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Vacation Week on Drummond Island - 2022 Photo Gallery

Vacation Week on Drummond Island – 2022 Photo Gallery

October 25, 2022
by Jonathan Katje
Family Trips, Vacation

Drummond Island is an all-seasons vacation paradise in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The third largest island in Lake Huron, Drummond Island offers 129 miles of mostly…

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Kayaking To The Portland Shipwreck at Besser Natural Area

Kayaking To The Portland Shipwreck at Besser Natural Area

July 23, 2022
by Jonathan Katje
Kayak Trips

Kayaking has been a big part of our summer adventures over the last five years. In 2020 while visiting Drummond Island I had the chance…

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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore 2021: Record Visitors For Seventh Consecutive Year

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore 2021: Record Visitors For Seventh Consecutive Year

January 16, 2022
by Jonathan Katje
Family Trips

Earlier this month we looked at a record breaking 2021 for Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and today we turn our attention to the Upper…

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Is Michigan's Platte River Campground the Best Campground in America?

Is Michigan’s Platte River Campground the Best Campground in America?

July 6, 2021
by Jonathan Katje
Camping

Just in time for the last two months of summer, a new set of Reader’s Choice polls are up at 10best.com. Current contests are focused…

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Rotary Island Park, Sault Ste. Marie - Freighters and Family Fun

Rotary Island Park, Sault Ste. Marie – Freighters and Family Fun

March 3, 2021
by Jonathan Katje
Family Trips

There’s no shortage of things to do in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan’s oldest city. One of the main draws here is the Soo Locks, which…

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2020 Was a Record Year for Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

2020 Was a Record Year for Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

February 27, 2021
by Jonathan Katje
Camping, Family Trips

For the first time in its history, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore saw more than one million visitors during 2020. The large jump in visits is…

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10 Things To See and Do at Presque Isle Park in Marquette

10 Things To See and Do at Presque Isle Park in Marquette

December 21, 2020
by Jonathan Katje
Family Trips

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…

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Michigan Kayak Trips: The Pine River Offers Challenges, Beautiful Scenery

Michigan Kayak Trips: The Pine River Offers Challenges, Beautiful Scenery

December 20, 2020
by Jonathan Katje
Kayak Trips

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…

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20 "New To Us" Michigan Places We Visited in 2020

20 “New To Us” Michigan Places We Visited in 2020

December 17, 2020
by Jonathan Katje
Family Trips

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…

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Travel the Mitten - Our 21 Michigan Travel Goals for 2021

Travel the Mitten – Our 21 Michigan Travel Goals for 2021

December 15, 2020
by Jonathan Katje
Arts and Entertainment

The time has come to start planning for next year’s Travel the Mitten day trips and vacations, and we thought a fun way to do…

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