August 24, 2009
Just last weekend we camped at Tawas Point State Park and had a great time. Immediately I knew it had to be featured in the SimplyOutdoors Michigan Sanctuaries Series. Please read on. ——————————————————————— We’ve camped in many parts of the state, and at many state parks, but for some reason we’ve never camped on the [...]
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| Posted in: camping, Michigan Sanctuaries, SimplyOutdoors Series
August 21, 2008
The Pere Marquette River runs for approximately 67 miles. It begins near Baldwin, Mi, in Lake County, and runs west into the Pere Marquette lake, eventually emptying into Lake Michigan. The “PM”, as we affectionately call it, is probably my favorite river in Michigan. Jeff and I have had the pleasure of fishing this river [...]
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July 4, 2008
By Kristine I don’t really remember the first time I saw the Sleeping Bear Dunes. I’m guessing that’s because I was still a baby when I originally encountered those mountainous sand hills. I know we made a pilgrimage to the dunes every year for most of my childhood. I can still remember fighting to climb [...]
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| Posted in: Guest Posts, Michigan Sanctuaries
June 20, 2008
The Grand River is the largest river in the state of Michigan. It runs for 260 miles and passes through many cities including Grand Haven, Lansing, Jackson, and Grand Rapids. The Grand also passes through 8 counties before emptying itself into Lake Michigan. Since the Grand River covers so much of Michigan’s lower peninsula there [...]
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April 21, 2008
When I was a kid, my family lived downstate, or more like midstate. Every summer, without fail we’d come up North to vacation about an hour away from the area where I now live. Every year the Shreve family would have a family reunion in the small Northern town where the old family farmhouse still [...]
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| Posted in: Michigan Sanctuaries, SimplyOutdoors Series