Family Visiting @ Colwell Lake - July

Jenni, Lisa, Jeb, Cole & Olivia overlooking Munising Bay

     Around the 3rd week of July our daughter Jenni flew into Marquette from Chicago to spend a week camping with us at Colwell Lake. At the same time our son Jeb and his family drove up from downstate Michigan to spend time with us in the UP. We enjoyed time together around campfires, playing games, along with visiting various places around the area. One day Jeb, Lisa and Jenni did the Mosquito River to Chapel Beach triangular loop in the Pictured Rocks Lakeshore. The trail is a 10 mile loop that includes 4 miles of walking along the tops of cliffs 200' above Lake Superior. We took the grand kids to visit a playground and the marina while their parents were hiking. Cole just loved all the boats. One evening we visited the "Big Spring" down by Indian Lake and the kids took us out to eat at the Pizza Hut in Manistique afterwards.

 Olivia & Cole @ the marina in Munising

 The raft at Big Springs

 The spring is 40' deep and stays 43 degrees year around

Lisa and Cole looking down at the fish in the sparkling clear water

      We also visited Munising Falls and spent some time on Lake Superior at a sandy beach west of Munising. Jeb and Joyce spent one evening fishing from the canoe on the lake just before sunset. Jeb did catch and release, not wanting to clean fish after dark. 

 Sunset across Colwell Lake

 Cole showing Grandma the flower he found while canoeing

 The kids enjoying Munising Falls

     We had a nice time together and the time went by quickly. Monday evening Jeb & Lisa headed over to our house in the EUP to enjoy some time back home before going to Mackinac Island on Wednesday. Less than 5 minutes after the kids left Tom & Erma (Flame) Humphries our good friends from Texas stopped by Colwell Lake and enjoyed a nice time around the campfire with Jenni and ourselves. They flew in to Marquette to enjoy a week of touring the UP. I will write more in the next posting about our time with Tom & Flame.