Michigan Hikers

“"Well it seems we have several trips to coordinate, let's see:

Paddling trip
MRT trip
Yankee Springs car camping meet the neighbors :-)"

These all sound great to me! What's first? :-)”

“Hey hutchie, sounds like you got a LOT of planning to do...ya better get busy!!! LOL
Actually once I get thru this week I'll be more than happy to help :)”

“You got a deal. Just let me get past this weekend and I'll work on it. :-)”

“Got back on monday, the trip was great! we hiked the mosquito/chapel loop (very slowly i might add) some of the most breath-taking views i have ever had the pleasure of seeing. had a small bear scare but all in all it was a great trip. I want to through hike it now!! is it possible to do in a (long) weekend?”

“Buddah, I have done that loop too, its a great hike for sure. The whole trail is like 47 miles I think. It would be doable (depending on ones physical condition) in a 2-3 day stint pretty easily I think. Glad you had fun!”

“I conquer with birch and add that you would have ot make sure that transportation was arrainged to get ya back to yer vechile.

Great trip. I did it area with some TTers last fall. Very nice area. Next time I go, I'm thinking about staying at one of theinland lake camp areas.”

“I think you mean concur, Q. You were too sleepy last night. :-D

Glad to hear you had a great trip BMS.”

“whens the next trip in michigan??”

“North Manitou Island on August 13 -15.

Isle Royale September 19 - 25.”

“Woohoo! posting late at night, can't sleep. Cause im leaving at 6:30am tommorow for Isle Royale. Hope to get a few good pictures (moose!), and get a good view of the night sky, i imagine the stars stand out fairly good up there. Anyway, yeah, im very excited. I suspect tommorow will be a long day.”

“If my Poli Sci Prof approves of my idea for my project, I will be going to Jordan River Pathway in the next week or so. I think it's a long shot, as there really is no way of verifying my work.

D - thanks for the pick up.”

“Watch your e-mail over the next week or so. Lots of planning going on for the fall!”

“The sun is fading away,
that's the end of the day.
As the Junelight
turns to moonlight
I'll be on my way.
Just one kiss, then I'll go.”

“...to Michigan!

Nice pome Nigal.”

“Howitzer, the lack of lighting on IR certainly does give good stargazing opportunities, although most campsites are under forest canopies. Daisy Farm has some good open space in the meadow and at the shore -- shorelines will be the most likely viewing spots, unless you want to venture up onto Greenstone Ridge at night. Surprisingly, there are a few flight paths over IR -- so you may see some contrails from airliners. The time I flew as a guest on a KC-135 mission to refuel B-52's over Hudson Bay we passed over IR and I got to see the island on the downscan radar -- way cool image.”

“can i get in on this trip, or is it a private thing?”

“I think some are still away for a long weekend. You should get an answer soon, but I don't think this is a private trip. Are you talking about the "For the kids" outing?”

“I think Sass said the ferry was filling up quickly. Call to see if there is a spot on the ferry.”

“There were only 3 spots left on the ferry 3 weeks ago. This is a public trip, but you may want to bring a kid with ya, lol!

Take care,

The other Buddha”

“Join us. When I bought our ferry tickets there were only 3 spots left. However, they were going to run another ferry on the afternoon of the 13th. Might be lots more room there. There might also be the option of going in on the 12th. Find the link or phone to the ferry on the trip page and give 'em a call.”

“i got some pictures of our adventure check them out http://community.webshots.com/user/zred2_99”

“Nice Pics, BMS!”

“We're going camping!!!! lol
We were supposed to go to OH this weekend but since my wife has to work on Sat. morning she decided we'd just go camping!!! I'm just heartbroke, can't ya tell :)
Anyway since she does have to work Sat we will prolly just go up to Yankee Springs, that way we can go up Fri. and she can drive back Sat. morning to work then come back up for the rest of the weekend (she only has to work for like 2 hrs...don't ask, it's long and complicated...lol)
Anyway if any of ya are bored this weekend feel free to come on over and join us!”

“Ooooh, would love to but I have to work Sunday morning. (yeah, I know, feel pity for me) Also have to move my horse to a new stable. Hopefully some others will be able to get away. Have a great time. I like Yankee Springs! If you feel adventurous, ask at the ranger station about the orienteering course. It's permanently marked and I understand they have maps available.”

“OK scratch that last post, the wife just called to let me know that the work problem has been resolved so I guess we're going to OH after all....OH YIPPEEE...lol, I'm excited can ya tell!”

“whoa nelly, control yourself there big fella! ;-)”

“you are such a tease!!! hahaha. i think we should plan a trip to pic rocks again in sept sometime”

“please
Brandon
248.683.1620”

“Where ya campin' in Ohio?”

“OK Ok I'm calmed down now...lmao
BSM - We're were planning to go back up to the UP in Sept but I since I had to take two weeks off in July I don't know if we're gonna make or not :(
Soon as I find out for sure I'll let ya know.

Nigal - I have NO idea, I washed my hands of the whole deal....lol
Actually I'm not sure, my wife has a stepsister that lives in Shadyside (or something like that) and they're supposed to figure out where we're going....All I know for sure is Sat. we have to go to a family reunion in Hartville, which is like halfway between Akron and Canton.”

“Hi There...
Found this thread, so I thought I'd add my name into the hat.

I'm from just north of the only city in the U.S. North of the Canadian Border... ;-) (aka "Detroit", Motor City, etc.)

Have camped near the Sleeping Bear Dunes, Muskegon, Mackinaw City, Sault Ste. Marie, Tacquamenon (sp?) Falls, Marquette, Baraga.... to name a few places around the State....

Been to the Porcupine Mountains as well... One day, my hubby & I hope to go to Isle Royale to camp!”

“Hi Pink. Welcome to the board!”

“Morning, pink, from a displaced Michigander. You are in for some fun once you hook up with the SE Mich. crowd on TT.”

“Welcome!”

“hi pink. i'm in SW Ontario. check out the trips page - there are some nearby weekend hikes planned.”

“Good to see another from Michigan.

I live in Ferndale, which is also just north of Detroit.

If your interested, I'm going to be putting together a trip up to Manistee River that willbe takng place in the month or so.

Maybe you can make it..

Welcome!”

“Great to hear that there are people nearby...

Laqtis-- is that going to be a canoeing trip? Sounds like fun-- We'll have to see what our schedule looks like....

Eventually, we'd like to go back country camping with people who know what they are doing.... In the meantime, we are slowly building up our equipment for a future backcountry trip.... :-)

Our biggest adventure occurred on a trip to the Grand Canyon in 2001... we didn't mean to go on a wilderness trail.... almost spent the night (accidentally) on the inside of the canyon!”

“"Fashionable Ferndale" is not far from me!”

“Cool pink. You'll be real happy to know that there are a bunch of people who are very knowledgable about hiking right in yer area.

By hooking up with the people here, I've been able to extend my hiking knowledge at least 100 fold.

The trip I'm talking about doing is not a canoe trip, although there are Michiganers here that do kayak and canoe. The trip is a hike trip along one of Michigan best lower peninsula areas, the Manistee River Loop. Beautiful area. If you've already been to the Canyon, this would be no problem for ya.

Also, I have a trip planned for PA. Check out the trips page for "Giving Thanks". That's the name of it.

The MRT trip will be posted when I get some dates worked out soon. I've been full time school dood over this past summer, so my life is slowing down a lot to get some hike time in.

Hope you can make some of the trips!”

“Hope I can make your trip too Q! I haven't seen you in waaaay too long. :-(”

“I know, it's been way too long!

I haven't been on the trail in what seems like ages. With some new gear, the wait is just too much!

I got clearance to get back on my *one hike a month* plan!


Yipppee!”

“Yipppeeeee!”

“Hey, Helinka!

Are there any super-secret sweet spots in SW Ontario? I've been to the Pinery, Pointe Pelee, Wheatley, Rondeau, Walpole/Squirrel Island and Holiday Beach.

I want to check out the Chrysler Canada Greenway, St. Claire National Wildlife Refuge and the Ojibway Preserve. Ever been to any of these? Experiences?

Thanks!”

“Hi Pink. I am also pretty new to TT. I am from Grand Rapids.

Would also like to hear more on the MRT trip.”

“Grand Rapids is nice. Best second hand shops and Vietnamese restaurants in the state.”

“Cool!

Details will follow soon, very soon.

I need to get a little schedule thing worked out and then I'm good to go.

Tenitive date/s - Sept 17-19, or 24-26.

This might get pushed back to early Oct.”

“Where are the Vietnamese restaurants?

I will be up at Isle Royale on those dates for the MRT. Maybe I will catch a break and the date will get pushed out to Oct. I guess you can't feel too bad for me.”

“South Side. In the cool, errr, rough part of town.”

“Hiya pink from an almost Michigander :-)
We live in Elkhart IN but do most of our camping in MI.


well when we actually get to GO camping we do...lol”

“Elkhart!?!

I have to go there for work sometimes.

Neat town!

Does everyone in that town own motorcycles or something?”