David's Tangled Thoughts

  Kitch-iti-kipi is a spring with amazingly clear water. I got there at park opening and aside for a park worker, I was the only one there. I took the raft out to the middle of the lake to watch the sediment get disturbed the water gushing from the ground as well as watch the fish. When I came back, three other people were waiting for me to dock. One couple turned out to be from South Bend. Small world! I was supposed to take a boat tour of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. I may not seem like it but the wind was bad enough that it was cancelled. So I headed up to Miners Castle and Miners Beach.

Vacation! Most of the time I spent at home doing some odds and ends. I decided, though, that I needed to see more of my state. This would be my third trip to the UP but the first time, I'd visit the western end. The first destination is Superior Falls which is on the far western point of Michigan. When I got there, there was a couple from Pennsylvania that was heading back to their car. They asked me if I knew where the falls were. I had to admit that I didn't know because this was my first visit. I knew there were falls, though. The guy said that they saw some water pipes at a power station but that was it. As I made my way up the river, I came to the place they had mentioned. I went through the facility to continue along the river and shortly after, saw the falls. It was shame they had not gone further. Traveling east I came to the Lake of the Clouds. I hiked a little along the path but the bugs really were unbearable.