This is part of a series called Upper Midwest Tour 2021 For years I’ve heard people rave about Mackinac Island — the history, the hotels, the restaurants — and no cars! Part of the reason for this trip was to visit there, which we did for 4 days. Getting to Mackinac is by passenger-only ferry. …
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This is part of a series called Upper Midwest Tour 2021 From Bond Falls, we drove to Munising, MI, the home of Pictured Rocks National Seashore. We were interested in comparing the stories of Munising and nearby Grand Marais (yeah, a second one!) and Pictured Rocks with Bayfield and the Apostle Islands. They both had…
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This is part of a series called Upper Midwest Tour 2021 After our short stint in Wisconsin, it was time to head to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, locally known as the UP. In fact, people up here call themselves “Yoopers,” (think UPers). I get that kind of thing; after all the University of Washington…
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This is part of a series called Upper Midwest Tour 2021 As I mentioned in an earlier post, this was one of the stops we were looking forward to. Isle Royale is the least-visited park in the Lower 48 states. It is also the site of the predator-prey, wolf-moose study that now has been going…
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