Than it was off to the Upper falls area of the state park. This is the second largest waterfalls east of the Mississippi river. The brown color of the water is caused by tannin which comes from the rotting vegitation and the tree roots.
It was a .2 mile walk back to the falls, but a very easy walk. Except coming back, it was uphill....And after coming back we went to, what else, a gift shop, and a very nice restaurant and brew pub.
Finally......some thing for gampa
I had the falls tannin which is a somewhat dark beer, but with good flavor. We also had a snack to hold us over for supper.
On the way to the lower falls, I had Linda drop me off at the campground (that does not mean she drove back.....oh, no) and they went on. Actually the lower falls is in the campground. Anyway they spent a little time there and came back, after.......guess what.........another gift shop!!!
But this time only gamma picked up something....now that is a switch.
Back about 20 some years ago we did this area with Linda's brother Dan and his wife Dee and their three children. At that time you could play in the lower falls, and we all had a great time playing in the water and climbing on the rocks. But today that is not possible. As you see in the picture there are now viewing platforms to see the falls....but no getting in the water. We think someone got hurt or drowned in the falls, and that stopped the fun..
Tomorrow on to Munising, MI, on the lake Superior southern coast for two days.
Hope you had a great day today
Love to all of ya
Jim, Linda, Jamie, Jordan
Sure am enjoying reading about gampa and gamma on their adventures with the grands.
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