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Outdoors

Preparing for Adventure

July 1, 2010 Outdoors

Thanks to Karen and Greg Evans for sharing how they’re preparing for their big U.P. backpacking adventure by exploring some trails a little closer to home…
On a sunny June weekend, my husband and I hiked 22 miles through wetlands and up steep hills. We saw snakes, beautiful birds and amazing vegetation. We had our tents [...]

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Tagged as: Guest Blogger, Outdoors, Pure Michigan, Summer

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Affordable Family Vacations: Upper Peninsula

June 24, 2010 Family

Tina Lassen, Michigan Travel Ideas contributing writer, gives insiders tips on affordable one-day trips in the UP. For more affordable family vacations ideas, see the article in the 2010 issue of Michigan Travel Ideas.
A good place to base yourself is in Paradise at either Harmon’s Birchwood Lodge cabins ($66-$130/night, three-night minimum in summer) along [...]

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Tagged as: Guest Blogger, Outdoors, Places To Visit, Pure Michigan, Summer, Upper Peninsula

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My Michigan Moments

June 10, 2010 Attractions and Museums

As Michigan Travel Ideas editors and writers hit the roads of the Great Lakes state in search of their own “Michigan Moments,” Terri Ketcham, Michigan Travel Ideas Associate Art Director, shares hers from a trip she took to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
At the end of a long day of scouting in and around [...]

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Tagged as: Guest Blogger, Outdoors, Pure Michigan, Summer, Things to Do

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True North

June 9, 2010 Beaches

Thanks to Stephanie Irwin for sharing her True North with us. 
When I was little the car ride up north was long.  My grandparents had a cottage in Oscoda and my family drove up from Flint most every weekend in the summers.  My mom, brother and I, bags packed, would wait eagerly for my dad [...]

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Tagged as: Beaches, Guest Blogger, Places To Visit, Pure Michigan, Summer

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It’s Open!

May 27, 2010 Fishing

Dan Donarski is back, and this time, he’s sharing some great advice on how to make the most of bass fishing season, which opens this Saturday!
The last Saturday of May is upon us, and that brings bass fishing season! (Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair and Detroit rivers don’t open for a few weeks yet)
One [...]

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Tagged as: Fishing, Guest Blogger, Pure Michigan, Spring

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A Morning at the Dunes

May 25, 2010 Beaches

Thanks to guest blogger John Nicka for his story on camping in northwest Michigan, and his climb up Sleeping Bear Dunes.
In the summer of 2008 I went camping in Northern Michigan to celebrate the end of college. Suttons Bay, Elk Rapids, Old Mission—uniquely named places beckoned me as I drove my little Nissan up U.S. 131 [...]

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Tagged as: Camping, Guest Blogger, Outdoors, Pure Michigan, Spring, Things to Do

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Tomorrow

May 14, 2010 Fishing

Thank you to Dan Donarski for this guest blog piece on the opening of walleye and northern pike fishing season up in the Upper Peninsula!
Remember the old adage “Today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday”? Well, tomorrow is going to be the today you’ve been hoping for since the 15th of March.
Tomorrow, the [...]

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Tagged as: Fishing, Guest Blogger, Outdoors, Pure Michigan, Spring

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Southwest Michigan Offers Great Parks

May 12, 2010 Beaches

Last summer, contributing writer Tina Lassen scouted lesser-known state and federal preserves for the 2010 Michigan Travel Ideas feature, Wild Discoveries. Tina shares a handful of her favorites from the state’s southwest region. What’s your favorite Michigan park?
Towering Dunes
It’s impossible to miss the centerpiece of Duck Lake State Park north of Muskegon: an immense dune [...]

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Tagged as: Beaches, Family, Guest Blogger, Outdoors

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Pure Michigan Events – May 2010

May 3, 2010 Events & Festivals

Tulip Time Festival, Holland, May, 1-8, 2010
This springtime celebration of the area’s Dutch heritage and culture is more than 80 years old, and features over six million blooming tulips and multiple parades, concerts, Dutch Marktplaats, wooden-shoed dancers, traditional street scrubbers, food and crafts, entertainment, carnival rides and kiddie activities.
Jackson Storyfest, May 7-8, 2010
Who doesn’t [...]

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Tagged as: Events, Family, Pure Michigan, Things to Do

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Michigan Great Lakes – A Freshwater Paradise

May 2, 2010 Outdoors

When choosing a vacation locale, Michigan’s Great Lakes should always be at the top of your list. Michigan’s Great Lakes are a national treasure. In fact, the Great Lakes are the largest bodies of freshwater on the planet, making Michigan visible even from the moon and recognizable on any map.
Carved from glaciers more than 12,000 [...]

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Tagged as: great lakes, Huron, Michigan’s Great Lakes, Ontario, Pure Michigan, Superior

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