After the Storm: Marquette, March 2020

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This is the third and final post of my experience and pictures with a nice winter storm in the first week of March this year. The day before the storm was March 4th, the storm was March 5th, and it had cleared out by March 6th. It was a wild, windy, and snowy night while the storm came through.

I was glad that took precautions with my windshield wipers so they didn’t get frozen to windshield. I had rented the car from Hertz in Chicago and they had it stocked with an ice scraper/ brush. Those of you from places that don’t have snow, this link will show you what an such an instrument looks like. As a side note, my last minute flight arrangements would have taken me two days longer and cost $1,500 more if I had flown directly to Marquette from Los Angeles.

It was a good thing that I remembered to put the wipers up!

After completing my errands for the day, I set out to the places I’d visited before and during the storm. The Sun was beautiful coming through the trees at the Noquemanon North Trails Trailhead on the Big Bay Road (County Road 550).

The Sun shines through the trees by Tourist Park Lake

The pines were covered in snow with icicles dangling down.

Icicles hang on a pine tree branch

It was then over to Presque Isle Park and the Upper Harbor break wall. I was unable to photograph this during the storm because it was, well, too stormy. The waves crashing against the ice-covered break wall were beautiful.

Waves crash against the ice-covered Upper Harbor break wall

So beautiful, I have to include two pictures of it. This picture shows the ice debris strewn out along the shore, along with a nice picture of what the wall is supposed to do: Break waves.

Ice is piled high at the by the Upper Harbor break wall

I then went over to the Sunset Point area (really near the Pavilion because the road around the Island is closed). The ice that had been blown away by the storm was back. By the way, click on any image to get a larger version.

Ice has flowed back into Middle bay in this panorama

The snow had been sculpted by the blowing wind during the storm.

The wind sculpted interesting patterns in the snow

The afternoon Sun illuminated this stark but beautiful winter scene.

The Sun is bright over ice-covered Middle Bay

The trees frame this view of Middle Bay, Middle Island Point, and the lakeshore beyond.

Wind sculpted snow is in the foreground with the lakeshore stretching to the northwest in the distance

The clear, cleanness of the area after the storm is truly beautiful, but this would make for a chilly picnic.

This panorama shows the crisp beauty of the calm after the storm

Some signs are just out of season.

Somehow I don’t think that parking on the grass is a problem at this time of year

Later in the evening I went to Picnic Rocks and the view of the Ore Dock in the Upper Harbor was nice.

At Picnic Rocks, the ore dock glows in the distance

I drove out by the Presque Isle break wall again and the lights on the Ore Dock were quite nice.

The LS&I Ore Dock is lit up at night

I hope you enjoyed looking!