The Beauty in a Cloudy Day

I’ve told you about our fall vacation the middle of September, the whirlwind trip through Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. After a day home to rest up, we took off again on the Friday of that week, for a ride up to our favorite spot. The forecast was for sunny skies and highs in the sixties. It had been an unseasonably warm week for the rest of our travels, so we jumped in the SUV with high hopes of another beautiful day. 

 Roadside Park along the Ontonagon River. The skies don’t look too promising, but all will be fine once we reach Lake Superior. 

 No matter how dreary the weather, a single daisy still looks like a bouquet to me. 

 Driving down the hill into Houghton/Hancock, the Franklin mine on the opposite hill. Coming down this hill still gives me the same thrill it always did when I was a kid.  

 Got to our beach at Calumet Waterworks Park. I was okay with the lower than expected temperatures and the clouds. 

 Even a few drops of rain wouldn’t keep us from letting Dino have his swim. Then some lightning struck. We decided it was time to head back to the SUV and up the road. 

 Jacob Falls. Our goal for the day being the Jampot just down the road.

  Once again bought way too many baked goods from the monks. But they make some good cookies and muffins. Brownies too. 

 A few of the times we stopped along Lake Superior, we could see this boat barreling along. 

  Don’t know what kind of ship it was – much smaller than the frequent freighters we see far out in the lake. But it was really booking. 

 I’ve always loved the shore of Lake Superior along this stretch of road.

Don’t know if Dino appreciated it, but he did appreciate spending the day with us. 

 One of our last stops was at Lake Medora. The ducks came quacking up to us begging for a handout. 

 Apparently, there is no hunting breed in Dino, as I had always thought. He couldn’t care less about those ducks; he just wanted to swim.   

Despite the cloudy skies, it was a beautiful day, because remember, beauty isn’t just what’s on the outside. It’s what’s on the inside.