Well, it has maybe been a little long since I was on
here. What can I say? I’ve been feeling more at home up here…. Can you
tell?
I took a whirlwind trip up to Pictured Rocks National
Lakeshore last week. It was
a-maze-ing! It was so beautiful. The first night I slung up my hammock, but
woke up in the middle of the night to raindrops splashing on me (I don’t have a
rain tarp yet), so I jumped into my car and slept there for the night which was
kinda small but more comfortable than I remembered. The next day I hiked 10 miles and visited chapel
falls, chapel rock, mosquito falls, and a whole bunch of beautiful
forests. Then, on my way out, I was
driving on the very muddy road and trying not to get stuck when I splashed into
a big puddle too hard and my car turned off and the hood started steaming! I coasted out of the puddle and just sat
there for a minute to catch my breath. I
tried to start the car, but it wouldn’t catch, just turned over. So I popped the hood, and everything was
wet. Peaked under the car and nothing was
hanging off. There was no cell signal up
there, but I did have my camping stuff if worse came to worse. So I waited for about 15 minutes and read a
brochure so I didn’t freak out unnecessarily.
And then my car started and I was very relieved and thankful and I drove
out.
I camped that night at site 7 of little beaver lake
campground. I decided to attempt to
start a fire in spite of having a history of failed attempts. It was going fairly ok, when the neighbor guy
came over and gave me a hand with some lighter fluid. And then when I was figuring out how to cook
my spam, he came over and helped me get the grill unstuck and let me have the
extra 2 hamburger buns that he and his son and nephew hadn’t used. So nice!
That night I slept in my tent and super tucked down in my sleeping bag because
I was cold! The next morning I woke up
after my neighbors had packed up and left but there was a granola bar and a chocolate
milk sitting on a stump outside my tent for me.
So Mr. Franco from Dearborn, MI, Thank you so much!
Then I scooted out, drove the 2.5 hrs back, and made my ferry by about 5 minutes. Whew!
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| My breakfast - Thanks Franco! |
Chapel Rock
That is a root growing from the tree and its rock to the main land
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| Beautiful |
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| Beautiful |
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| Lake Superior was kinda cold. But I was there! |
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| Chapel Falls |
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| My brother would be proud |
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| That is the puddle that killed my car - It looked a lot bigger in person |
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| Drying everything out after I got home |
