Lake Superior Circle Tour Day 3 - Munising to Bayfield

Day 3 was a more relaxing day driving from Munising to Bayfield with no boat to catch. We started off with the impressive Lower Harbor Ore Dock in Marquette, a short drive from Munising.  It's an unusual structure dating from 1857, a relic of the iron ore mining industry, once used to load ore onto Lake freighters in Marquette. 

Lower Harbor Ore Dock

 We checked out three waterfalls, the first of which is Bond Falls in the Ottawa Haight Township in Michigan.  This is a beautiful full waterfall accessible via only a short hike.  

Bond Falls

We crossed the stateline between Michigan and Wisconsin and noticed that Wisconsin is quite neat and green.  The Visitor Centre wasn't open but at least the washrooms were.  We may have missed the second waterfall on the state border, Interstate Falls.  We managed to see what we thought was part of it at least, possibly a lower section.  But we had a nice walk in the forest seeing trilliums and trout lilies by the trail.

Interstate Falls? sure doesn't look like what's online...

Walk through the forest - lots of trilliums

Potato Falls is quite attractive in spite of the name!

  

Our last stop before Bayfield was Ashland with its murals and a well-stocked Co-op.  Delicious scones here!  The murals were quite interesting, including one of the Ore Dock and many others of historical significance that were quite well done.  Even the recycling bins were decorated with stained glass!

The Ore dock mural

Both these murals of houses blended right in!

Stained glass decorated bin

We arrived in Bayfield in time for a nice dinner at the Bayfield Inn - Lake Superior White fish and the best ever clam chowder, chock full of clams!  Our hotel is at the waterfront and provided another opportunity to catch the blue hour after sunset even though we couldn't see the actual sunset.

Whitefish taco

Bayfield at dusk

  

Blue hour at Bayfield - the large island out there is Madeline Island