Road-tripping along the UP: Exploring 120 miles of Michigan's LakeSuperior shore. UPTravel
Lake Superior waves pounded sandy beaches on the left, a tangle of trees merged with dense woodlands on the right. Then just as my calves began to scream"stop," I glimpsed the white beacon in a gap between branches dead ahead. Drawing closer, the trees gave way to a windswept cliff where Au Sable Light Station has stood since 1874 in all its 86-foot-tall glory.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service The colors are best viewed by boat, so we booked an excursion with Pictured Rocks Cruises, a National Park Service concessionaire. For more than two hours, the crew skimmed the shoreline pointing out caves and fanciful rock formations carved into 500-million-year-old Cambrian sandstone by wind, waves and ice off Lake Superior. Cameras clicked as we passed Lover's Leap, Indian Head and Chapel Rock.
A service road opened in 1943, the same road we walked to reach the light station just in time to join one of the park service's ranger-led tours. Walls of the lighthouse measure 8 feet thick at the base, 4 feet at the top and are sunk 23 feet deep into bedrock to withstand gales off Lake Superior, said the ranger. When it was installed, the light from its Fresnel lens could be seen for up to 17 miles, warning ships to avoid a sandstone reef off Au Sable Point.
We met tour guide Greg Sandell outside the museum for a short walk to the Marquette Harbor Lighthouse. Built in 1853 and rebuilt in 1866, the bright red lighthouse holds more maritime artifacts. Next door, the U.S. Coast Guard Station was staffed from 1891 to 1991 by nine guardsmen who were revered by the local population, said Sandell."The grocery store wouldn't take their money and they probably drank for free in the taverns.
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