Monday, August 12, 2024
We were at Walmart again this morning. Needed Bananas and some frozen fruit for smoothies. Living in BB does require more grocery stops. Then we headed west, still in the UP. Just as sort of an afterthought, when we saw the sign for Agate Beach, a village park, we made the turn to head that way. Interestingly, the road to Agate Beach was named Misery Bay Road. Another of the roads was Arctic Circle Lane. Before we arrived at the beach, the pavement abruptly ended without warning and became a seriously rub board dirt road. We adventured on and soon arrived at another Lake Superior Beach. Again, a very pretty beach and clear water. We started talking with a lady who was sitting on the sand looking for rocks. God Wink. Anne started talking to her and told her that we do a lot of mission work and explained a little about what we do. Her response was “Are y’all NOMADS?” The lady’s parents were NOMADS. They are both still living and in their 90’s with poor vision but still talk of their days as NOMADS. Anne asked her to thank them for us for all they did for NOMADS. We had a nice conversation about her parents and it seemed to mean a lot to our new friend. Wow! We just randomly decided to go out of our way to this strange beach? NO! It was a God thing. Thank you God, for giving us the opportunity to meet this sweet lady.
Moving on further west, we were driving through Ontonagon Harbor and saw a sign for a lighthouse and decided we needed to find it. It was sort of a maze to get to, but it was a quaint little light house. We just stopped and took some pictures, but didn’t go in.
We needed to get on down the road. Our goal for the day was to visit the Porcupine Mountains. We had been wanting to see the Porkies for 8 or 9 years and we wanted to finally make it happen. We arrive at the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park (the largest Michigan State Park) shortly before lunch. We did the usual visitors center tour and asked for recommendations for hikes from the Ranger. First, we went to the Lake of the Clouds Scenic Area. Take your breath away beautiful! After a late lunch, we then hiked the Escarpment Trail which is billed as the crowning jewel of trails, not only in the Porkies but in all of Michigan. This hike combines a high rocky bluff and alpine-like vistas. Awesome. While the scenery was beautiful, the hike was rated moderately difficult. There was a lot of ups and downs and back ups. This hike completed our hiking for the day. It was another wonderful day!
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