We left Tahquamenon Falls State Park on Monday July 28th and headed west. We decided to take a road to the north and landed up in Pictured Rocks Lakeshore. This is a national park. We went to the visitor’s center and discovered that there are many campsites you can go to along this coast. We drove about 7 miles, 1 of which was dirt, and stopped at Hurricane River Camping. There are only 11 sites here but we were lucky to get a spot.
While we were at the visitor’s center, Dad got a Senior pass that lets us camp at National Parks and Forests for half price. We paid $7.00 for tonight. There are pit toilets and a water spigot. We then took about a 2 miles walk to the Au Sable Light House. It was beautiful. We walked back along Lake Superior. The water was beautiful as were the rocks.
We also saw remains of a shipwreck. The Mary Jarecki was the first wreck east of Twelvemile Beach. The ship, heavily laden with iron ore, ran off its course and ground ashore in a fog off the mouth of Hurricane River. This happened on July 4, 1883. The remains can still be seen resting on the bare sandstone bottom just outside the breakers near the trail we took to the lighthouse. The long oak keelsons, studded with iron treenails, are just above water. No lives were lost in the incident.
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