Friday, August 9, 2024
Wednesday morning we left the Walmart parking lot and returned to the Rotary Park thinking it would be nice to watch the ships while we had breakfast. We had breakfast but not a single ship passed by the park. Guess that was why there was nobody else in the park. The locals know the schedules and we obviously did not. We still enjoyed the quietness of the park.
Our next stop was Whitefish Point which is the most northerly point on the east side of the UP, and about 75 miles from the Rotary Park. We enjoyed another beautiful day walking the shore of Lake Superior and admiring the rocks. Whitefish point is also the home to Whitefish Point Lighthouse and Whitefish Point Shipwreck Museum. We arrived just after 3 buses of children arrived – maybe a day camp? Anyway, we decided to view the outside of the buildings and take pictures but did not venture inside. The adults were struggling to herd their cats and we decided to stay out of their way.
By then it was time for us to go to Tahquamenon Falls – lower falls. We arrived before our check-in time so we would have time to hike to the falls and see everything on the lower end and still have time to be ready for Bible Study. We did not count on the huge crowds of people at the lower falls.
At 3:00pm and not one minute before, they allowed us to check-in. Very inefficient way they handled the check-in process – but maybe they have their reasons. We made our reservation on Tuesday and got a nice pull through site. The only catch was that the trees had grown from what was shown in the online pictures. Starlink would not work. We thought that would be okay because we had excellent coverage with AT&T and Verizon. We had coverage all afternoon when we were preparing for the meeting but, when everyone else in the campground came home for the night and began streaming, we had nothing. We quickly drove to the front parking lot and set up Starlink with about five minutes to spare. Then, while we were streaming our meeting, there were some loud noises outside our window. We then noticed the big green steel box in the parking lot with us. It was a firewood dispensing machine. Insert you credit card or 6 dollars cash and there is a loud thump, you open the door and there is your neatly wrapped bundle of firewood. This was our first experience with automated firewood dispensers, but others obviously knew all about them. There was a steady line of trucks and cars purchasing firewood Wednesday night. Just added a little extra laughter to our meeting.
We are enjoying our visit to the UP. In some ways it reminds us of our 2014 Alaska trip. Beautiful scenery. For the most part quiet and peaceful.
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