After getting a little taste of seeing the sandstone cliffs at Apostle Islands, we realized how much more there is to see at Pictured Rocks. We only passed thru Munising at the end of our trip last year, but after passing by Marquette, I was amazed at how appealing the lake shore is as we approached Munising. I couldn't help thinking how ideal retirement might be in that location. Apparently the masses are also beginning to find out as I saw an article about how tourism has spiked recently and the locals are getting resentful. Still, what people consider to be "hordes" in the upper Midwest doesn't even begin to compare to what we consider "hordes of people" in the east. When we drove by Munising, I was thinking it's kind of sleepy, but just enough people around to be interesting. Of course that was mid-September and not exactly the tourist season. I'm betting that when the U.P. feels overwhelmed by the crush of people, I would be thinking that it is refreshingly quiet! I'm guessing that the popularity of kayaking, and now paddle boards, has really brought people there.
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