When A Lake Is An Ocean

When I hear "Great Lakes" I think that I don't quite understand that concept.

Yes, I am smart enough to admit that...;)

And, it's because of this naivete that I couldn't stop calling them oceans upon my first sighting of two of these beautiful representatives.

On our trip back from New York, we stopped to watch the sunset on Lake Michigan. It was so breath taking that I think it made it easier to confuse me. There were waves, seagulls, and sand. So, I had decided that this is when a lake was indeed an ocean.

Here is a picture of Dominic and I with the sun setting behind us...it's pretty bright on the water.Here is Dom, Jr and Gianni on the trail that lead out on the lake.
Me and the boys sitting on a "small" piece of drift wood on the beach.

In June, we visited the second and largest Great Lake of all. Lake Superior, from Duluth. Here's a few interesting facts, for those of you not familiar.

Lake Superior has a surface area of 31,820 square miles (82,413 km2)[1] — which is larger than South Carolina. It has a maximum length of 350 miles (563 km) and maximum breadth of 160 miles (257 km). Its average depth is 482 feet (147 m) with a maximum depth of 1,332 feet (406 m).[1] Lake Superior contains 2,900 cubic miles (12,100 km³) of water. There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover the entire land mass of North and South America with 1 foot (30 cm) of water.[citation needed] The shoreline of the lake stretches 2,726 miles (4,387 km) (including islands). (Courtesy of Wikipedia).

Here is the Duluth Lighthouse, located on the pier that also crosses the lift bridge that allows the boats to pass.

Here are the boys modelling on an antique anchor on the shores of Lake Superior.

WOW! What a world!