We
spent three nights at Pictured Rocks. The campground had nothing (no
electricity, no showers, no wifi, no cell phone service, etc.) but was
wonderfully quiet when it wasn’t storming. It rained most of the first day so
we couldn’t hike much except a bit up the beach.
The
second day was windy. Really windy. We walked 1.5 miles to the lighthouse.
There is a part along the water where you can see shipwrecks but it was closed
due to the wind and waves. The lighthouse was picturesque.
On
the way back we got caught in a light rain. The rain stopped quickly but it was
the wind that was exciting. They closed the lighthouse trail soon after we got
back with tales of 35-45 mph winds and 60 mph gusts along with 10’ waves. We
definitely believe the wind velocity since we heard trees falling in the woods
around us and picked up some rather large branches on the road by our RV. The
beach area near the RV was covered by waves. Logs that previously had been
thrown up to the top of the beach were swirling around in the water. For most
of the night it sounded like we were parked beside a train track with an
infinitely long train running.
By
morning things were calmer. There was a beach again. We actually slept well but
I felt sorry for the campers in tents near our site. We walked down the beach
one direction and went the other way to see the shipwrecks.
The park lists at least 10 ships that were shipwrecked here due to the shallow
bottom. What you can see are the bottoms of the ship with iron bolts sticking
up.
Part
of our hike was through the woods. I thought it was like traveling in Narnia. John
thought Hansel and Gretel. Either way, pretty cool!
We’ve
seen plenty of trees with lots of woodpecker holes. I think they are
interesting looking.
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