Dror
Baron: Michigan (08.2002)
We began our Michigan visit in the Keweenaw penninsula,
which juts out of Michigan's upper penninsula into
the dark blue waters of Lake Superior.
My father, who had spent several months in Italy,
identified the true name of this body of water
as "Lago Superiore" :-)
We also saw the
Pictured Rocks national lakeshore,
which features colored rock formations
and has dazzling colored waters,
as shown near the "Castle Rock" formation below.
The eastern portion of the upper penninsula features the
Tahquamenon Falls state park,
which offers several large waterfalls.
Sault St. Marie is located in the north-east corner
of the upper peninsula. This town features some
massive locks. A cruise ship is shown below at the two
extreme elevations offered by these locks.
We briefly visited Mackinaw Island, which is a somewhat
old-fashioned place, where transportation is achieved
via bicycle and horse-carriages.
These historic features can be seen in the picture
below, along with my father using his camera, and
my mother consulting a tour-book.
The
Sleeping Bear Dunes national lakeshore
has some large sand-covered cliffs that slope
into the waters of Lake Michigan.
There is quite a lot of vegetation bordering
the dunes.
The name would suggest that there are also some sand dunes
in the park; my father enjoyed running down one of them.
Some other things we saw in Michigan were
many sea gulls
and a nice bridge in Benton Harbor,
a town along the south-west shores of Lake Michigan.
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