Saturday, July 24, 2010

Big Bay, MI


We had another long day-85 miles-today. We were bouncing around a little shortly after we left Grand Marais at 5 am. But it evened out and we had a nice ride with sun, scattered showers, some wind, some fog; just about every kind of weather. Here we are passing the sand dunes near Munising where the Pictured Rocks National Park is.
This outcropping of rock is called Granite Island. The Huron Mountains are in the background.
This is Big Bay Lighthouse overlooking Lake Superior and Big Bay. We had never been here and it seemed like a nice quiet place, which it is. We are tied up to the wall but it does have a shower, bathroom and electric hook-up. I had hoped to walk to the lighthouse which is now a B&B, but it was too far. Instead we walked in to town which is about a mile away ( and up a steep hill). The town used to be a lumber mill town with the houses all built in the same style. Some have been improved and added on to; some have not. There is a camp here for handicapped children and Special Olympics are held there. Apparantly there are a couple of restaurants too but we didn't go far enough....at least the walk back was down hill.