Every season is ripe with opportunities to partake in favorite pastimes and activities – and to try new ones. If you live in Michigan or have visited the state during the winter, you know already that this time of year offers a lot of beauty and a lot to do. People from around the country [...]
After all the breaks and holidays we experience toward the end of the calendar year, the months of January, February, and March can feel like we’re slogging through knee-high snow against a blowing wind, figuratively speaking, of course. We are looking at several weeks of no vacations, few engagements, and lots of time indoors. Or, [...]
Winter is a magical time in Michigan. The scenery changes. The crowds are no more. The land turns quiet. Yet the beauty of nature and attractions remains intact, as well as accentuated in a new way. Driving Time: 2 hours, 47 minutes Mileage: 142 miles Tawas City: Lumberman’s Monument Park This is one of [...]
Driving Time: 1 hour, 38 minutes Distance: 81.6 miles In the Upper Peninsula, there’s never a bad time to visit and take a scenic drive. Every season has its own unique beauty and seems to tell a different part of the story about the land. In the wintertime, once-busy roadways and waterways turn frozen and [...]
“Where was this when I was young?” This was said by an older relative who lives in a part of the country that is also home to two of our nation’s great parks: Grand Teton and Yellowstone. He’s noticed a lot more RVs making the trek through… and lots more families. He isn’t the only [...]
It’s well-known that Michigan has a lot of natural beauty as well as quite a history when it comes to logging, transportation, and mining. When it comes to natural beauty, you have your choice of sand dunes, beaches, rivers, valleys, fields… and splendid forests where the trees have seen more winters than any of us [...]
Presque Isle Waterfall Loop, Manabezho Falls, Porcupine Mountains Manabezho Falls is located in the gorgeous Porcupine Mountain National Park, one of the top destinations in the state of Michigan. It’s the largest waterfall that falls 25 feet and situated on the last mile of the Presque Isle River. If you take the 2.3-mile loop is [...]
The Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Michigan get most of the credit when it comes to fall foliage and taking scenic drives. The metropolitan areas don’t get a lot of recognition, yet the city architects took Michigan’s natural beauty into consideration – and you’ll really appreciate it when fall rolls around. From mid- to late [...]
The warm summer days are making way to autumn days. You can feel it in the air, the crispness. You can see it in the trees, the muted colors as the leaves start their transformation from green to red, orange, or yellow. Although it’s always a little sad to see another summer end, it’s always [...]
In the blink of an eye, another summer has come and gone. The outdoors, which is commonly a sanctum for thousands during these warmer months, has become even more of a refuge during this time of pandemic. When you’re outside and among natural beauty, we can forget what’s going on in the world and instead [...]
