Blogs from UP, Michigan, United States, North America - page 2

Well, my 10:00 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 Tuesday/Wednesday, expecting at least a foot of snow in that. I listened to almost all of Charles Kuralt's book after listening to the Bears game-WOO-HOO; Bears actually win a game! Listening to Charles Kuralt, I was once again reminded how travel is so much about the people you meet. I made up my mind that I'm going to take even more time to talk to more people on this trip. I've ridden the snow machines an awful lot of miles over the years ... read more

Here's some of the pictures from our hike where we saw: Chapel 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 "wow factor" for one day. A lot of these pictures you can't tell that there's a 150 - 200 foot drop from our trail to the water. While there is only one picture of the trail with the steep drop directly next to it, a lot of the hike was like that. The view was amazing, ... read more

FRIDAY The boyfriend and I decided to go camping for a week of my two week break from school and to take my former co-worker, 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 where to go and what to do, the three of us finally, finally, finally settled on camping in dah U.P., eh! We picked up John about two hours late, but aside from that small glitch, it all worked out really well. We drove up to Munising with plenty of time to set up camp and make dinner. The camp ground we stayed ... read more

I finished book number eight last night and started number nine. I didn’t 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- it’s the same one that the bus makes, so this morning I thought maybe Jordan left the bus running outside our room. Alas, I didn’t get as much sleep as I was hoping last night. But to make up for it, I set my alarm for p.m. instead of a.m. Oops. Great way to start off the day. I went down to a quiet breakfast, but soon the children, all bundled up, ascended on us. They has been in the bus, but it was having trouble moving or something, so they came back in with all sorts ... read more

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 aid/into the program/the visa, finding cheap airline tickets (I used travelocity by the way...good deals), prepping to move out of my apartment, getting my immunizations, attending orientations and fairs, picking the country that I want to study in. But all of this probably isn't the hardest part. With all this stuff, people can help you out. Susan Morgan, the study abroad coordinator and others in the IAO at NMU are very helpful, Jetlag, a student organization on campus ... read more