Munising MI June 22-27

I am way behind in blog entries. I had expected to do two entries when we got to the Northwoods area of Wisconsin on July 2, but we had no internet connection. So here it is July 7 and I am writing about June 22-27. Better late than never.

We arrived at Wandering Wheels campground in Munising.

Our campsite

The area offered lots of activities; unfortunately the weather did not cooperate with our plans. On our first full day we saw three waterfalls and I took a quick walk to Miner’s Castle before the rain rolled in.

One of the waterfalls

Miner's Castle. Hard to see where water and sky meet due to fog.

On our one clear day we took a cruise to Pictured Rocks. It started out fine in the protected harbor, but as we got farther out on Lake Superior the water got rougher and rougher. The crew started handing out plastic bags “just in case”. There were a lot of cases…. The swells were 8 feet high when the captain decided to turn back. Many of the passengers were very happy to return to land.

Coming up to Miner's Castle before the swells got really high

We had hoped to do a shipwreck cruise and some river kayaking, but the weather never cleared sufficiently, so we contented ourselves with feeding the chipmunks at our campsite. Ray was especially adept at training them. They would climb up his leg or come up into the trailer for a peanut.

I became fairly adept at taking photos of them. Here's my favorite.