Lake Superior is notoriously frigid even during the summer months. But you can find pristine sandy beaches perfect for picnics and playing a little Frisbee. Getting the entire crew packed and ready is never an easy task, but enjoying the sun and water was so worth it!
Well.... we made it! What do we do now?
Enjoy the scenery and lack of people....
Run around.....
Stick our toes in the water....
Build sandcastles.....
Smile.....
Smile some more....
We had perfect weather this trip, high of 75-80, low of 50. It only rained on the last day and even that was a welcome occurrence; it stormed late at night while the grown ups took a hot sauna. Stepping out into the cold rain felt incredible!
After the beach, a few of us headed to the Lake of the Clouds, it is a beautiful lake situated in a valley between to mountain ridges in the Porcupine Mountains (you can actually read a tiny bit about it here..... Lake of the Clouds).
It is breathtakingly perfect! If you're lucky (and we weren't) you can see hikers make their way across a bridge down near the mouth of the lake. That's how few people there are here :)
Last visit, we actually saw a black bear and of course my nephew requested a new picture of a black bear. This was the closest I got :)
One of the family traditions is to collect stones for the family sauna at this particular beach. I learned quickly that good stones are "flat, round, and heavy." You'll know a good one when you pick it up and it is hot and heavy.
Yes.... still more!
So cool!!! and beautiful!!! Love the line about the rain and sauna.
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