Sault Sainte Marie, ON to Marquette, MI

Finally I crossed into the USA without undergoing an inspection of the Mustang.

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is today's major event.  Its located on the Michigan Upper Peninsula on Lake Superior.  Unfortunately, the best way to see it is from the lake.  Here is a link to a  Photo gallery of Pictured Rock National Lakeshore from the perspective of the lake.  I did get in a few short hikes and took some of my own pictures.

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Looking Toward Au Sable Light Station

Miners Castle

Miners Castle
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Cove West of Miners Castle

The shoreline consists of sandstone cliffs rising about 200 feet above the lakeshore.  Most of the structure dates from the Cambrian period 500 million years ago.  The deeper-colored sandstone near the shore is from the Pre-Cambrian period.  The name pictured rocks derives from the streaks of mineral stain (from iron, manganese, copper) that decorate the face of the cliffs.

Another feature is Grand Sable Dunes, located on the eastern end of the national lakeshore.  They were formed from sand washed ashore by wave action and then uplifted by northerly winds to cover a glacial moraine.  And that's how it happened.  People like to slide down the face of the dune.  The hike back up is quite a chore.  I watched, but did not partake.

Grand Sable Dunes at
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Mileage: 224.  Cumulative mileage: 7,425.