Winter has arrived in Michigan, and outdoor recreation activities have shifted from kayaking, hiking, and biking to skiing, sledding, ice skating, and more difficult hiking. Those…
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore continues to be one of the top destinations for summer vacations in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. The National Park Service recently announced that plans…
The Waugoshance Lighthouse in the Straits of Mackinac has long been one of Michigan’s most endangered lighthouses. Deactivated and abandoned in 1912, the lighthouse has…
Michigan is home to seven national park properties (one national park, two national lakeshores, one national battlefield park, one national heritage area, and one national scenic trail) that attract…
It’s hard to pick Marquette’s top destination when recommending the area to new visitors. You could tell people to go hike Sugarloaf Mountain, walk through…
After a summer of kayaking the Flat River many times, we were looking to paddle different Michigan rivers that presented more of a challenge. In…
The Grand Haven Pier Lights are a pair of iconic pier lighthouses in Grand Haven, Michigan that mark the point where the Grand River meets…
Michigan has the most of a lot of things – we are blessed with the most freshwater coastline, the most lighthouses, and we also have…
2020 has been a challenging year for vacation plans, traveling, and well, just about everything else too. We took a break for a few months…
One of the reasons we love exploring Michigan is that there is never a shortage of great photo opportunities. Our early explorations of the state…