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  • Pita Pizza

    What You’ll Need Pita Bread or Flat Bread Pizza Sauce Cheese Your favourite pizza toppings

  • Stir Fry Dinner

    What You’ll Need Rice Noodles Rib eye strips or your choice of meat Baby corn Sugar peas Potato, sliced thinly Bell pepper, red or green Cajun seasoning Salt & Pepper to taste Olive Oil Tin Foil

  • No Bake Peanut Butter Bars

    What You’ll Need 1 cup peanut butter 3/4 cup honey 2 cups quick oatmeal

  • Camping Gear

    The best way to have a successful camping trip is to make sure that you have all the right gear with you or, at the very least, enough gear to improvise what you’re missing. I’ve put together this list of possible items you’ll want to include. This is meant to be a guideline only and…

  • Hard Boiled Eggs

    What You’ll Need Eggs A wax cup Gloves or clamp Fire

  • Kitch-iti-kipi – Michigan’s Largest Freshwater Spring

    Growing up Steve visited Kitch-iti-kipi with his family. It made such an impression on him that he wanted to revist and share the experience with me. I didn’t know what to expect from a giant spring with a raft suspended on a wire and propelled by human power. A bit of history When the European…

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  • Waterfalls on the Black River Scenic Byway

    The Black River Scenic Byway is a 14-mile stretch of road that follows the Black River. There are 5 major waterfalls along this route with ample hiking opportunities available. Great Conglomerate Falls The first waterfall is the Great Conglomerate Falls. Thirty feet in height, it surges over a wide conglomerate rock formation. From the parking…

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  • Hiking the Estivant Pines Sanctuary

    In 1971 Lauri Leskinen published an article in the Houghton Daily Mining Gazette called The Last Stand. It addressed protecting “one of the last stands of virgin pines in the Midwest” from the lumber industry.

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  • Camping in the Keweenaw: McLain State Park

    Located outside of Hancock on Lake Superior, McLain State Park provides a beautiful, scenic campground. Activities at the park include fishing, hunting, cross-country skiing, and hiking. We spent the first part of our stay here checking out the beach and lighthouse. Options available for camping include a Rustic Cabin for $60 per night or the…

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  • Kingston Lake State Forest Campground

    Kingston Lake State Forest Campground is one of the many campgrounds in the area of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. The area offers a lot of beauty and many things to do.

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  • Silver Falls

    Silver Falls isn’t the most impressive waterfall in the U.P. but still has beauty and charm.

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  • The Beautiful Yellow Dog Falls

    Yellow Dog Falls is located on the Yellow Dog River in Marquette County. This river runs wild throughout the county, untouched by human development. Many of the waterfalls are not very easily accessible. Yellow Dog Falls is one of the larger falls, nearly 20 feet in height and is the most accessible.

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  • The Beauty of Alder Falls

    The Beauty of Alder Falls

    Located 20 miles north-west of Marquette, Michigan, Alder Falls is a beautiful, multi-leveled waterfall. The lowest drop is the most impressive at around 30 feet in height. This cascading falls is surrounded by pure beauty and is one of my favorite places to visit.

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  • Munising Falls: A Well Known Treat

    Munising Falls: A Well Known Treat

    Munising is becoming one popular town. Not only does it have the quaint, small town appeal, but it is also located next to some of the most beautiful scenery in all of Michigan; Pictured Rocks National Lake Shore. Aside from these extremely impressive rock formations, Munising also has some pretty fantastic waterfalls that are also…

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  • A Michigan Secret – Eben Ice Caves

    A Michigan Secret – Eben Ice Caves

    Eben Junction is a small city about 30 minutes outside of Munising. Every year visitors from all over come to this city to see one spectacular piece of nature. Hidden about half a mile within the Rock River Wilderness area is something known as the “Eben Ice Caves.” The caves aren’t really caves but rather…

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