Picture Rocks, Munising, MI

We took a 9 day long tour of the Upper Peninsula with our grandson, Ricardo. He loves to camp, but we sold our RV over the 4th of July (since we hadn't used it but just once in the last 2 years). But Andy's niece, Jill, was kind enough to let us borrow her pop-up camper. Andy and I both use to camping alot in pop-ups with our previous families, so this type of traveling was familiar to us. Although, this is not as easy and comfortable as our own RV with our own bathroom!! But again, it was only for 9 days! Not like we are living in it for a year.

Our first stop was Munising to see Picture Rocks and Lake Superior. We took the 2 hour boat ride...little long for Ricardo. But it is the best way to see those incredible rock formations that you can't see from land. It is a colorful expanse of forest-topped rocks. The next day, we hiked about 2 miles through a strenuous, rocky trail to the one of the rock over-looks (Minors Castle)and then down to the beach on Lake Superior. Once we arrive on the sand, what a sight! Perfect place for a picnic lunch on a piece of driftwood. The only problem was the hike back...up hill. Funny story. I met a family on the beach while we were eating lunch. The mom commented that a picnic lunch on the sand was a good idea. She was going back to the car and get theirs, too. They drove! Do you find something wrong with this picture? Yes, we hiked....2 miles. Hummmm.
I always say...."you can tell how good your vacation was by how many photos you took". I took 986 pictures. I guess it was a good vacation!