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A Walk in the Woods

9/25/2020

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Or several, actually. Wednesday, I opted out of another road trip at the insistence of my hip/leg which tends to lock up on long rides. So Ken and Harriet took off for the Munising area while I guarded our campsites. Actually, I took another trail over to the Falls, more photos, and a short nap in that order. I also did a little writing. When Ken and Harriet returned, we drove to the Upper Falls. They are much larger than the Lower Falls--in fact the second largest falls east of the Mississippi. But the viewing areas are not as good, unless you climb down 94 steps (and back up 94 steps.)

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So after our viewing, we returned to the visitor's area and had supper at the Camp 33 restaurant and brew pub. It's an interesting place decorated with both taxidermies of real animals and an assortment of stuffed animals. For example a life-sized moose sits on a plush stump with an arrangement of Beanie Babies on his antlers. People were social distanced and the wait staff were masked. And the food and the beer were good.

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Thursday, we all took an R and R day. After all, we're on vacation. Rain was predicted but never materialized, so Harriet and I took one more walk to the Falls. We began packing up for our Friday drive to Lake Gobegic on the western part of the UP. One of the things we have learned is that nothing is pronounced like it looks and second grade phonics is no help. Mackinac is pronounced Mackinaw and what else could Sault be but 'Soo'? Tahquamenon is easy if you remember it rhymes with phenomenon but spelling it is always a challenge. I still don't know how to say Gobegic.

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 But that's where we are. On top of the spelling and pronunciation issues, there's the time question. The line between Central and Eastern time zones wanders around the western part of the UP like a drunk moose. It actually cuts right across the middle of Lake Gobegic and the state park is on Central time but a couple miles north is Eastern. We plan to visit a couple of waterfalls today to the east and maybe some spots to the north so our phones will probably be dizzy by the time we're done.

This campground is a sharp contrast to Tahquamenon Falls. Instead of being surrounded by tall pines, cedars, and hemlocks, here the trees are predominantly deciduous. And the color is spectacular, as it has been all across the peninsula. Our campsites look and are spacious but what you can't see are the deep ruts that make parking and leveling a task worthy of a NASA engineer. Which I'm not. Michigan does not put any kind of gravel or paved parking pads in their campground sites so people park wherever they want and I bet even tenters have trouble getting their heads above their feet. There are two hooks in the showers as opposed to only one at Tahquamenon. Well, it's either 7:00 or 8:00 so time to think about breakfast.


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Suzanne Jenkins link
9/27/2020 05:24:59 pm

As a former Michigander, your essay makes me homesick! xooxxo

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