Ramblings From The Road: Lake Superior

Janet and I spent a couple of weeks on the shores of Lake Superior, most of it in the U.P. of Michigan and most recently on the tip of Wisconsin facing the Apostle Islands.

Some fun facts about Lake Superior:

Surface area is 31,820 square miles about the size of South Carolina, making it the largest freshwater lake in the world
Average depth is 482 ft. with a max of 1332 ft.
It contains 2900 cubic miles of water, enough to cover the entire landmass of North and South America with one foot of water
It is known as Gitchigami (Big Water) by the Chippewa, but more familiarly known as Gitche Gumee from a poem by Longfellow and the song "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot

Janet and I found the shorelines amazing. The water is so clean and clear and dotted with islands that can be seen from the mainland. There are a multitude of rocks that can be found including quartz, granite, basalt, shale and the coveted (and hard to find) agate. Janet found a new hobby, rock-hounding and we spent several hours looking in the shallow water beaches for various rocks and pebbles. I do not believe we found any agates, but still had fun wading in the water. Now we have about 20 pounds of rocks that I am not sure what we will do with. For now I just keep moving them from the truck bed to the campsite at every stop. If nothing else, I am getting a work out.