Most Recent Travels…are at the Top! The rest is history.
Voyageurs, Northern Lights & the Ice Box of the US! We camped on Kabetogama Lake, on a cliff overlooking the lake, <1 mile from the Kabetogama Lake Visitor Center for Voyageurs NP, which put us between Ash River Visitor Center to the south and Rainy River Visitor Center to the Read more…
From Duluth, Minnesota to the Canadian border! We camped in Grand Marais, about 75% of the way up the ~150 miles of the Minnesota North Shore of Lake Superior…Lizzy’s 1st time camping in Minnesota (State #41). We visited a couple of unexpected places on the North Shore: Visited 1 new Read more…
And making stops on the Fruit Loop Trail! We camped in the Bayfield, Wisconsin, on the shores of Lake Superior, for a few days. It’s Lizzy’s 1st time camping in Wisconsin (State #40). Bayfield is known as the “Berry Capitol of Wisconsin” because of its unique microclimate and many berry farms Read more…
For now, anyway We’ve loved our 5+ week visit to Michigan…from Detroit, between Lakes Huron & Erie; west to Muskegon, on Lake Michigan; to the Straits of Mackinac, between Lakes Michigan and Huron; to the Upper Peninsula and the shores of Lake Superior; culminating with a week on Isle Royale, Read more…
And the Vagaries of Lake Superior Weather When the gales of November came early! Really! Many visitors over the weekend did not arrive or leave per their original plans! We did, but barely. We departed Copper Harbor, Keweenaw Peninsula on the Isle Royale Queen IV last Tuesday, 8:00 am, for Read more…
On the Keweenaw Peninsula… …which was a center of copper mining for well over 100 years. The Pittsburgh and Boston Mining Company began mining near Copper Harbor in 1844. From 1850 to 1881, Michigan produced more than three-quarters of the country’s copper, and in 1869, the state produced over 95%. Calumet Read more…
On the big lake they call Gitche Gumee According to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, at least 200 shipwrecks lie along Lake Superior’s Shipwreck Coast, a treacherous 80-Mile stretch of shoreline with no safe harbor, between Munising (where we camped) and Whitefish Point (where we visited the Shipwreck Museum). It is known as Read more…
Separating Michigan’s Lower and Upper Peninsulas And connecting Lake Michigan to the west with Lake Huron to the east. We camped in Mackinaw City for 5 nights, just south of the Mackinac Bridge. We visited a lot in 4 days of touring and learned a lot about the history of Read more…
and the Cherry Capitol of the World We camped in Empire, Michigan (6 nights), primarily to visit Sleeping Bear Dunes, and maybe take a quick trip into Traverse City on our last day. We learned, once here, that Traverse City, Michigan is known as the “Cherry Capital of the World”. Its Read more…
From Lumber Town to Industrial Center Our first stop on Lake Michigan, we camped on a small lake, about 3/4 mile to walk around the whole thing. It’s about equi-distant from Whitehall to the northwest and downtown Muskegon to the southwest. Muskegon is on the south side of Lake Muskegon, Read more…