Nomad exploring life wherever I am
Picking a campground in a place I haven’t been can be a lesson in serendipity. Sometimes, the campground is closer to a highway than I thought, with the accompanying traffic noise. As soon as I pulled into the Hurricane River lower campground and looked left to see Lake Superior, I knew this place was a winner. I backed into my site, quickly set up the basics, and then headed down to the shore. Oh, my…
If there is two things to know about Tahquemenon Falls, they are: (1) Tahquemenon kind of rhymes with Phenomenon. (2) You have to go through Paradise to get there. And when you do get there, this is one of the first things you’ll see, the Lower Falls.
One of the great things Google does is let you know about things you never imagined you’d ever care about, like Petoskey Stones. Like what, you say? Petoskey stones. It’s a Michigan thing. More specifically, it’s a Lake Michigan thing. Keep reading, I’ll explain it as we go along…
Traveling to South Manitou Island is a day-long commitment. The boat from Leland leaves at 10AM. You get to the island about 11:30 and have until 4PM, when the boat returns to pick people up, docking back in Leland about 5:30PM. As day trips go, though, this might be one of my all-time favorites.
Beaches, sand dunes, forests, rivers, and lakes. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has all of them, wrapped up in a lovely location on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. I spent five nights here in early July, based at the Platte River campground, exploring the area.