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All Right, Michigan Weather – You Win This Round!

Planning camping trips during the summer months in Michigan is always a gamble. Will it be too buggy? Too warm? Too chilly? Too wet? Is there a… Read more “All Right, Michigan Weather – You Win This Round!”

If you live in Michigan, you probably already know that Tahquamenon Falls State Park will likely be on just about every “top five” list of places you MUST… Read more “More Than Just The Waterfalls – Tahquamenon Falls State Park”

It’s fairly easy to just “pass through” the city of Marquette, MI if you’re say…traveling to your brother’s house in Houghton, MI (the two cities are just… Read more “Going To Marquette? Be Sure To Stop And Look Around A Bit – And Maybe Have A Beer Or Two!”

If you’re traveling in Michigan’s “Upper Peninsula,” Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore would rank right up there – IMHO – on most lists of “must see” places. Featuring… Read more “Picture Yourself – At Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore!”

Show of hands – who used to regularly read the Li’l Abner comic strip when it appeared in many newspapers until 1977? Go ahead, don’t be shy… Read more “Li’l Abner and Dogpatch – A Pop Culture Mystery”

I’ve become quite the “pro” at using every nook, cranny and space in the car to pack a car for cabin/camping trips. It almost feels strange to… Read more “Weird To Be Packing For a “Motel” Trip…”

I’ve done all varieties of camping over the years. I first went to “sleep away” camp in 1981, and had to pack up clothes, my sleeping bag,… Read more “Pop-Up Camping – My Most “Posh” Camping Experience Yet!”

This is one of a series of “mini blogs” about a weekend trip to the west coast of Michigan in May, 2019. This blog will focus on… Read more “Scenes From Ludington State Park”

This is the first in a series of blogs I’ll be posting about our weekend trip… Got back from my weekend trip to Pentwater, MI not too… Read more “Pentwater Trip Mini Blog – Part One”

Almost five years ago, my husband and I paid a visit to Pentwater, MI – a village with an estimated population of about 857 people (per the… Read more “Going Back To Pentwater, MI This Weekend!”