We decided to stay an extra day at Union Bay Campground so after breakfast we headed out to do some exploring. We planned to drive to the other end of the park and do some hiking into a group of waterfalls but first we stopped at Lake in the Clouds and walked into a cordoned off viewpoint. The viewpoint is at one of the highest elevations in the park and gave us a splendid view of the lake and the valley. The lake is over one mile in length but is only 16 feet at its deepest spot.
We left Lake in the Clouds and headed for the west end of the park and looked for a spot to have lunch. They actually had a parking and picnic at the trail head which made it very convenient. So we stopped and had some lunch before heading out.
The main attraction of this hike was the Falls but we found that they were small and unspectacular. However the walk was very nice, strenuous but nice as we walked through a forest that had some trees that were up to 4 centuries old.
The walk took us first to Manido Falls which actually looked like more like rapids but the water is very low for some reason.
As we carried on we came to Nawadaha Falls but found we couldn’t really get that close to it. We also discovered that the third falls was back the other way from where we started so we turned around and headed back. However not before we took a picture.
The hike out was just as strenuous going in as the up and down terrain had not changed in the short time since we had hiked in. We did make it back and headed over to the other falls which was called Manabezho Falls ( don’t ask me to pronounce any of them ). Again we were not overly excited but we were getting a good workout.
A short way from the third falls was a foot bridge over to an island which I don’t believe is named or I just missed it. Once you were on the island you could walk down to the shore of Lake Superior which we did before heading back. Lake Superior is the largest fresh water lake in the world.
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Once we got back to the truck we headed back to our campsite and decided to go for another walk along the shore of Lake Superior.
It was a good way to end the afternoon so we headed back to the camper for supper and an early evening.
Another glorious day.
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