One of my favorite brewery’s in northern Michigan, North Peak Brewery, just released a mini commercial that captures the spirit of summers in Michigan…and promotes their beer of course. My wife and I have been discussing going on cruise or something this summer, but we just cant get ourselves to, mainly because it [...]
Have you ever been driving north on US-131 in northern Michigan, lets say to Boyne, and as you are passing through Mancelona Michigan you see a hill off to the east with trees cleared in a familiar pattern. The hill almost resembles a ski resort. I have always wondered what the story behind [...]
Lola (my German Shorthair Pointer) loves to run. I love to mountain bike. Perfect match. One late fall day, I decided to see what would happen if I took Lola mountain biking. I was a little nervous taking our 11.5 month puppy, not that she would run away, but that she would bother/follow other [...]
“Its inevitable that some interesting ideas are going to develop from here.” says Justin Bruursema of Burly surfboards while talking through designing and building surfboards for the Great Lakes. This well crafted video from Antix Media dives into the lives of the people that are passionate about seeing new possibilities for Michigan in its [...]
For most Michiganders, the left overs of hurricane Sandy was a time to stay inside and avoid the cold and rain weather. But for a few, it was a time to jump in Lake Michigan and go surfing. We had some great looking waves rolling through the great lakes the past couple days and you [...]
Why did the surfers cross the channel…to find better waves! Thats what we do, continually search for better waves. Somedays you find them and others days you don’t. Today (oct. 6, 2012), we were not so lucky. The video above is a honest look at what surfing in Michigan feels like somedays.
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As always, I strapped on my Gopro camera for our Isle Royale trip. This trip was a new challenge for me to document. I am used to making action packed short videos, but the pace of backpacking is much different. I collected around an hour of footage and have condensed it down to two [...]
Have you ever ask the question, “if I was stranded on an island I would like ______ with me.” I bet you have a few people in the back of your mind. On Isle Royale you start to get that feeling of being away from everything (as I talked about in the last Isle [...]
Most backpacking and camping trips in Michigan can be easily planned and executed, but when it comes to Isle Royale National Park, trip planning is far from simple. We have been talking about hiking this island for a few years now and we finally committed. We decided that 2012 was the year to [...]
Last week I did a quick post about the Merrell Trail (see here) and a couple days later this volunteer video came out. The excitement continues to build! Durning the month of August, the volunteer nights have shifted to Mondays from 6:00-8:30 (not Wednesday). If you have time durning the week, they are [...]
The surf season in Michigan is right around the corner. Here is a project that either is going to get you pumped up to hit the water again or make you think that surfing the great lakes is just nuts. Either way, Preconceived Noceans looks like a quality documentary of surfing the great lakes. [...]
In the last few years, the mountain bike scene in Michigan has been generating a lot of excitement. Here is one more great reason to start mountain biking in Michigan, the new Merrell Trail. The Merrell Trail is located in Rockford Michigan just East of us-131 and south of 10 Mile (see the google map [...]
In a constant search for new frontiers in Michigan, crossing the big lake has always been a curiosity. I know this is something you have all thought about while sitting on the beach sipping on your Corona staring across Lake Michigan. Well, at least I know I have. Lake Michigan has a lure about [...]
Ever once in a great while, Lake Michigan gets noticed for its mixed bag of surfers and the unique surf culture. Yesterday, Adventure Journal posted about the 9 most friendly surf spots in America and Grand Haven got 4th (or 1st of the BEST OF THE REST). I have [...]
Every once in a while Lake Michigan is calm enough to do a little diving. Near the cottage that we stay at in Fennville, Michigan (just south of Saugatuck, Michigan), there is an area called Pier Cove. Pier Cove originally got its name for the multiple piers that extended out into Lake Michigan, used [...]
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