Friday, August 20, 2010

8/11-15/2010 -- Copper Country

Our first vacation with Chase was a quick jaunt through Devils Lake, the North Woods of Wisconsin, the UP, and, in particular, Keweenaw Peninsula. The entire drive through Wisconsin and the UP of Michigan was spectacular. We thoroughly enjoyed our stays in Wausau and Houghton. Our favorite area was the eastern shores of the Keweenaw (less developed than the western shore), Houghton (surprisingly cool town on Portage Lake; spent two nights enjoying the $2.50 pints at KBC), and Calumet (neat architecture in this old mining town). Sharon and I joked about revisiting in January to experience the lake effect. We'll see ...


 View near Betsy Bay, MI

View near Bete Grise Bay, MI. Convection through the trees.

Beautiful drive on the eastern Keweenaw.



Stratocu.

Unusual rock formations and rocky beach at Hunter's Point Park near Copper Harbor.

Quincy Mine near Hancock, MI.

A bolt I caught with no tripod in the late evenin' light in Houghton, MI. 
Mr. Chase Ashley's first storm chase.

2 comments:

Weather Matt said...

I love Michigan so much . . . awesome photos, sir!

Anonymous said...

Wow I really enjoy looking at these awesome pictures you have on your blog. Do you go through Houghton/Hancock while storm chasing? Becuase if you do I was wondering how long you stay. I actually know those towns quite well I have family up there and my family and I have been taking summer vacations up there for as long as I can remember.
Some of those buildings and houses up there are over 200 years old I believe.