Tahquamenon Falls, Michigan July 27th, 2017

Mackinac Bridge from the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse

Randy shared some pics on Facebook of Tahquamenon Falls but it was so beautiful we wanted to share more photos of that day on our blog. We started the day going south across the magnificent Mackinac Bridge that spans the Straits between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. We also had our first pasty (pronounced pass-tee or who knows what you might get. LOL). It is meat & vegetables baked in a crust usually forming a half moon shape. 

They were doing repair work on bridge, so down to one lane each way over part of bridge.

We are over half way across main bridge & look how far it still is to land!

Traffic jam on bridge as truckers speed limit is 20 mph. So on one lane each way that means EVERY vehicle is doing 20 mph!

Looking towards St. Ignace. Those are semis that you can see crossing the bridge!

Beef Pasty from Mackinaw Pastie & Cookie Co.

Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse

After leaving Mackinaw City we drove back north to Tahquamenon (rhymes with phenomenon) Falls State Park on northern part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Debbie & Len had told us how much they had enjoyed the Falls on a previous trip. It was well worth the drive!  

Natural beauty in the Lower Falls.

Lower Falls are a series of 5 smaller falls cascading around an island.

Gorgeous!

Even trails back to falls were amazing.

The Upper Falls is one of the largest waterfalls east of the Mississippi, with a drop of 50 feet & 200 feet across & 
52,228 gallons per SECOND!

Lots of steps but the falls were so worth it!

Ok we both did the first 94 steps down easily. Hard part is the 94 back UP!

We spent a long time just marveling at the falls.

The water looked like liquid amber. 
The color comes from the tannins leached from the cedar, spruce & hemlock in the swamps drained by the river.

More steps from a different viewing platform.

Joyce was smiling as she went down the steps. Randy decided he didn't need a different view of the falls.

The viewing platform that we had been on for our picture above, is just to right above falls, over the mist. Joyce thought the different view was worth the work.

She was a little flushed after she returned!

Joyce had to get her toes back in Lake Michigan 
on the way back to RV.

With the zoom on Joyce's camera we were able to see a couple of the lighthouses in the distance. This was White Shoals.

A sunset on Lake Michigan.

Wow we were truly blessed to see so much 

of the Lord's beauty in one day!