Bay Furnace Campground Munising, Michigan
This morning, we hiked around the lower falls. Not quite so dramatic as the upper, but Penny and her brothers used to play in the water in and among the lower falls!
The next destination was Munising, a lovely tourist town on Lake Superior where we were treated to a cornicopia of visual delights. We stayed in Bay Furnace NF having a large secluded site without utilities (as are most national facilities). We had plenty of water and battery power for sure. The name refers to the ruins of a furnace used in the 1870s to melt iron ore into pig iron.
The fun was just getting started! We went into town to take the afternoon Pictured Rock National Lakeshore cruise, but the warm weather had brought folks out in droves and we could only get sunset cruise tickets. Meanwhile, we went exploring one of the many nearby waterfalls. This one happened to be Munising Falls.
From the waterfall, we drove a short bit to Sand Point, a long expanse of beach along Lake Superior where we walked ankle deep out to the promontory.
The main event is next. Absolutely amazing landscape painted by a divine artist on the 100-150′ cliffs starting about 12 miles north of Munising extending for about 40 miles of nationally protected lakeshore.
