Shipwreck Museum

Initially this morning we had decided not to go anywhere today, but around noon we changed our mind and headed north 75 miles to Whitefish Point, Michigan to see the Shipwreck Museum. It turned out to be a perfect half day trip.

There were several buildings on the complex in addition to the shipwreck museum itself. We started by taking a tour of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, which listed many of the ships that have sunk around the Great Lakes area in the last 150 years. There were lot's of relics from the various shipwrecks as well, which I found most fasinating. That's what I love most about thinks like this--it's the history, the people that were impacted, there lives and artifacts. Mark got lot's of pictures too.

We then moved on to the Whitefish Point Lighthouse. I enjoyed touring the lighthouse and the attached Lighthouse Keeper's home the most. The home is in the same shape and condition that it was when used up through 1932 when the lighthouse was shut down. Each room included information about how each was used, including pictures and personal items from the last keeper, and each member of his family. It even included manequins of each of the lighthouse keepers family, during their 30 years in the house.

We checked out the other buildings and walked down past the lighthouse to the beach, which is located on Lake Superior. We've now seen 3 of the Great Lakes, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. After spending a few minutes on the beach, we decided to head back. We made a stop in St. Ignace for lunch/dinner and got back home around 5:00. It was such a lovely day with high temps in the upper 60's that we headed down to the beach here in the RV Park with the lawnchairs and the dogs and chilled a bit watching the sun set.

We had a great day today. We still haven't made it to Mackinac Island, it rained pretty hard all day the day we had planned on going. We're hoping to make it tomorrow, but will have to see if the weather holds up. So, that's a wrap for this update. We had a wonderful day today and hope you did as well. Until later~