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As we prepare to take our leave of the U.P., it's necessary that we make sure we partake of a quintessentially U.P. delicacy, the Pastie. This delicious complete meal in one neat pastry package pays tribute to the highly skilled hard rock miners from Cornwall England...
There are many cool things to do in Porcupine Mountain State Wilderness Park but the road to many of them is closed today. Nonetheless we were able to check out the visitors center for an overview and a bit of history. This place might have been a national park but...
It seemed time to move on. We've enjoyed our stay at McLain State Park and have only begun to explore the treasures of the Keweenaw so we're looking forward to our next opportunity to visit here. Now we are staying at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in the...
We Recently we replaced our electric drip coffeemaker with a stovetop percolator. It made sense in that the one pot could replace both the tea kettle and the bulky drip machine and we wouldn't need shore power in order to make ourselves a pot of coffee. Then we...
One of the aspects of life on the road is that you must periodically replenish your food stores. No different than from life in a house. But their is a difference. Every grocery is arranged differently and may or may not carry the product or brand you want. And you...
This has been a glorious day! We were up before dawn for a quick breakfast and a drive up US-41 to Fort Wilkins State Park to participate in their 9th Annual Geocaching Event. We had to learn a new technique in order to find the nine temporary caches inside the park....
In Michigan State Parks the Campground Hosts often offer the opportunity to gather with other campers. This morning we met Dave & Sarah and their dogs, Finn & York at the Coffee gathering. This evening it was a campfire and S'Mores. As the sun lit up the sky...
See Park Video See History Video (Delayed Start) The town of Calumet, originally named Red Jacket, sprang up around the Calumet and Hecla copper mines. Today we explored the area a bit. In an attempt to locate the Visitors Center we got into an amazing...
We landed here at McLain State Park on the western side of the Keweenaw Peninsula early yesterday afternoon and chose Site 76 just across from the lake. Even before we were set up and registered we were giving tours to a couple of neighbors, Bob & Bob, who gave us...
According to local legend, when Horace Greeley penned those now famous words, he was encouraging young men to migrate from the eastern cities to the Keweenaw copper mines. It is interesting to note that Greeley was among the eastern investors that financed these mines...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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Or, Another Benefit of Boondocking The past four and a half hours have been interesting. At 9AM the power went out. In a house dependent on water pumped from a well, that also means the water supply is out. While our modem was still on UPS we still had internet, so we...
Like folks all over the world, we're finding ways of coping with what we hope just an interlude of confinement with a combination of high tech and low tech modifications of how we do things. Late this morning we did a yoga class with about 14 thousand others. The...
Don’t know if Spring is here or if we’re just having unseasonably warm weather, but it’s lovely outside. That prompted us into the annual ritual of setting up canopies on our deck and bringing the cushions, pillows, and deck rugs out of storage. We now have expanded...