Final UP Memories: Day 8-9, Manistique & Straits State Park

Heading back towards the straits, we stopped at Kitch-iti-kipi near Manistique where we viewed lots of trout while standing on a glass bottomed raft.  The water was crystal clear, which meant we could see 40 feet down at the bubbling springs!  This Indian name means "big cold water" and is fed by springs, to the tune of 10,000 gallons per minute!!  Amazing...but I forgot my camera!  A fun stop!  The sun came out on our drive along Lake Michigan, with great views of the Mighty Mac,  one of Michigan's finest attractions.  After pulling into the Straits State Park and eating dinner out, we came up with the brilliant idea of finding an unused camping site by the lake where we could view the Bridge at night, and enjoy a final campfire.  The view was delightful, but the wood sold by the park was wet... so, after many valiant tries by Mike, we simply enjoyed the view and the stars!  Unexpectedly as we were getting up to return to our site at 9:30 pm, a car pulls up ---this was the site they had reserved!  What a comical ending to our trip--of ALL the sites, we picked an unused one that had been reserved!  Such a fun trip, kudos to the patient driver who endured directives from several people!!