Day 27: Tahquamenon State Park

 

Tahquamenon State Park is largely wilderness with a number of hiking trails, but it’s two special features are its waterfalls.  The Upper Falls are nearly 50 feet high and 200 feet wide at its crest making it the third largest falls east of the Mississippi River.  In addition to its size, the color is very striking because of tannin in the  water.  There are a number of viewing points, and despite the number of stairs, we visited all of them.  The boardwalks and stairs were well constructed and built to last.

While the Lower Falls are not as high, they are also impressive with multiple lower falls divided by an island.  There was a nice boardwalk to the viewing platforms for this falls also, but no stairs, thank goodness!  While the Upper Falls are larger, we were much closer to the river and falls at the Lower Falls and the power of the river was really apparent. 

In addition to the falls, George especially enjoyed the local cafe in Paradise, MI, where we ate lunch.  The ladies there really knew how to bake a blueberry pie!