MERMAID SPOTTING

[Mermaid Menanna]

I realize these aren't nearly as wonderful as most of the others here, but living where I do, we don't have the beautiful clear blue waters and etc. that are ideal for mermaid sightings. We do, however, have a few incredibly beautiful spots here in the Great Lakes (not all conducive to swimming because of water currents and water temp) though... and I just had to share. These were taken during my honeymoon back in 2006. We spent 2 wks waterfall hiking in Michigan's UP. We had to do a lot of strenuous hiking to access these locations, but it was SO worth it!








And this last one was on the shore of Lake Superior in Silver City, MI

[Rett]

Wow, those are beautiful waterfalls Betta! Now I wanna take a tail there and swim!

[Mermaid Menanna]

LOL, they are beautiful RisingMermaid, but unfortunately those waterfalls are not good locations for swimming with or without a tail. As much as I wanted to swim each of them, it was very obvious that it was too dangerous with such heavy water currents. We walked the rivers for many of them, but when we neared the waterfall locations we had to go rock hopping or stick to the shoreline. More than once I was knocked over by the current in a foot of water, just trying to stand in it with aqua shoes on... it was that strong.
Here's a pic of me sitting on some rocks alongside one of the tiny falls. If you notice I only had my feet in the water and it was difficult to even do that and not get pulled in.

[Mermaid Menanna]

Maybe this video will help show how dangerous it would have been... this is from the waterfalls shown in the 1st & 3rd pics that I posted.https://www.facebook.com/dawn.moneyh...ideo_processed

[MotorCityMerman]

The Great Lakes are really under appreciated when it comes to beautiful locations and scenery.

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[Arella]

Which falls are those?

[Mermaid Menanna]

I don't remember the names of the different falls we were at, sorry. This was 9 yrs ago, lol.

[Lily]

New location for the Mermaid Bucket List: Pamukkale Rock Pools in Turkey!

[Anahita]

New location for the Mermaid Bucket List: Pamukkale Rock Pools in Turkey!

I've been there! It's usually not that pristine and empty though. Last time I was there, there was a load of tourists all over the place (I say that like I wasn't a tourist myself, lol)

[Mer-Crazy]

Anahita how deep is the water there?

[Anahita]

Anahita how deep is the water there?

Like wading depth. They range from about waist-deep to ankle deep. Most of the pools are pretty shallow. The "sacred pool" is pretty deep, but it's not in the actual cotton-walled pool area.

[Mermaid Galene]

Such spectacular mer habitat! Exdraghunt, I love the idea of a shipwreck photoshoot. Sparks the imagination with all sorts of story!

[Keiris]

I've been there! It's usually not that pristine and empty though. Last time I was there, there was a load of tourists all over the place (I say that like I wasn't a tourist myself, lol)

WOW! Is that gorgeous! That would make for some eyecatching mer-photos!

[Triton-Mahtlinnie]

Another shipwreck location (oddly enough, very close to the last one) with some much older, wooden vessels deliberately beached as a breakwater. I actually couldn't find any photos of it at all, so obviously not many people go there, just the occasional kayaker or SUP'er.



The video these screencaps are from, for the curious.

[Fun123joker]

i really like your idea of wrecked ship yards exdraghunt.

it would look like a place a mermaid would hang out and you wont have tourist troubles when taking pictures

[Lily]

Sinking Castle in Lake Garda, Italy, seems like it would be a spectacular place for a photoshoot!

[OceanWhisper]

I can imagine a 'royal' mermaid photoshoot happening there

[Ashe]

Wow that's gorgeous!

[Silva]

Wow! Perfect for a photoshoot!

[Mer-Crazy]

There's this lovely place in New Zealand, just a wee swim across the ocean from where I live haha. May have to consider going there some day.