best one (looks like it may be the last one) for me.  Spaces are larger, lots of trees -- evergreens and deciduous.

Got some really good pictures.  I hope I can get them uploaded.  Only 2 bars.  Same old song.

Lake Michigan at Petoskey this morning


On the Mackinaw Bridge

Tahquamenon Falls

More Tahquamenon Falls - The color we think is from the iron content maybe in the rocks below the water.  


Russ & Kappy Selfie at Tahquamenon Falls


Lush forest on the way to the Falls






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