Trowbridge Falls - by the zipline

Ahh.  Trowbridge Falls... Our first campground destination, not that far from home, and yet miles away from all the packing, planning, to do lists, and double checking involved in leaving one's home to travel for a year.

Here at Trowbridge Falls, just on the north end of Thunder Bay, water in the Little Current river cascades down a series of small water falls on its way to Lake Superior and the Atlantic Ocean, travelling east as we happen to be doing.  

The water is warm and shallow as it courses over the polished black granite and tumbles over ledges just the right height for stepping.  It's a splash park for children and a spa for adults.  Here, kids float in the current, climb on the rocks, and hide beneath the falls like miniature maids of the mist.  Adults partake in the natural spa, listening to the soothing sounds of the water as it trickles through a crevice, lying on sunbaked granite, and sitting beneath the falls for a vigorous massage of sore muscles after a few hours on the mountain biking trails.