Keweenaw Variety Pack - Part 2
In Part 1, I mentioned that I squeezed in some fishing on Portage Lake last Friday evening. I enjoy the quiet I can find by venturing out across the lake in my fishing kayak. While the fishing was quiet under high barometric pressure, the sights and sounds did not disappoint. The Hidden Lake is a favorite destination and I flushed up two great blue herons as I paddled through the inlet. I came upon a rather large beaver lodge and surprised one of the industrious creatures while floating near its home.
I was treated to the sounds bullfrogs croaking and red-winged blackbirds calling as I cast the edges of the lake in search of bass.
The smoke from the Canadian wildfires has made for some colorful skies, particularly at sunrise and sunset. While it sure would be nice to scrub the atmosphere of these pollutants, I will just roll with the altered visuals for now.
I had one pike take air a short distance in front of my kayak as I re-entered the Portage, but that would be the extent of my interface with fish on that evening.
After returning from the Quincy Mine on Saturday, we spent some time on the waterfront in the early afternoon and then took a late afternoon trip up to Copper Harbor. Our first stop along the way was at Eagle River Falls.
We made it to the Jam Pot a couple miles to the east two minutes ahead of closing time so we were able to pick up some of their amazing muffins before backtracking the short distance to take in Jacobs Creek Falls. Just east from the Jam Pot we took in this commanding view of Lake Superior over Great Sand Bay!
A short distance to the east of Great Sand Bay we reached Eagle Harbor where we checked out the iconic Eagle Harbor Lighthouse.
Upon reaching Copper Harbor, we drove atop Brockway Mountain and along the way took in the spectacular panorama from above town.
Back down in Copper Harbor we enjoyed an outstanding dinner at the Mariner North!
Although just a mere scratch of the surface, this quick late afternoon jaunt provides a great feel for what the Keweenaw is like to those new to the Keweenaw!
Sunday we drove down to Baraga County to take a hike to Canyon Falls. Significantly unlike the conditions found in my post titled “Raging Torrent”, the Sturgeon River on this day was quite mellow.
Late spring is a great time to find wildflowers while out hiking! One that I particularly find cool are pink lady’s slipper.
You can check out a short GoPro video of this hike to Canyon Falls on the Remote Workforce Keweenaw YouTube channel at this link:
On the way back from Canyon Falls I braved the mosquitoes and took the short hike to Ogemaw Falls.
This week, in addition to having a full schedule, started with the promise of unseasonably warm weather. Since Monday morning started off cool, I jumped on the opportunity to fit in a 5-mile rail-trail run. I will tell you more about my full schedule next time!
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