Little Bay De Noc

As we hit the stretch where summer still seems so far away, I try to imagine myself anywhere but where I'm currently at! Thoughts of summer, thoughts of vacations, thoughts of sand, beaches, sunsets, water. This is a campground we stumbled on as we were heading up to Lake Superior. This is in Michigan's upper peninsula where our campsite was right off Little Bay De Noc which is located on northern Lake Michigan. It's part of the Hiawatha National Forest. On the other side of the bay is Escanaba. I just like saying "Escanaba" and there's something about this town that I really like, but I can't quite pinpoint it. Maybe it's just the name! Our first time to Escanaba we arrived at 2 a.m. in dense fog and ended up by a lit up gazebo in a park we later in daylight saw was beautiful and right by Lake Michigan. It was eerie driving into what seemed like a totally deserted town, after driving through dense, dark, foggy forests. Very little traffic is up here in the middle of the night, even in summer. Maybe it was our long day of driving, maybe it was the fog, maybe it was that bit of fear as we were heading into the unknown, never having been up this way, but those memories definitely stay with me. This campground was pretty deserted too. There's a fine line between deserted, peaceful and quiet, and eerie and spooky. We ventured into the eerie and spooky here, but it sure was beautiful.