Road Trip to Grand Marais pt. 1

Posted by derrick on July 16, 2008

With all the gear loaded and a tank full of outrageously priced fuel, we were on our way to Grand Marais, Michigan for the annual Great Lakes Sea Kayaking Symposium.  By 4:30 am we were on the road, racing east to meet the sun.

In this part of the world, and at this time of the year the sun rises more north than east.  As we headed north we drove directly into the sun. The plan was to reach Grand Marais by  2pm.

Gryphon passed the time by catching up on his sleep.

Every so often we’d find a little distraction.  In the village of Carney we found a little playground.  While Gryphon played on the swings I shot some hoops. . . I suck by the way!

Soon the large communities, and most of the small ones faded away.

We arrived at the lakeshore and took a nice break.  Thing was, we were now only at the top of Lake Michigan.  We would have another 2 hours to go before arriving at Lake Superior to the north.  2 Great Lakes in one day?  Cool. . more later. . .