September vacation, part 2b

Too many picture to put on one post, so here are more shots from Picture Rocks

another view of the beach at the campsite

smooth beach rocks

beach

Scott at Miners' Castle

Miners' Castle

very impressive beaver dam, about 4 feet high and 30ish feet long

Me on the Grand portal loop, our 10 mile dayhike. I'm just cold and dressing in layers, not homeless.

Mosquito River flowing into Superior

Mosquito Beach

a rock shelf

cliff diving

more cliff diving

Grand portal point, our picnic spot

view of the colored cliffs (aka pictured rocks)

on lunch break

more picture of the cliffs

start of the Grand Portal Loop

Scott hiking

eroded cliffs

On Chapel Beach looking toward the cliffs

Chapel River flowing into Superior

Chapel Rock

awesome root from Chapel Rock to the mainland

chilly morning hike

September vacation, part 2a

Next Stop: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

We spent 3 nights in this lovely park along the Superior coast of the UP. Quiet, beautiful place.

view from the bluff behind our campsite

Scott's mad firestarting skills

little waterfall in the park

Scott birding

dunes

sandy beach between the Log Slide and Au Sable Point

more Sable Beach

Au Sable light house

More lighthouse

On the lighthouse graounds

picnic on the lighthouse graounds

Cool mushrooms

on the cliff looking towards the lighthouse

dunes and Log slide

beach behind our campsite

Grand Marais jetty

September vacation, part 1

We took our vacation this fall to the upper midwest, starting in Chicago and then looping up through Wisconsin, across the UP of Michigan and then down into mainland Michigan.

Chicago: no pictures. We took in a Cubs game a Wrigley, went to the lego store and ate lots of deep dish pizza.

Then we headed up through Wisconsin to the shore of Lake Superior and spent a few days at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. There are 22 islands in the group, we took the ferry to just one of them.

Here's the little town of Bayfield, home to Apostle Islands Lakeshore.

Pier at Bayfield

Madeleine Island, Lake Superior

Scott spottind grebes on Madeleine

Island coastline

A big turtle?

More pretty coastline

Sign in the park bathroom. thought it was amusing

sandy beach on Madeleine Island

Bod on the island

Scott's first dip in Lake Superior

more of pretty, little Bayfield

Th little cabin we decided to crash in since it was raining when we got there.

August

We didn't do too much in August after getting home from the lake. Scott was doing a lot of traveling for work (Unc Scott is?), so one day I ran down to HSV for a quick visit.

pool time

fearless swimmer

M's first (ever) time off the board

Very proud of his accomplishment

the waterbug

getting braver

JH showing off his different type of jumps

the Kindergartner

the Tiger

the Star

Lake time

We only remembered to take pictures the last day we were at the lake, so we have no pictures of family or our day in Philly. Here are a few of the shots we have.

Scott's pouting because he has to say goodbye to the lake for another year.