Training Log Archive: runninghils

Day 2:
Potato Patch to Chapel Beach/Rock. Today, I took the tent and the camp stove so I'd have most of the heavy stuff. I tried to reduce the log recorded time to account for stopping and looking at cliffs, taking photos, eating lunch, looking at plants along the trail, etc.

This trek started off rough with HEAVY mosquitos for the first hour or so. Then, they went away and the scenery got awesome! They call them Pictured Rocks for a reason. The cliffs are super beautiful. Also, the water below in Lake Superior was a lovely tropical color with shades of aqua and teal, which was especially noticeable with the sunny, cloudless sky we had. The temperature was perfect - warm but not too hot. We spent lunch on a big rock at the halfway point where we laid out some of our wet clothes and shoes to dry. When we arrived at our campsite at Chapel, it was right off the beach. Down at the beach, there were views of the rock faces, and a great opportunity to go for a swim and get cleaned up. We cooked dinner on the beach and basically spent the rest of the day hanging out at the beach, looking at all the tide-tumbled stones, and relaxing. I wanted to take home a whole bag of the stones for my aquarium, but (a) I don't have an aquarium and (b) I didn't want to add several pounds of stones to my pack.

Overall, this was a much more relaxing and fun day than the first and the views were spectacular - that's the whole reason we were here!