Hi All,

Here are some photos from my Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore sea kayaking trip with my brother-in-law, and two sons.  We car camped at Bay Furnace Campground in Christmas, MI on the night of August 20th, shuttled a vehicle to our take-out point, and sorted out gear.  The next day, we put-in at Sand Point in Munising, MI and paddled to Mosquito River Campground, ~8.0 miles.  The 2nd day, we paddled ~8.9 miles to Beaver Creek Campground.  The 3rd day, we paddled ~10.0 miles to Hurricane River Campground.  We were extremely fortunate with weather as this is a very exposed coastline.  There were some sea caves, waterfalls, and sea stacks on day 1; but, the best were on day 2.  By day 3, we had paddled beyond the cliffs of the Pictured Rocks into the Grand Sable Dunes area.  I have included a picture of what the dunes looked like.  These seemingly endless sand dunes have their own unique beauty.  But, if I had the trip to plan over again, I think I would have moved our take-out to Twelvemile Beach Campground, and skipped the last 3 miles of paddling.  The sand dunes all start to look the same after a while.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
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