This is the rocky beach at Ironwood, MI.
Elevator to top (18 stories high) then you walk outside even though it don't look like it is another 8 stories.
View from top (the pic does not do the sight justice)
View from where you get off of elevator
Coming down lift
Copper Peak from bottom of hill (mountain)
Waterfalls at Black River
Lake of the Clouds
Sandy Beach of Lake Superior
Buddy at our hotel
Balloon we saw yesterday
We left Iron Mountain and drove to Lake Superior. It was very calm today. The weather is absolutely beautiful here. From Iron Mountain we drove down the Black River Scenic Byway. Along the way was http://copperpeak.org/ Copper Peak Ski Flying Hill. The only one in the Western Hemisphere. You ride a 800 ft chair lift up the mountain, then take an elevator up 18 stories, then if you feel real brave you can walk outside another 8 stories. I did it, but, whew when I got to the top it was swaying so bad I came down real quick. The pics are some Buddy took from outside the elevator area. The wind was so bad I couldn't video from the top. After we left there we drove on down the Byway and stopped at a couple of waterfalls, but it has been really dry up here. So the falls were not too spectacular. We left there and went on down the road and by then it was lunch time. Well not much between there and where we were headed so we stopped at the first place we could find. It was called Hoop N Holler Tavern. I was a tad leery of it but the food was great and it was right on a huge lake. http://www.hoopnhollertavern.com/ Me and Buddy split a Reuben Sandwich and boy was it good. After we left there we made it to Silver City, MI and checked in our hotel. The Porcupine Mtn. State Park was only a couple of miles down the road, so we went on to it. That is where the Lake of the Clouds was at. From there you could see the ski jump we were at earlier and it was 20 some miles away. That is where my video camera has once again messed up and I'm a tad mad over that. We are now back out at our hotel and I'm getting ready to go out and sit by the water and read awhile.
We left Iron Mountain and drove to Lake Superior. It was very calm today. The weather is absolutely beautiful here. From Iron Mountain we drove down the Black River Scenic Byway. Along the way was http://copperpeak.org/ Copper Peak Ski Flying Hill. The only one in the Western Hemisphere. You ride a 800 ft chair lift up the mountain, then take an elevator up 18 stories, then if you feel real brave you can walk outside another 8 stories. I did it, but, whew when I got to the top it was swaying so bad I came down real quick. The pics are some Buddy took from outside the elevator area. The wind was so bad I couldn't video from the top. After we left there we drove on down the Byway and stopped at a couple of waterfalls, but it has been really dry up here. So the falls were not too spectacular. We left there and went on down the road and by then it was lunch time. Well not much between there and where we were headed so we stopped at the first place we could find. It was called Hoop N Holler Tavern. I was a tad leery of it but the food was great and it was right on a huge lake. http://www.hoopnhollertavern.com/ Me and Buddy split a Reuben Sandwich and boy was it good. After we left there we made it to Silver City, MI and checked in our hotel. The Porcupine Mtn. State Park was only a couple of miles down the road, so we went on to it. That is where the Lake of the Clouds was at. From there you could see the ski jump we were at earlier and it was 20 some miles away. That is where my video camera has once again messed up and I'm a tad mad over that. We are now back out at our hotel and I'm getting ready to go out and sit by the water and read awhile.
2 comments:
Hope ya'lls bodies don't go into shock from eating out so much! You know, if you normally don't do it but once a year, it could possibly send your bodies into shock! HAHA Great pics!
Funny I was thinking the same thing about yall eating...
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