The day dawned bright and clear so we headed to the harbor and caught the noon tour to pictured rocks.
The shoreline of the Pictured Rocks national shoreline is spectacular to say the least. Dolomite rock in a layer on top of Sandstone makes up the formations. The Dolomite is hard and resists erosion and the Sandstone is soft hence the holes and formation seen here.
This is a formation they called the Indian head. If you use your imagination you can see the Indian's nose and mouth. The formations went on for miles.
We did some falls chasing and found Munising falls a short walk from the road. With a good storm yesterday the falls were running strong and provided a pretty sight.
The lake is 160 miles wide and 350 miles long.
It has nearly 32,000 square miles of surface area making it the largest fresh water lake in the world.
It's the third largest lake in the world by volume. It holds 10 percent of the worlds fresh water. It's1300 feet deep at it's deepest point and holds enough water to cover the South and North American land mass to a depth of one foot. Besides it's just plain gorgeous!
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