Leaf Peeping--Chapter 2

This day we woke up to beautiful sunshine and pleasant temperatures and we ready for more adventure. We were planning to explore the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and our first destination for the day was Little Girls Point, a county park on Lake Superior. We didn't spend much time there but did enjoy a walk on the beach. What impressed us there was the clear water of the lake and the stones on the beach. There was no sand , just stones of various sizes and colors and all tumbled smooth and clean by the action of the water. There were round flat stones that Kerry called cookie stones, and they were great for skipping, stones that were egg shaped, speckled stones, striped stones, brown, rust, grey,and pink stones of all sizes. We met a couple of rock hunters on the beach, they come to look for unique stones as well as for agate rocks, which are of some value. After that brief but enjoyable stop we continued on to Presque Isle Park.

At this park we found more waterfalls, and more trails. The trails are well maintained and this set of stairs was just one of the many we encountered as we walked. We spent a couple of hours here walking and exploring and enjoying nature and what God has created.

We were intrigued by how the water can carve out such nice round niches in the rocks as it flows and tumbles over the rocks and river bed.

We followed a trail to the shore of Lake Superior and also made our way down into what seemed to be a river bed, only now there was not much water flowing there. We are think that the water level was lower than normal because we could see signs that the river sometimes did flow through here. It was neat to see the different layers of rock, sure makes one feel small to see the vastness and awesomeness of what God created.