We spent 2 days at Lake Gogebic (pronounced Go-gee-bick). It is an inland lake, and the park is about 1mile of the lakeshore. It was pretty. Here is a picture of sunrise on the lake. It had rained earlier in the morning, and this is what greeted us.
Later on we went to the Porcupine Mountains (just high hills, since we know what mountains are) and saw the Lake of the Clouds. The lake is only 15 feet deep and fed by the Beaver River. Here are some pics.
Lake of the Clouds
the river and the "mountains"
the King surveying his dominion
We were told that if we drive along the Southern Boundary of the park that we would see many waterfalls. They neglected to tell us that we would probably have to hike a short distance. This is the only waterfall we saw from the truck: the Presque Isle River. (Presque Isle means "almost an island" in French; apparently when the river reaches flood stage, it isolates a part of it and becomes a little island--those French are canny!)
We managed to go to the Presque Isle site of the Porcupine Mountains State Park, and we took a small hike to the Nawadaha Falls (the name means "many falls" in Ojibwa). So here are a few pics of those. We had to stay on the trail, so you have to view the water through the foliage.
Because we finished what was to be seen around Lake Gogebic, we left early to come to Garden, Michigan, for Fayette State Park. There is an industrial village here from the 1880s. Iron smelting was big on this side of Lake Michigan. Our site is really pretty, too. We will post more of the village and other pics another time. But we leave you with our digs from last night. Enjoy!
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