Northern Michigan




After spending time with Amanda's relatives in Marquette, we visited the Pictured Rocks by boat.   This is "Miner's Castle", which lost a turret a few years ago.   Archways and caves near the waterline.




Some of the multi-colored mineral-stained cliffs that give the area its name.




A large archway that would be fun to kayak through.  This boat was too big for that, but it did enter a very narrow gap in the cliffs.




A cliff point called "Indian Head".




A partly-fallen archway with a band of late-May snow across the rocks.




A series of portruding cliffs named for their resemblance to a row of battleships.




A most amazing white pine tree, growing on atop a narrow column.  Once an archway extended to the rocks on the left - it collapsed, but the pine's roots remained (look closely), allowing the tree to survive in this unlikely location. 




Later in the weekend my Dad drove up.  This is at Canyon Falls on the Sturgeon River.




Bird sightings while fishing with Dad:  Blackburnian warbler (left) and Magnolia warbler (right).




Dad fishing for northern pike at the Baraga Lakes.




Looking down Laughing Whitefish Falls.




Mom and Bill at "Castle Farms" in Charlevoix.




Deer wading in Lake Michigan at sunset, seen on consecutive evenings from Bill's living room.