http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Michigan , UP en-us Thu, 10 Dec 09 07:10:13 +0000 Thu, 10 Dec 09 07:10:13 +0000 Typical of my most recent adventures I got another late start to this day. I went to the Parkview for breakfast around 1045 AM. By the time I unloaded my sleds it was damn near 100 PM. It was typical early season riding. At this time the wet areas full of creeks haven frozen yet so I got to do some wet stream crossings. The snow was very good and only a couple sleds are around so its no http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/blog-458924.html Well my 1000 AM departure estimate was off by 2 hours. I got going about noon. I'm getting ever lazier in the morning. 460 miles later I'm in Twin Lakes. There's about 14 of snow on the ground and they're calling for more every day. They also have a winter storm forecast for TuesdayWednesday expecting at least a foot of snow in that.I listened to almost all of Charles Kuralt's book afte http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/blog-458677.html Here's some of the pictures from our hike where we sawChapel Falls Chapel Rock Mosquito River and some guy hanging out in the river wearing his jeans with a mile walk back to his car wearing said jeans. He did say it was worth it though so hopefully he still felt that way by the time he got back to his car.We skipped Mosquito Falls. We were spent and took in about all we could handle of the http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/blog-415020.html Well Hello to all and welcome to my travel blog I have been promising getting this started for weeks now and I think its finally the time to let people know what I have been doing.My overseas trip is starting it turns out here in the states near the great lakes WOOFing for my extended family. Its been a great experience and Irsquom sure I can WOOF any were in the world. Right now I am st http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/blog-413438.html SUNDAY pictures of hike on next postWe grabbed breakfast at a restaurant called The Dog Patch before heading out for a day of hiking. I packed all sorts of food to eat at the campground but the Piranha Flys had a tendency to kill the mood. Our first stop was Munising Falls. It was a little over a 12 mile to the falls and back no biggie. The view was nice but a tad boring on the adventur http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/blog-411299.html FRIDAYThe boyfriend and I decided to go camping for a week of my two week break from school and to take my former coworker John with us. Johnny is known to complain about not getting time off of work and that everyone gets to take vacations except for him because Lord knows Anderson Printing would implode without him. So. We left him no choice but to take a vacation with us. After debating http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/blog-410627.html Today was nice. I didnrsquot have to wake up until the temperature was in the positives and even then it was warm enough for me to walk around in my bright orange flip flops and trousers and black slick jacket. Got up to at least 29 Not a cloud in the sky either.Over the past few weeks Irsquove been working on a project for Sarah. I took all of our favorite songs from our favorite musi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/blog-378658.html I finished book number eight last night and started number nine. I didnrsquot really want to start a new book last night I just was having trouble falling asleep not sure why. Though our heater makes a distinct noise itrsquos the same one that the bus makes so this morning I thought maybe Jordan left the bus running outside our room. Alas I didnrsquot get as much sleep as I was hopin http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/blog-378334.html So I know this blog is supposed to be all about my trip to Mexico but I found out earlier this week that my professor for the course I took on Contemporary Latin American Culture Dr. Susan Goodrich passed away. Dr. Goodrich helped encourage my passion for Latin America and my passion for Latin America is why I chose Mexico as my study abroad destination. In a sense Dr. Goodrich helped guide m http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/Marquette/blog-363909.html Brrrrrrrrr. It's so cold here in the UP. Can't hardly wait for Mexican weather So this entry is about preparing to study abroad. It is a lot of work believe it or not. I find myself filling out an endless amount of forms applying to a plethora of fun things waiting anxiously to see if I got enough aidinto the programthe visa finding cheap airline tickets I used travelocity by the way...goo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/Marquette/blog-351125.html First of all for anybody who was wondering about how my recent 0923 job interview went it was great They said that I will hear back in 3 or 4 days. YayWe headed east on Thursday September 11 from Duluth across the top of Wisconsin and into the Upper Peninsula UP on Highway 2 to the 28. The one thing that we wanted to make sure to do while we were in Wisconsin was get some nice fresh http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/blog-327089.html 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 couldnrsquot feel it crawling around on me. Norm http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/blog-304400.html 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 ov http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/blog-300747.html 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 nonMichigandershellip..but I kept calling it the Northern Peninsula since Irsquove been outofstate for so longLindsayrsquos family has been going up every summer for the past 30 years We spent time hanging out http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/blog-132637.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/blog-86630.html 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 Can http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/blog-73136.html 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 thoug http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Michigan/UP/Marquette/blog-38356.html