Pictured Rocks

After our marathon driving day, we ended up in the upper peninsula of Michigan. We met Amy and Tom there and grabbed pasties for lunch (a Yooper specialty!). Pasties are simply some kind of filling surrounded with dough and then baked - sort of like a calzone crossed with a chicken pot pie.

In the afternoon we headed for Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior. We stopped at the beach to dip our fingers into the lake and admired the sandstone cliffs in the distance. In the drizzly weather, nobody wanted to swim. We also went to Miner’s Castle for an overlook of the turquoise water and sandstone formations.



After michigans on Lake Michigan for supper, we camped near the shore of Lake Huron. The next day we stopped to dip our fingers in our last Great Lake.



We drove through Ontario, intending to stop at Niagra Falls. It was getting late and the prospect of twenty-dollar parking kept us moving. We got a good view, but not great pictures, from the road and bridge.



We headed to my Aunt Elaine and Uncle Steve’s in Fairport, New York for a night of excellent food (stuffed peppers!) and great company. It’s been a great trip but it’s good to be back with family again.