The water in Lake Superior is crystal clear and loaded with interesting rocks.  One which we've not been able to identify appears to be glass on the inside with the rock formed around the outside.  It is most interesting, looks as if once there had been a glass factory that dumped the molten slag into the water and stones formed.

Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world.  It holds enough water to flood both North and South America to a level of one foot deep.  That makes it all the more amazing that Superior freezes over in the winter!!!

Pictured Rocks National Seashore is located at Munising, Michigan in the Upper Peninsula.  The sandstone cliffs soar over 200 feet above the lake for almost 15 miles.  The winds and water have formed shallow caves, arches, castle turrets and human profiles from the sandstone cliffs.  

Minerals which seep from the land through the rock create the multicolored displays on the rock face.

The area boast of multiple waterfalls which are reached with easy hikes through the woods.

The group at Munising...Diane, Deb, Luanne, Bobbi, Janis, Jeanne, Cindy, Barb, Me, Perin

When I left Munising I headed for Trout Lake, a beautiful spot in the north woods located near Boulder Junction, Wisconsin.  Found beautiful fall scenery and weather along with friends to play Pickleball with!

From there the trip took us to Door County, Wisconsin.  Door County is the peninsula that sticks out like a thumb on the state of Wisconsin.  The western side is Green Bay and the eastern side is Lake Michigan.  The side on the Bay is dotted with cute little towns ( Egg Harbor, Fish Creek, Sister Bay, Ephraim, Sturgeon Bay, Ellison Bay), shops, restaurants, bays filled with sail boats, kayaks, big motor boats, golf courses and great people watching.

All of the pictures below were taken while exploring Door County.

These were from Egg Harbor

The soda shop in Ephraim which has been there one hundred years.

The wild coast of Lake Michigan.

The pictures below were taken at Cave Point County Park.  It was a most unusual find, the first views were of Lake Michigan crashing wildly into the rock about 40 feet below.  The water has carved out lots of shallow caves in the area.  While I was there a crazy Frenchman scaled the wall and went swimming, noone could believe he was actually doing that!  There was also a group of kayakers in double kayaks on a tour who came just below me.  They were trying to maneuver from a fairly small opening into a cave.  Several did it with no problem, but then came those who I'd bet my last dollar had never ever been in a kayak.  One had to have both the guides go after it to rescue them.

Then I headed down a narrow, rocky, rutted trail.  The tangy scent of pine permeated the air.  I rounded a bend in the trail and had a view of the lakeshore which was dotted with these impressive cairns of stone!

I especially liked the image of the Indian Family creating a cairn to mark their presence in Door County.