I am always happy to spend some time on the North Country Trail. Yesterday we hiked in to see some of the falls on the Black River on the Northern shore of Michigan's Western Upper Peninsula. This river empties out into Lake Superior whose shoreline was foggy and a brisk 53 F while inland on the trail it was a comfortable sunny 73 F. The temperature gradient is common for this zone because of its proximity to a very large body of water that acts as a thermal sink. The weather on the shore and near inland is unique and in the winter can develop enormous snow accumulations... hard to imagine unless you have lived here!
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| This is a map of the trail... |
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| Zooming out, this is the North Country Trail section |
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| A mix of broad leaf and conifers, a healthy temperate mixed forest surrounds |
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| Just after a rain, the under story was a beautiful green |
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| Nature's version of fast food for the Pileated Woodpecker |
Typical of the flows on the river this summer... beautiful to experience.
AML NLO, JRO and SEO AML
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