A Healing Lake

I went out to Marquette today, ran errands with Tony and dropped him back off at work. I decided, since the weather was just gorgeous out, to go peek at the lake and see if I could get some writing done. I skipped Rip Tide Rock today and went straight to Presque Isle Park. I parked there for a minute but there were way too many people so I headed to Black Rocks. It was just breathtaking. There was one other car in the parking lot. Good. The lake was very very blue today. Tony's eyes get this color of blue some days. The sky is clear. You can see so far out today. Not quite to Canada like some tourists think you can, but far. I have never seen the lake so clear as it was today. I could see bottom as far as my eyes would let me. I walked down to a tiny piece of beach in between the jagged rocks. The rocks down here are so colorful, so beautiful. My toes, clad in sandals of course, immediately found the water. LOL Yes it was cold. But that did not stop my feet from enjoying the frigid waters - covering them, up to the bottom of my jeans. I didn't care and my feet, while frozen in temperature and in time...they couldn't move. I was amazed...amazed doesn't really seem to even begin to describe it. I was over joyed, excited, humbled, by how clear the water was. I wonder how it tasted. I squatted down at the waters edge, both feet submersed, one hand full of beautiful stones and I reached down with the other hand and cupped a handful of water and brought it to my lips and drank. It was freezing cold, it was silk going down my throat, it was crystal clear. My mind ran off to some science fiction fantasy realm imagining a lake, a water that could heal. I doubt if you put a little of Lake Superior on your cuts, bruises or sprains that it would heal you. But I do know that it heals your soul. I am living proof of that. And I know others that are as well. As I sit on Black Rocks all alone (I have never been here alone before, there were two tourists here taking hundreds of pictures when I arrived, we passed as they were leaving, exchanged hellos and comments on the beautiful weather, but then it was just me and the lake) with no sunscreen on, it was almost overwhelming. The sheer size of this lake and her beauty. I could come out here every day and write. The only sound besides me typing on my phone is the lake. Gently rippling, gently slapping the rocks as she comes to say hello. Once in a while you hear the birds but even the birds are quiet today. It is like time stood still today. When you are alone. I found a couple of neat little pieces of driftwood I took home. All over Black Rocks, there are little pools of water, from the lake or from the rain. They are very very warm. Warmer than bathwater. I cannot wait until this summer. I just may have to jump in. I can't describe to you really how this lake make you feel or the magnificence of it all. You have to see it for yourself. If you ever get the chance. I am putting a list up on the right over here ======>>>>>>> with facts about Lake Superior. Not my facts. I found them online at the Minnesota Sea Grant website. Hopefully they are accurate, I have found some different facts on different sites. Enjoy - Toes in the water - even if they are freezing. xoxox Sarah