We also learned that the park did not have any raccoons. We were very surprised by this because we are so used to having raccoons in all the other parks we had been in. They figure that eventually as habitat for raccoons starts to disappear in other areas that they will eventually start moving into the area. But for now there are none living here. According to their observation board though, there is plenty of other wildlife to be seen.
I thought it was a type of fungus but upon further research I found out that it is actually a type of flower that is white and doesn't have any chlorophyll. But it's really a flowering plant-- in the blueberry family! These plants can grow in dark areas because they are not dependent on light for photosynthesis. Instead they are parasitic on the trees and use the trees photosynthesis process as their food source. (see more here: http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/oct2002.html)
We carried on at a slower pace and stopped to look at the interesting things around us such as rocks growing out of tree stumps.
We were going to go swimming but when we put our feet in the water it was freezing cold. That was rather unexpected considering the water was shallow and it was a hot day. But later on we figured out why. We read in the parks brochure that this harbour is part of Lake Superior and that the average temperature of the water is only 4 degrees. No wonder it was so cold!
A little while later the family that we had met when we were eating our lunch happened to pass by our site on their way back and stopped for a rest at the far end of our little beach. We waved and said hello and offered them the use of our site to go swimming if they wanted but they politely declined. We talked to them for a bit as we shouted across the water to each other, and then eventually they were on their way again. We didn't see too many more people after that.
We went into the tent at about 11:45 and studied the map for a bit to get an idea of where we were headed in the morning. While we were doing that we noticed that a wasp was in the tent. So I had to find something to catch it and throw it outside. After I ejected it from the tent I spent the next 10 minutes searching the whole tent to make sure that there were no more unwanted insects inside. Confident that there weren't, we eventually drifted off to sleep.