One has to get out on the water to enjoy this park. We chose the Grand Tour cruise that winds its way past many of the 21 islands.  There are lighthouses and lots of rugged terrain which is home to some 30 pair of nesting eagles.  The coolest feature is the “sea” caves where thousands of years of crashing waves have eroded pockets into the sandstone cliffs leaving columns and caverns.  Today’s calm waters allow us to get up close and personal as the captain noses us to within touching distance to the cliffs.

Superior is an impressive lake and being out on it feels like being out on the ocean.  1333 feet deep at it’s deepest with temperatures at that depth just above freezing even this time of year.  Surface temp is a shiver inducing 50 something.  A favorite slogan on Lake Superior T-shirts; “The Lake is the boss”.  I believe it.