michigan

For years I had heard my friend Ken talk about kayaking Isle Royale. I finally made it up there with him this year. We took the Ranger III ferry from Houghton MI to Rock Harbor, Isle Royale. We brought 15 nights of food with plans to circumnavigate the island. You can paddle all the way...

We never tire of Sleeping Bear Dunes! This national lakeshore along Lake Michigan is full of beautiful, fun hiking up and down the enormous sand dunes. From Pyramid Point - looking toward South Manitou Island At Petersen Beach by Platte River Campground The hardest part of the...

As requested (@John Morrow), here's a TR from our July 2015 backpacking trip on Michigan's Isle Royale. After 5 years, it's fun to revisit my photos & maps and try to remember the details of our trip. Isle Royale is a huge island in Lake Superior and is closer to Canada and Minnesota than...

Instead of heading to the Winds for our originally-planned trip, we switched gears and drove 9 hours in-state to the Porkies (Porcupine Mountains) in Michigan's UP. We had previously backpacked in beautiful Isle Royale National Park and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, and the scenery on this...

I've been lurking on this site for a couple of years and have learned a lot of great information that helped me plan trips to the Winds and elsewhere, so I figured it was about time I posted but I wanted my first trip report to highlight something from my neck of the woods. Last weekend we made...

So this past weekend we did end up hiking the MRT. Our original plan was to hike a ways up the NCT side in the dark Friday night (which we had done MANY times in the past) and camp. Then continue north and cross over at the suspension bridge and hike back down the MRT side Saturday. Once at the...

Greetings trekkers. This past weekend we decided to get out and play in the snow one last time before it's gone. We spent 3ish days and 2 nights at Lost Lake which is located on the west side of Michigan's lower peninsula between Baldwin and Ludington. The primary objective was snowshoeing and...

One of my goals is to hike all the cool sections of the North Country Trail through Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. Here's a late fall trip I did in 2012. The trail is part of the Penokee Mountain Range in way Northwestern Wisconsin, west of Mellen WI... if you want to check a map. I Hiked about 9...

Home sick today. Going through some old photos. Thought I'd post a few pic's . Spent some time with family exploring Picture Rocks National Lake Shore. Busy place, park campsites were full so we car camped at a nearby State Forest camp ground and spent a few days hiking and exploring the area...

Greetings folks. Here are a few pics from a weekend backpacking trip we did a couple of weekends ago in northern lower Michigan. The colors were near peak. Featured image for home page:

SouthEast Michigan does not contain any glamorous or awe inspiring backpacking destinations. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is 4 hours away. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is 6 hours away. Those looking for more challenging destinations need to head further west into the Upper...