A Cold Day in the UP

I'm wrapping up my Michigan vacation pictures with a couple images from the Upper Peninsula.

It was raining when we left Mackinaw City and headed north over the wet and wiggly grates of the Mackinac Bridge. Thankfully, the rain cleared off shortly after we left town. We had to stop along the way so I could throw on a warm jacket over my rain jacket and motorcycle jacket. I was turning into a popsicle! (The almanac high temperature for that area that day was 46 degrees, but the windchill factor on the back of the motorcycle made it a tad more brisk, I'm sure.) We visited Tahquamenon Falls State Park and I got this shot of the Upper Falls. It was so beautiful there!

After that, we headed further north to Whitefish Point. Maybe during the summer this is a fantastic place to be, but on this day it was extremely desolate. The blustery wind on the beach felt colder than the motorcycle ride!

The visitor center was about to close, so we didn't stay long. There also wasn't even a gas station up there, so we had to stop in Paradise on the way back for gas. Now we know why the town is called Paradise! It sure seemed like paradise after being to Whitefish Point!

Techie Corner
I wanted to slow down the motion of Tahquamenon Falls, so I used the smallest aperture I could. If I had brought my neutral density filter along, I would have used that too.
Shot at 1/6 Sec @ F27, ISO 200