My husband and I live in the UP Michigan. And, as Facebook does, you mention a word and then you get all kinds of groups, pictures, advertisements on your feed regarding anything possibly associated with that word. Sometimes all of the information coming at you is great, and in our case it definitely was.
All kinds of pictures of the beautiful rock beaches around Lake Superior, rock hunter groups, pictures of amazing found rocks, rock cutting/polishing equipment...on and on...We're in....Traveled up to Grand Marais MI and stopped all along the way in Au Train, Munising. Christmas and then further to White Fish Point. And then all of the way back through and onto Marquette. We love living in the UP but after going to the northern most tip of the Up, we realized that Michigan has everything anyone could want all in one beautiful state.
We spent a lot of time on the beaches of Grand Marais. We met some of the nicest, most knowledgeable people who were so willing to share all of their experience and knowledge about anything to do with rock hunting. We were newbies and they were patient with us as we asked questions, and they were even so kind as to share some of their finds with us. Who could ask for a more wonderful way to spend any day, walking along beautiful Lake Superior, on a sunny, not too hot, day, shifting and digging through and finding one beautiful rock after the other.
We immediately wanted to move to the area so that we could spend every day out on the beaches looking for rocks. But, after talking about it in the cabin rental that night, we decided we really were not up for moving again - we've moved and renovated many homes in the past 30 years. So, we vowed to make at least three trips up to the area each year. Hopefully bringing along our son and grandson so that they could also discover the joy of the find.
When we got home, we immediately ordered equipment to do the cutting and polishing of our finds. We also set up a spot in the basement to house the rocks and the equipment so that this new hobby could be done during the long winters.
We are hooked...what a great hobby and so fun to find out what all of these rocks are and how and when they were formed...endless learning and endless fun...Can't wait for our next trip further up north...
