2010 - Porcupine Mountains State Park, Ontonagon, MI

I was out on another geocaching adventure today.  The quest for the day was to find a geocache in Michigan's Ontonagon County.  Finding a cache in this distant county satisfies a requirement for another King Boreas geocaching challenge, Minnesota Challenge:  Circle Me Bert  (GC23E80).  The goal of this challenge is to find and log a geocache in each of the counties and provinces outside, but surrounding, the border of Minnesota.  One must find a total of 36 geocaches across five different states and the two Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario.  Believe it or not, Minnesota shares a border with Michigan.  Minnesota's Cook County shares the border with Michigan's Ontonagon County.  Does that sound crazy?  Check it out on Mapquest.  The border lies in the middle of Lake Superior.

During this adventure, I had the pleasure of visiting Michigan's Porcupine Mountains State Park, located along the south shore of Lake Superior.  Words cannot describe this gorgeous park.  One thing is for certain, this park is on my short-list of places to return to with the family.  Besides the south shore, another highlight of the park is the Lake of the Clouds.  Spectacular.

Enjoy the photographs (click thumbnails for larger view)..

2010 - Porcupine Mountains State Park, Ontonagon, MI The trail head to Lake of the Clouds

2010 - Porcupine Mountains State Park, Ontonagon, MI Lake of the Clouds

2010 - Porcupine Mountains State Park, Ontonagon, MI Bart at Lake of the Clouds