The road to Munising was long but wasn’t daunting. We stopped for lunch at the Hardwood Cafe in the Covington Township and arrived at our destination...the land of beaches, golden hours, pastys, tourist traps, bike trails, scenery, local restaurants, terrible campsites, koa entertainment, yoopers, and fun. We found adventures every day. Here are some of my highlights…
Lakeside susets. Because our campsite was less than ideal, it really forced us to make the most of our days and to explore from sun up to sundown. We found fabulous beaches and tucked away spots to take in the views while the kids played on the sand or in the water. We had a bag packed and ready to go with swimming suites, towels, and wine, we were always ready.
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| Sunset swim |
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| Trashy- the Airstream mascot. |
Iron Bay Trail: We loaded up the bikes and road the lovely 3 mile trail into downtown Marquette. We arrived in time for lunch and a quick park play before Sully and I zoomed back for the car. It was great to see the sweeping views of Lake Superior from the bike, an opportunity we were glad to take.
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| Bike ride ready. |
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| Sully |
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| Downtown Marquette. |
Picture Rocks National Shoreline Tour: What a beautiful place to be, and to see it from the water was peaceful and lovely. We went for a three hour tour and enjoyed the downtime. We followed the with pizza at the Picture Rocks Pizzeria, how fitting ;).
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| Sisters |
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| Pizza! |
Tahquamenon State Park: Hands down, the best day. We had our eye on the forecast and planned our outings accordingly, which landed us here on a lovely warm and sunny day. We hiked and explored near the upper falls and had no idea what was in store for us at the lower falls. We started as timid visitors encouraging the kids to stay out of the water and by the time we left, we were all in. Scenery and minnow catching (literally for Greta) at its finest. This was such a great day. We stumbled up on Timber Charlie’s restaurant in Newberry on our way home and dined on home made pretzels with beer cheese and cheese balls and gyros and everything else good, a great way to wrap up the day.
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| A hot and humid hike. |
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| Lower Falls... don't go too far! |
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| The cautious parent. |
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| All in! |
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| If you could only hear this photo. So many squeals! |
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| The Upper Falls. |
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| Parent Selfie. |
Another day, another hike, this time to Miner's Falls. We were greeted with the plush forrest and a lovely trail that took us back to an impressive waterfall. We were brave and curious journeyed all of the way to the bottom.
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| Miner's Falls Hike |
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| Miner's Falls |
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| Greta! |
Our final full day took us on a drive and then to a Lighthouse hike... We loved everything about the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, it was great to slow down and appreciate the scenery and nature and just be together.
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Kingston Lake
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| More trees, more photo ops :). |
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| Blue skies! |
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| Greta, the explorer. |
On to Wisconsin!
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