Great Lakes Day 10: Seney NWR, Tahq Falls State Park, Whitefish Point

 We packed up and headed out. It was still quite windy and rainy. Here are a couple of photos from by our hotel.

We went by Seney National Wildlife Refuge. We knew we probably wouldn't see a lot of wildlife due to the weather but wanted to stop anyway.

A couple of swans

Some loons in flight

Swimming loon

Flying swans

Next, we stopped by Tahquamenon Falls State Park.

First view of the Upper Falls, which is one of the largest waterfalls east of the Mississippi.

Matthew, Megan, U

Me, Matthew, Megan

Close to the brink of the falls.

Megan, Matthew and Me on the stairs leading to the lower viewing area.

Matthew and Me at a viewing platform below the falls.

Me doing a Marco Polo of the falls.

Me and Matthew

Matthew, Me and Megan on a nature walk on the way back to the car. Matthew was pretending he couldn't see.

We walked around the Lower Falls, which is a series of five waterfalls around an island.

Me and Megan

U, Megan and Matthew

Some of the other falls.

Megan, Me and U

You can kind of see the five falls here--two on the left and three on the right.

We then went to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. Whitefish Point, where the museum was located, was a critical point in the shipping thoroughfares as all ships had to pass by it when entering or exiting Lake Superior. The museum was a bit depressing as there were lots of stories about ships that sunk. Often, a lot of the crew survived but not always. 

Matthew and Megan with the bell from the Edmund Fitzgerald.

2nd order Fresnel lens

Matthew and Megan look through a 5th order Fresnel lens.

Me and Megan with some of the remains of one of the boats.

Megan and Me with the lighthouse in the background.

Surfboat in the Surfboat House

Matthew searches the waters at Whitefish Point. Me and Megan pose.

Matthew, Me, Megan, U

It was still very windy and, at times, rainy.

The number of kids we have keeps multiplying....

Me, Megan and Matthew walking around the point.

Me at the point. Definitely rough water on this day!

The walking sticks Megan and Matthew found.

We then checked into our hotel, which had just changed ownership 3 days before, and ate some dinner before watching Wanda Vision.

Me's fish sticks

U had a barbeque burger.  It came with slices of granny smith apples on it.  He thought it was delicious.