Somewhere in Nice…
Testy1, not as cold as Superior, but the currents around Tobermory can draw in a lot of colder water. Usually the thermocline is about eight feet below the surface. Think the warmest the water gets above it is about 60 degrees. In the water then back to the hot sand / rocks. Almost like a day at the spa!
Wow, this thread has far exceeded my wildest dreams.
Thank you contributors, I feel 27% more enlightened now.
[quote]Spock81 wrote:
I am wondering if this is a real place in texas, and if anyone has been there?[/quote]
Certainly looks like the west side of the Texas Hill County, or perhaps the Big Bend heading to the Rockies. It could also be the foothills of the Rockies as they build up from El Paso to Ruisdoso.
Either direction, those foothills just come up out of the desertt — goes desert, high plains, then mountains covered with trees and rivers in less than an hour drive.
I like it, but of course, I live there and see the equivalent every day.
[quote]imoko wrote:
Testy1, not as cold as Superior, but the currents around Tobermory can draw in a lot of colder water. Usually the thermocline is about eight feet below the surface. Think the warmest the water gets above it is about 60 degrees. In the water then back to the hot sand / rocks. Almost like a day at the spa![/quote]
Farthest north I have been on that side of Huron is a little past Grand Bend. Might be time for a trip.
If you go for a trip, be sure to visit the caves of the Grotto. There is a popular camp sight close by (Cyprus Lake) and it’s a short(ish) hike that is well worth the effort. Found this blog of some travels to the area with many excellent photos.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jensenl/visuals/album/2007/tobermory/
That said, Texas is looking like a place I need to visit!
[quote]imoko wrote:
If you go for a trip, be sure to visit the caves of the Grotto. There is a popular camp sight close by (Cyprus Lake) and it’s a short(ish) hike that is well worth the effort. Found this blog of some travels to the area with many excellent photos.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jensenl/visuals/album/2007/tobermory/
That said, Texas is looking like a place I need to visit![/quote]
Have you been watching the show on OLN called Descending? Just last week they had an episode on the Great Lakes wrecks. I had no idea there were so many, the condition of the wrecks are unreal like you mentioned, not that deep either.
A good friend of mine is a master diver who will teach me for basically nothing, bugging me for years to get certified but I’m chicken shit of deep water 
I am wondering if anyone has done any cave exploration type adventures. At the John Janzen nature centre (lame) they have this plastic cave made up for kids and I really enjoy being in there, HA-HA. Fake bats and everything! It’s very fun. I can’t even begin to imagine how fun it would be to be in a REAL cave!
[quote]Spock81 wrote:
I am wondering if anyone has done any cave exploration type adventures. At the John Janzen nature centre (lame) they have this plastic cave made up for kids and I really enjoy being in there, HA-HA. Fake bats and everything! It’s very fun. I can’t even begin to imagine how fun it would be to be in a REAL cave! [/quote]
I’ve been here: http://stateparks.mt.gov/parks/visit/lewisAndClarkCaverns/
It has been a long time but i remember a few bats, and the stalagmites and stalactites. It was dark and claustrophobic as well. It was a family vacation and my family and i sortof toured the southwestern part of the state including yellowstone national park.