We drove all the way across the U.P. to Irontown and then north up the coast of Lake Superior to this state park which claims to have the highest mountain in Michigan. We picked our site, parked the RV but when we got out the black flies swarmed all over the RV and all over US! They were horrible! I visited with the park ranger and they said that we were probably too close to the lake and if we camped further back it might be better. We could also hope for wind and the flies usually decreased in number during the evening. So we moved two rows inland and went for a hike!
We are parked on the Presque Isle River which empties into Lake Superior. Our hike took us 1 mile up the river and back on the other side. We passed three waterfalls. The names of the waterfalls came from the Ojibwa Indians. Manabezho Falls is named for the Ojibwa’s god. Manido Falls means ‘ghost’ in Ojibwa and Nawadaha Falls translates into ‘water of the spirit’. We have read that this park is the largest state park in Michigan and has around 45 waterfalls.
The flies did go away this evening but the mosquitoes took their place! At least our OFF candle works! We are back in the central time zone here but just 5 miles north it’s eastern time, confusing. We are staying on eastern time as we have been for weeks.
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