Off The Beaten Path.......


This is one of the most beautiful places I've been to. What a surprise to find out we didn't have to travel 1000 miles to find a secluded, quiet, breathtaking place. This was taken from our campsite at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, right on Lake Superior.

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