How Many Apostles Were There?
Sep 14 2009
I was hoping to write about a humorous incident, like my burning my forearm on a campground fire ring, or scarring my back by standing up into the corner of our RV’s slideout, but those are painful memories.
Instead, we were in NW Wisconsin on Lake Superior (where one asks for “pop” instead of “soda”) and visited the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. There were 12 apostles as I recall from teaching CCD. However, there are 22 Apostle Islands. Go figure! And the islands were named by a Jesuit priest. So much for my Jesuit education.
This park is beautiful. We had to take a boat to the islands, although in winter you can cross-country ski to them. The boat ride is well worth it though to see the wildlife (lots of birds) and plant life (I had my first look at a Pitcher Plant, a carnivorous plant that looks like a pitcher to lure insects), as well as ponder how the early settlers tried to settle these islands with the imposing Lake Superior surrounding them.
The only negative was that we wished we had kayaks or a canoe and could have boated ourselves to the islands to camp overnight.
Meat eating plants? Eek!
Sam ponders...
