pictured rocks national lakeshore!

The blustery wind kept the boat cruise docked another day but I finally made it out on Thursday. You can see some of the artful rock formations up close through the trail at Miner's castle, but truthfully, Pictured Rocks is best viewed from the water. The boat cruise is a "must do" you're first time to the area. If I ever make it back, which I hope to do, I'll definitely take a kayak!

The "Pictured Rocks" are 300-foot majestic sandstone bluffs. The red and yellow bluffs have been shaped by wind, waves, and ice into dramatic columns and watery caves, then variously stained into colored "pictures" by mineral rich water seeping between sandstone layers. The colors of the sandstone cliffs are subtle. Blues and greens are created by copper, the reddish hues by iron. 

The Pictured Rocks landscape is a spectacular geological marvel you need to see in person to truly appreciate. 

Here are a couple of photos although I missed some great shots b/c I didn't bring my really good camera... (knucklehead)

This formation is called "Indian Head" because it resembles the profile of an Indian!

good view of all of the various colored rock.

some of the many "caves"