Day 2, Destiny Marquette

We woke up around 8:00am at the Holiday Inn in St Igance and headed down to the breakfast bar. Very nice breakfast, anything you could ask for they had. Very good coffee too! After loading up on breakfast and stopping for gas (surprising that gas is nearly the same here in the UP as back home) we departed St Ignace around 12:00pm. We headed west on Highway 2 then north on 117. We had planned on stopping for Pasties at some point. However, we had packed a great deal of food and snacks so we decided to just have them and made a stop shortly after turning west on to Highway 28.

Road Side park on 28, our first stop.

So we started to make sandwiches and stretch our legs. There was another family there and to our surprise they were the ones that JJ played soccer with the night before in St Ignace.

So they played soccer!

They are from Minneapolis and were on the final leg of a trip around Lake Superior. Their next stay would also be in Marquette. Maybe we will run into them again.

So we were off and to our next stop.

Michelle and Brendan holding up the sign.

It is not Niagra Falls, but we still feel like Newlyweds!

We were then off to our next stop and discovered a possible Mountain Bike destination for next year. It is in the Hiawatha National Forest called the Valley Spur trail. We arrived at the Laughing Whitefish Waterfalls after a short drive.

At the trailhead.

What we found after a half mile hike.

Looking down the falls.

Playing in the stream.

So we left the falls behind and made our way to the Holiday Inn at Marquette. We quickly unloaded and headed to meet our friends the Leach Family where they were staying on Highway 28 along the Lake Superior shore. We had a great meal and then headed over to the beach.

Surfs up!

The kids had a great time plaing in the waves, they were around 3 foot. We had a great evening with our friends and the kids all enjoyed each others company. We left them around 11:00pm and headed back to the Inn. Just a great day! Well it is getting late and we have another big day ahead of us. We plan on meeting our friends to take the kids for a preview of their race Saturday and some light trail riding.

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