Joan @ Agate Falls

Joan, in silhouette, at Agate Falls on the middle branch of the Ontonagon River. Agate--near Bruce Crossing on M-28--is an exceptionally pretty fall, dropping 80 feet within a few yards and tossing up a lot of spray. Parking is across the highway at a roadside park, then a hike past a gift shop and along a short but unimproved trail; while the falls are by no means inaccessible, the walk's a little demanding. The DSS&A built an ugly trestle above the falls, which now hosts a snowmobile trail and offers a fine overhead view of the falls. (Though I'm quite enamoured of the South Shore in general, I despise this bridge. I do recognize that many people like it better than I do. Oh, well.)

Joan and I visited the falls in 2000; the excursion started from McLain State Park and also included Bond Falls (just a few miles up the Ontonagon from Agate) and (unexpectedly) O-Kun-De-Kun Falls, on the Baltimore River, which we'd not previously known. I'll write that hike up some other time....

Camera: Nikon N90s