It's Nice to Spend Time in Nature Every Once in a While.

by "Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95)
Published 07/15/2017 at 15:41

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Way up in the Upper Pinensula.

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"for Michigan" (formichigan)
07/15/2017 at 15:47, STARS: 2

I’ve been itching to get up there lately. It’s been too long.

"jimz" (jimz)
07/15/2017 at 16:16, STARS: 1

you mean South Canada?

"nermal" (nermal)
07/15/2017 at 16:23, STARS: 2

Indeed. Why is that waterfall so brown though?

"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
07/15/2017 at 16:31, STARS: 1

I think it’s a product of decaying vegetation that leach tannins into the water, or its poop.

"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95)
07/15/2017 at 16:43, STARS: 1

The UP basically got it’s boom from massive iron ore deposits. As far as I know it’s from that iron leaching into the water.

"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95)
07/15/2017 at 16:43, STARS: 1

Actually, I’m pretty sure it’s from iron ore deposits.

"jimz" (jimz)
07/15/2017 at 16:47, STARS: 1

Joking as I was, I’ve been to Tahquamenon Falls, but not since I was... 12 I think? long time ago. My great aunt used to run a motel in Mackinaw City, so we stayed up there one summer and did a tour of the northern lower and da UP, eh?

"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
07/15/2017 at 17:27, STARS: 0

Okay so then that’s just gross.

"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
07/15/2017 at 17:30, STARS: 1

Oh hey, Tahquamenon Falls! I stopped by there on the way to LSPR last year! It was an interesting contrast because I’d spent the previous day at Niagara Falls

"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
07/15/2017 at 18:10, STARS: 0

Yep, it’s tannins from decaying plant matter that end up in the river.

"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
07/15/2017 at 18:10, STARS: 1

Nope, it’s tannins like Highlander said.

"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
07/15/2017 at 18:12, STARS: 0

What Highlander said. Vegetation along the river bank releases tannins into the water and turn it brown.

"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95)
07/15/2017 at 19:16, STARS: 0

I stand corrected.

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
07/15/2017 at 19:20, STARS: 1

That’s where root beer comes from.

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
07/15/2017 at 19:25, STARS: 0

Man, I haven’t been up there since I was... 8, I think. I recall seeing the falls, and going to the sand dunes too. I distinctly remember climbing up a long sandy slope, and it taking so long that it started to rain before I got to the top.

"jimz" (jimz)
07/15/2017 at 19:49, STARS: 0

I think my folks still have the pictures from that trip; best part was when a hell of a thunderstorm rolled in while we were taking the ferry back from the island.