Color is running a bit late....turning nicely now however.....some snow
helped.


"Eric Simandl" wrote in message
...
Pictured Rocks won't be overrun. Most Americans don't want a vacation
that involves:

1) going off the Interstate, or

2) walking.

Besides, neither Grand Marais nor Munising have a McDonald's.

Facts: Alger County has no stoplights. Luce County has one, but it's
over by Newberry. The Interstate is way over by the Soo.

Pictured Rocks is pretty well off the beaten path. I'd guess that
Yosemite or Yellowstone get as much traffic in a day as Pictured Rocks
gets in a season.

So, is there color around Miner's Castle yet?

Dave Moorman wrote:

In article ,
"stone" wrote:

The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is also going thru a fight. The
park
wants to designate more wilderness areas and the local people do not,
feeling they have enough already. It is so bad the City of Munising
(gateway
to the park) and Alger County officially passed resolutions against
the
park. I have never heard of such strong hostility by local government
to the
NPS.
I suspect the park is being pushed (lead?) into the wilderness fight
by the
strong lobbying effort of the environmental extremists from downstate
and
elsewhere, at least that is what I am hearing from the locals.

Lots of issues here but taking extreme positions is never the
answer.....

Haven't been to PRNL for several years but used to camp there (Hurricane
River) when the kids were small. It is a beautiful area. Twelve Mile
Beach is extraordinary. I would hate to see it developed or overrun.

Dave

--
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
--Dr. Hunter S. Thompson