We started out in the morning on the next leg of our journey. We left the Dancing Eagles Hotel, where we stayed our first night. We also saw the Paulding Light while we were there. My theory is that it's frickin headlights and taillights of cars on the highway. You can almost literally see cars passing each other on the highway. So my vote is that there is no mystery to it. Sorry. But you can make the judgement for yourself someday. So thanks to the waterfalling book we had bought the day before and thanks to Google Maps, we were able to plan out the next part in the morning. We saw four fall of the five falls listed on this sign. Why didn't you visit the fifth one you ask? Well because we were dog tired and dehydrated by that time and we said screw it. We didn't quite think there would be as much walking and stairs as what we encountered so we didn't pack any water..oops...and we forgot to bring extra stamina with us too.
Pictured on the sign above (in order) is Great Conglomerate Falls, Potawatomi Falls, Gorge Falls, and then Sandstone Falls. The next four pictures are from Great Conglomerate Falls. It is a bit of a walk, but not too bad.
The following six pictures are from Potawatomi Falls. There isn't much of a walk, but there were a bunch of stairs so you need to pace yourself on these, if your not in top form anyway. We (me) had to take a couple of breaks to catch our breathe, but we made it. There were many visitors there that were much older than us and they were doing fine. Below is a bit of information on the falls and how the rock is formed.
Next are a few of Gorge Falls. This one was our favorite. It is really beautiful the way the water sprays up at you and the sound makes it even more breathtaking. You're in a deep gorge so it is also more enclosed than the other falls so it felt more private and personal.
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| Looking down river from Gorge Falls |
The next few photos were taken at Sandstone Falls. This has many rocks you can scale if you chose and it was fun. I think there were also a good amount of stairs to climb. I just remember doing a lot of stairs this day so if you're looking to build those leg muscles, this is the spot. On a few of the rocks just downstream of the falls, you get a really nice spray in the air. It feels fantastic. Just like Gorge Falls, it is one of those places you could stay for long periods of time and you'd never get bored. It's just one of those perfect places.
That afternoon, we drove to Hancock and stayed at the Magnuson Copper Crown. It was a nice little hotel. On the way, we stopped at Walmart just on the outskirts of Houghton to grab some drinks, swimming suit, and more munchies. That night, we ate at a restaurant called The Ambassador. It has a nice ambiance and we had pizza, lobster pizza, and it was really good. When we got back to our hotel room for the evening we tried to get out TV to switch channels which the remote was not working so when we went to swim later, we got a different one. When we got back to the hotel room after swimming, the second remote didn't work either, but we made the best out of the only channel we got, which was similar to the jewelry selling channel. We joked and make fun of the crap they were selling and had a blast anyway.
