Our six days in Michigan started off cold. As in we were glad we brought jeans, long sleeved shirts, jackets, a cap and gloves!
We left Escanaba headed north. Our destination for the day was Munising which was just over an hour away. We had reserved tickets for the Pictured Rocks boat tour at 1:30 PM, so we had all morning to get there.
This part of Michigan is absolutely beautiful. The drive along the shoreline and then into the Hiawatha National Forest is scenic and relatively unpopulated. Michigan boasts about its many waterfalls, so we stopped to see the one at Au Train.
There is a short downhill hike to reach the falls, and when we came around the side and got a full view, it was a WOW moment for me. It was so beautiful and peaceful, and the air was so clean and cold - it was a refreshing moment to just stand there and watch the water flow. The waterfall is used as part of a power source in the area.
We continued on our route until we reached Lake Superior. This is the fourth of the Great Lakes that I've seen. It's also the biggest of all the Great Lakes. There were several turn-outs and rest stops along the road to allow people to safely pull over and get a glimpse of the water. Here are a few pictures of our first view.
Less than 10 minutes east of Au Train where we first saw Lake Superior, we arrived in Christmas, Michigan. I love Christmas. So when we were planning our trip, I wanted to go to Christmas, Michigan. It used to be a cute town full of Christmas things, but like many small roadside towns, it has dwindled to not much of anything. I knew that ahead of time because I had done my research (thank you TripAdvisor and YouTube), but they do still have the giant Santa Claus on the side of the road. We stopped and took a few pictures - and I was happy to see that Santa was clean and bright in the sun - and no midges to ruin my pictures!
From Christmas, it was only 10 minutes to where we were staying in Munising for the night. And it was only 10:30 AM, so really early. However, we decided to go ahead and find our accommodations and make sure things were squared away for our stay.
We had reserved a room at the Roam Inn. The Roam Inn is a former lumber baron's estate which has been converted to a boutique hotel and restaurant. When we arrived, we met the innkeeper and she said our room was ready and we could go ahead and check in. That was really nice and worked out well since we had our boat tour scheduled for 1:30 pm.
Here are some pictures of our room. It was upstairs above the restaurant (which wasn't operational for the season yet) and it had a balcony overlooking the water (when you looked past the high school). It was a bit chilly to sit outside long, but I'm certain had the weather been warmer, we would have really enjoyed being out.
The innkeeper recommended a diner in town called Earl E. Byrds so we had an early lunch, and then we walked over to the post office to mail some post cards. On the way back to the car, we stopped at Putvin Drug Store because they had gifts and souvenirs. We bought a couple of Sayklly's fudgie pasties and post cards. If you don't know what a fudgie pastie is, it's a candy play on pasties which are like handheld dinner pies. Sayklly's is an Escanaba based candy store.
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