Michigander' new to the site

“Well I am new to the site and looking for other bp from Michigan interested in doing some day or overnight trips. I work weekends but have Mon and Tues off with working in the afternoon on Wed. I am fairly new to bp and live in SW - LP.”

“Are you a hot chick looking for parters?


Welcome to TT. Prepare to be broadsided.”

“Hey aswainst, do a search for the Michigan Mountaineers thread, wait a minute...”

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Welcome to TT!”

“Hi there! Birch and I live in SE MI (near Detroit). There's a trip here and there, none in the works at the moment though, aside from a the kid's trip in July. Check the trips page, there might be one to Fox Rv pathway too.

Have you been lots of places (hiking) in MI yet? There's a ton of different folks who've been all over the trails in MI. Ever have questions about places, etc, just ask and someone will know the answer.”

“Welcome aboard! There's lots of us in MI and surrounding area. Some good folks nearby in IN and IL also. Keep your eye on the trips page.”

“Hiya from one of those good folks from IN :D
What part of SW MI ya from?
You might wanna check this calendar for trips in this neck of the woods. (UP inserts shameless plug for his own website! ) lol
http://www.midwesthiker.com/calendar1/month.php?LocationID=
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“welcome aboard! Hopefully we'll get to meet soon.”

“Hi there, aswainst. Another Michiganiac here. I'm in SE Mich, 'bout 35 miles NW of Detroit. Hoping to be a yooper w/in the next 18 months, tho.

Welcome.”

“Heya tara where ya movin to?
Gotta keep track of them yoopers ya know...lol”

“Marquette area. Soonest is next spring but it could have to wait til that fall.”

“Welcome aboard Amy!”

“Wow Tarabull-- Really?!

If you go up, north, you better be ready to make some good pasties (cornish meat pies, NOT the type found at strip bars.. to the uninitiated riff-raff out there....)

I'm finally going to be off of work after Memorial Day-- Was hoping Thinkbubelz & I could do some local hikes with you!!!”

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Only in the UP




Just kidding. While I was hunting those pics I saw some beautiful country up there”

“Tara - thats cool :) Awesome country up there!

Pink - you wanna try and put something together for the weekend of June 18-19?”

“Welcome from California...(hey, I went to college in Flint!)”

“Isn't that picture from the PastyCam hilarious? It was probably a year ago it was first posted. I visit Pasty.com every day!

Hi aswainst, I'm a Michigan gal too, in SE Michigan for now, will be moving to Frankenmuth in a year! I haven't done much hiking lately, but I've kind of joined the TT Running Club and run once in a while with Sassafrass. Good group of people you'll find here. Welcome!”

“Smiley Girl, I have been seeing that pic for awhile too. To be honest, I thought it was from my neck of the woods the first time I saw it. LOL”

“Amy isn't in to running too much, mostly rock climbing and photography - oh, and she's great with animals.”

“Wow! There does seem to be alot of people in MI.. the pastie jokes are great hyway and pinkbubelz. I went to school for 5 years in the Soo. I had done mostly day hikes and a weekend trip to Pic. Rocks.

Sarge do you know me?”

“If he doesn't you've got a stalker, lol.”

“Frankenmuth home of the Christmas store”

“Yes, and world famous chicken dinners, don't forget those!

Luckily, we've avoided the chicken dinner for the 8 month's G's lived there. I believe that trend will continue....”

“Well, I've lived in Michigan for most of my life. I think I've had the chicken dinners maybe twice....
One of my friends suggested going to the downstairs shop at the main restaurant (is it Zehnder's or something like that?) I guess the little shop in the basement serves the same chicken dinner, but in edible portion sizes... :-) AND a lot cheaper... but if you go to the dinner, make sure you have at least 4 people...they give so many side dishes that you'll bust a gut if just 2 of you go...


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BTW-- you guys forgot to mention "Tony's" restaurant at Birch Run! :-)”

“sorry about forgettin ya pink, my memory fails me some days...”

“welcome! I too am from SW michigan Kalamazoo to be exact. there are a lot of great places to day hike in the area, if you need any direction let me know.

~mike”

“sorry man, forgot another.”

“Amy, now why would you say that??

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LSSU Rules! Gooo Lake State!”

“During my senior year in college, I spent a lot of time on the bowling machine at Skips Tavern in Flushing.

When I went to graduate school at Purdue, had a heck of a time finding another bowling machine. We finally heard about one in Mulberry and went here. My buddy rolled his Corvette on the way home...we never went back.

It's all true!”

“You know, Frankenmuth is a lot cooler than you'd might think. There are some pretty nice little bars in the place. And there are some funky little shops with woodcarvers.

Also, my last two pairs of shoes come from the Birch Run outlets. Cheap and good.

I also like that little buffet place they have in town. Good food for cheap, but I think it's only on certain days of the week.

My weirdest memory of Frankenmuth was spending the first day of the Iraq War there at a conference. I was surrounded by all the noisy video games at the Bavarian Inn. Ping-pong balls were flying everywhere as I was trying to watch a TV with tanks driving across. Kind of surreal.

There are some interesting looking state game areas nearby that bear some exploring. I did a perimeter search for trails along the thumb shoreline and then started to backtrack inward to the SGAs. Large blocks of land that look cool.”

“I was raised in Midland, Michigan (ick ick ick!) and still go over a few times during the summer to visit my folks in Charlevoix...I love the UP and try and get a couple trips in up there every year...the Marquette area is very cool, Tarabull..lucky you!

Check out this forum..I've met a few people that post here:
http://www.midwesthiker.com/

also, have you visited the other side?
http://forums.backpacker.com/index.jspa

the Midwest forum has quite a few people..

fill out your profile under "other comments" on this site or you'll be considered a troll..tell us about yourself...
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“mata - Amy likes recreation, man, she's all about recreation. Oh, and cows. She likes cows.”

“Towards the end of June, Thinkbubelz & I might have a few free weekends... Maybe we can do a weekend trip somewhere with others in the area?

We are trying to decide where to go for our vacation in August... We were thinking Glacier, but the cost might be a bit prohibitive for us this year... :-( Another place we are considering is Isle Royale or perhaps something on the east coast... (lots of friends in Philly, DC and NYC...)

The thing I'm most concerned about if we go to Isle Royale is the boat out there-- I get seasick easily and don't want to be a victim of the choppy waters... :-( But, we went to a lecture at REI and it looks like a really cool place to visit.... I understand that Isle Royale, and Denali National Park are 2 of the least visited National Parks! :-)

(Sure wish we could go back to Alaska, but the cost is simply too much for this summer.)

We sometimes go up to the Traverse City Area to go canoeing, or up near Midland for tubing..... :-)
Any suggestions for good hikes around there?”

“welcome aswainst! i'n a couple hours northeast of Detroit. thats sorta kinda close to Michigan.

hey pink- you could drive up here and visit Algonquin, or the Bruce penninsula, or Killarney. August isn't usually too buggy but Algonquin might be mozzie heaven until the end of the month.”

“whats a mozzie?”

“mozzie=mosquito..wow, where do you live? I wanna move there! LOL...”

“Hey, I may be going out towards St. Jo with my family... Any good places to day hike around there? Preferably something that could be long but not too strenuous... We don't want to over-exert the "old folks"... ;-)”

“mataharihiker Thanks for the hint about not being called a troll, and the other forum.

Sarge, you must be a Laker too. when did you attend?

buddahmtnsmasher, I work in Battle Creek. We should get together some time to do some hiking.”

“Amy, not at all. I just read your resume is all.

http://student.lssu.edu/~aswainst/resume.html”

“Now that's a funny resume... LOL love the objective.”

“go over to midwesthiker.com alot of michiganders there”

“Sarge ... nice, It was one of those college classes that make you create a resume. Apparently some people take time to check up on each other. Do you have a site?”

“You might not want to be so free with that info.... It has address and phone no. Bad juju on the interwebby....

~BW”

“Yes I do.

Actually, I just thought it was an interesting name "aswainst", so I googled it. That's all.”

“I agree with BWM-- aswainst-- it's not a good idea to post all of that info...
Although, one of my high school classmates was really stunned to know that I googled her name and got her phone number off of a PTA announcement from her children's school!”

“thanks for the tips.... none of the numbers are correct, but I will get in contact with school to have the site deleted because I am no longer up there.”

“aswainst, next time you've got some free time let me know, i would love to go for a day hike.”