August 15, 2016
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is like no other place, in photos
I recently returned to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for the first time in several years for a weeklong vacation and wilderness...
Great Lakes
July 29, 2016
Is Michigan finally ready to market itself as an outdoor adventure destination?
Michigan may be the Great Lake State, but for decades, our most recognizable outdoors offerings tended to revolve around hunting...
July 6, 2016
Come explore the Lake Michigan dunes, in photos
I’ve been on vacation for the past week, repeating my family’s road trip to Warren Dunes State Park on Lake...
February 18, 2016
If you don’t know where Michigan is on a map, you have bigger issues
I’ve been on vacation this week in Florida, where we booked a suite at a time-share resort that came with...
January 23, 2016
Time for a deep-winter visit to Detroit’s Belle Isle (with photo slideshow)
It’s late January and my kids are starting to go crazy from cabin fever, bouncing off the walls and relentlessly...
January 7, 2016
A few words about the aging pipeline carrying oil underneath the Straits of Mackinac
It’s hard to overstate what the Great Lakes mean to those of us who live in Michigan. The freshwater seas...
August 28, 2015
Late summer: A reflection on the changing season
It’s been too chilly the last few nights to sit on the front porch, my cherished nightly pastime these past...
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