We’re
camping in the east section of the park and we’re near the water of Lake
Superior. This lake is the largest fresh-water lake in the world (by surface
area) and contains more than 10% of the world’s supply of surface fresh water.
We stayed three nights and each day was different with the weather. Our first
was hot (70’s) and the water was fairly smooth, the second a bit rainy with
large waves, and the third was cool (50’s). It is definitely fall here.
Our
first hike was to the visitor center. The woods were great and we saw a lot of
club moss.
But
the trail was not the best. There were a lot of these “bridges” over water but
most were muddy at the ends and required some fancy footwork to stay
dry.
We
walked along the beach. You can collect rocks here. We didn’t find any Superior
agate, but there were other interesting rocks.
I
saw what looked like an interesting trail on copper mining near the campground.
It wasn’t that far for a bike ride (about 3 miles) but unfortunately the road was uphill at
least 2 of those miles. We survived and got to coast all the way back but we’re
not in shape for this!
However
the trail was interesting. I liked this line from a miner’s journal “May 27,
1846 Done various things, besides murdering 700 black flies.” The trail had a
few old mines along with small waterfalls in the stream.
The
most advertised spot in Porcupine Mountains is the Lake of the Clouds. It is a
gorgeous area.
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