On our first full day in Houghton we decided to build on Henry's new found swimming skills by taking him to a local secluded beach called misery bay. Bob and deb decided they were going to bike to the bay, have lunch with us, then bike back (a 50 mile ride!).
We arrived at misery bay to find a beautiful secluded river mouth draining into lake superior. Crossing the river mouth was a bit treacherous. The river was very high due to the spring flooding. Bob and deb said it shouldn't be higher than our waists. They were wrong. In some spots it was over our heads which made it very hard to carry a backpack full of electronics across the river.
The first crossing was quite successful. Only up to our waists. We threw sticks for Henry. He fetched them with excitement.
About an hour and a half into our fun we discovered why they named it misery bay. Flies. Black little biting flies. Swarming Henry, and biting our ankles. It was out conclusion that Henry's bag of poo was attracting them. So we decided to cross the river and get back to the car ASAP.
The second crossing did not go as well as the first. We couldn't find the same spot we crossed before. I thought I had found it and I sank up to my chest. I screamed help. Sarah came running. I was worried about the electronics in the backpack getting wet. Luckily nothing got wet. Then Sarah tried to find a better spot to cross and sunk as well, her phone and our camera got soaked.
Sarahs phone is okay, but out camera was not. We had to buy a new one. Thanks misery bay!
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