Month: September 2019

The drive to Mackinac City was longer than expected due to a long detour along route 2. We decided to stop at Seney National Wildlife Refuge since it was on the way. As we neared the visitor center I noted a group of Wood Ducks in the pond to the right. I told Alan about…

Day 1 After checking in at the visitor center, and getting some good information about places to hike and get some great views in, we hiked a short trail to Munising Falls – right there at the visitor center. After leaving that trail we drove to the trailhead for Miners Falls where I took my…

We stopped in at Keweenaw and learned about their rich history of mining copper in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In the early 1800’s there was a great mineral rush with entire towns building up to support mining businesses. These places provided homes for the workers, hospitals, markets and more. By the late1800’s the workers…

The claim on the seasickness pills box turned out to be a bunch of hooey. I went to bed at 8:30pm and slept until 7:30 this morning. I was hung over for the rest of the day. So was Alan, but in a less pleasant way – his stomach was still roiling from the boat…

The drive up to Grand Portage was uneventful. There was a heavy fog that stayed with us the entire way, especially along the shoreline of Lake Superior. I was sure it wore Alan out.  We stopped for lunch in Grand Marais at a little restaurant called The Twisted Fork. We each had the catch of…

We got up and drove to Voyageurs National Park for a second visit, having visited the park two years before.  We decided to go to a different visitor center than our previous visit, and so went to the Kabetogama visitor center. We had planned to hike the Echo Bay trail.  We were told by the…