Yesterday was definitely an odd day. I believe I got bit by a bee. Yes bit, not stung. I was riding in town with my visor up, since I love to feel the air on my face. I wear tinted polycarbonate glasses too, just in case larger objects fly right into my eye. Some large bug flew in and hit me in the face, and I thought it might be a bee but I couldn’t feel it crawling around on me. Normally the bugs just hit me and fall off and don’t cause any problems. But on a rare occasion they [View Full Entry]

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We left the campground and its mosquitoes and headed north on M123 to Tahquamenon (rhymes with phenomenon) Falls State Park. We went first to the upper falls and were amazed at how different they are. The water is brown from the tannin that leaches out of the cedar, spruce and hemlocks. Below the falls the water is foamy caused by the combination of soft water, the force of the water going over the falls, and proteins in the water from the marshes that drain into the river. It gave me an unexpected hankering for root beer. The falls drop 50 [View Full Entry]

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It's always a riot in the Upper Peninsula. Quite exciting, really. We fish, eat, sleep, fish, eat, sleep and listen to my grandpa's war experiences overseas. Every time I visit I kick myself for not bringing a tape recorder. Scott's helping me keep all of the details straight! [View Full Entry]

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Lindsay and I went to Cedarville, Michigan for the week of July 4th. Cedarville is just over the Mackinac Bridge and east of St. Ignace in the U.P. (Upper Peninsula for all you non-Michiganders…..but I kept calling it the Northern Peninsula since I’ve been out-of-state for so long) Lindsay’s family has been going up every summer for the past 30+ years! We spent time hanging out on Lake Huron; we went to the 4th of July parade and had pancakes at the local Fireman’s breakfast; and we went to Mackinac Island one day to bike around the island, check out the [View Full Entry]

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After leaving Canada and NY, we made our way up through Lower Michigan into the Upper Penisula (UP). We stopped in Macinac and took pictures of the lighthouse and the bridge onto the UP and then headed up to Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie. We saw a ship come through the locks while we were there and it was pretty interesting. The locks are right where the International Bridge provides access to Canada and moves ships between Lake Superior and the other Great Lakes via St Mary's River. I had only seen Lake Michigan on a trip to Chicago once [View Full Entry]

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So....this time Audra was insistent on making the trek up Hogsback Mountain again. I say again not because we have gone there previously but becuase the first try was foiled by Audra's "innate sense of direction." Well, this trip was also doomed. Not only did we not make it, but I also managed to break through the ice of the lake we found ourselves at. (It was by the edge and not deep. Muddy though.) Along the way I took a couple interesting pictures since it was my first shoot for my new photography class. Hopefully I get a few good [View Full Entry]

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