They’re Back! Hiking Muskegon State Park
I couldn’t go the entire long 4th of July weekend without at least one day trip someplace farther from home than Bysterveld Park, so I headed over to Muskegon for an afternoon of hiking, and an evening...
View ArticleToday would be a great day to get lost
The weather today is hot and humid, which I hate with a passion. I’m a fall to spring kind of guy. When the temperature is close to 90 degrees and the dew-point is in the mid to upper 70′s, I die. I...
View ArticleA future trip, the Les Cheneaux Islands
I am beginning to wonder if I do too much exploring online, and not enough on the ground trips. Given my current employment situation, I have to be content with putting together some future trips for...
View ArticleHeading to the Pigeon River Country this weekend!
Well, all my scrimping and saving has paid off! It will be tight, but I have enough money so that I will be able to go camping in the Pigeon River Country this Labor Day weekend! I have two major goals...
View ArticleThere is still hope
I just got back from my Labor Day weekend in the Pigeon River Country. I don’t have the time to do a full post about it right now, I am sorting through the nearly 500 pictures I took this weekend. But,...
View ArticlePigeon River Country weekend, day one
I got a late start, due to sleeping in later than I had planned, but still managed to make it to Round Lake State Forest campground at around 2:30 PM. I was quite surprised to see that the campground...
View ArticlePigeon River Country weekend, day two
I have no idea what time I woke up on Sunday, except it was already light out when I woke up. Between the heat, the distant thunder, and the fact that I’m getting too old to sleep on just a foam pad, I...
View ArticlePigeon River Country weekend, day three
I woke up on Monday morning stiff and sore all over, it was a struggle to crawl out of my sleeping bag and get dressed. I think some of it was from old age creeping up on me, but most of the stiffness...
View ArticleThe Big (photo) Dump, the leftovers
These are a few of the pictures I have leftover from my trip to the Pigeon River Country and beyond over the Labor Day weekend. I’ll start with a couple of the new Presque Isle lighthouse tower. The...
View ArticleSome updates
I have added an update to the hiking page for the High Country Pathway, the Pigeon River Country Association hired an intern who spent most of the summer on trail maintenance. I have also added a page...
View ArticleGarden Peninsula birding
While on my vacation back in September, I visited Michigan’s Garden Peninsula, as that’s where the Fayette Historic State Park is located, which was the subject of a previous post. It was while I was...
View ArticleMy vacation, spring (???) 2014, an overview
Okay, I knew that I wouldn’t be camping for the two entire weeks of my vacation without at least a couple of days back home, but so far, the weather is not cooperating at all. When the forecast for...
View ArticleScouting the Haymarsh State Game Area
Last Sunday, July 27th, it was hot, humid, with occasional showers and thunderstorms, so I figured it would be a good day for a scouting expedition. I chose the Haymarsh State Game Area, as it is only...
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