Petoskey Stones

One of the things to do in Charlevoix that you can't do anywhere else is hunt along the beach for Petoskey stones. Apparently, you can't find them anywhere but northern Michigan.

Most of the waterfront near Charlevoix is rocky, so that's a good place to start. Here you can see that there's a really wide variety of rocks along the coast of Lake Michigan. I didn't expect that.

We spent the early evening down by the water.

I even found a couple Petoskey stones. They're small, only a few centimeters wide.  It was fun finding them.