Superior Sunrise

I love to watch the sun rise and set.

Ask Aaron. Whenever our middle son sees my latest snaps, he scoffs, "How many pictures of the sun have you taken?"

Hundreds... maybe a thousand. I don't know. It doesn't matter. For me, every one marks a moment in time. That's why I rolled out early - even on this vacation day - to catch the sun, on its way up, shining over Lake Superior. How often do I get THAT chance?

Sitting on the big rocks, listening to waves crash upon the shore, I began to realize what makes Lake Superior different from the other lakes in our Land of 10,000.

Here, there's no one boating, fishing, swimming, water skiing, knee boarding or doing much - for that matter - ON or IN the lake. (Or if they do, they've got a professional guide.) Most activities happen BY the lake. People bike, hike, jog, walk, shop, eat, skip rocks, meditate or - even - swim in a pool or soak in a hot tub on the shore BY the lake.

From this vantage point of the North Shore, a person can't SEE the opposite side. There's a vastness about Lake Superior that carries a person - mentally - to the ocean, especially as waves crash in, like this morning's moment on Bluefin Bay.


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