Snow Across Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula Dateline January 10, 2016. Resort, pub owners, restaurants, convenience stores – all sorts of businesses across Minnesota’s North Shore, Northern Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are happy folks because they’ve finally had some snow and normally cold weather. Joining in the merriment are winter recreation enthusiasts – … Read more
Scenic Fall Color Drives from Marquette to Sault Saint Marie, Michigan During the last week in September, 2010 Jo and I toured the central UP to investigate first hand the fall foliage and color changes. Our trip began on September 20th and lasted through the 28th. (See Days 1 & 2 Reports Here) The table … Read more
Wisconsin, Minnesota, UP Fall Color October 3, 2022. Fall color change is beginning in Wisconsin; we are starting to see the lime green peeking out among the wooded hillsides. Looks like it might be a week or two before Peak Color. But cool and dry weather is coming in a few days so that could … Read more
Scenic Fall Color Report along Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior While this fall color travelogue was originally published a few years ago, it presents a reasonably typical experience for fall color leaf peppers during the last week in September. Ross here reporting from the Red Mug Coffee House in Superior, Wisconsin on Sunday, September … Read more
Lake Superior Agate and Rock Picking Beaches Walking Lake Superior beaches searching for the treasured Lake Superior Agate is a favorite past time of many people vacationing around the big lake. Veteran rock pickers and agate hunters have their favorite beaches, some of which are kept secret. Among my favorites are Little Girls Point and … Read more
Rock Picking Trip – Black River Harbor & Little Girls Point One late July I took my niece Kristi and her family to Black River Harbor, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, to show them the campground, hiking trails, waterfalls, and do some Lake Superior rock picking. I was under orders from Ross to find an agate … Read more
Greetings, We’re Ross and Joanne and we love scenic travel, exploring new places, and having fun in the out of doors – camping, hiking, biking, snowshoeing to name a few of our favorites. We’re former tent campers and wilderness canoeing explorers who now travel and explore in a bit more comfort – in our Winnebago … Read more
Some Recommended Events and Festivals around Lake Superior It has been a cold spring in the upper midwest region and around Lake Superior. Looks like things might start to warm up in a week or so. We often take a trip up to the Lake Superior region in May to see spring break out and … Read more
Start of the UP200 Sled Dog Marathon – Marquette, Michigan Upper Peninsula Friday night in Marquette thousands of people lined up along snow covered West Washington Street to watch the beginning of the UP200 Sled Dog Race, a qualifying competition for the famed Iditarod Alaskan race. Downtown businesses provided a festival atmosphere with music and … Read more
Scenic Drives and National Parks Everyone knows about Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. We don’t serve our purpose by covering these scenic and exceptional national treasures in our pages. What we would like to do is acquaint you with some of the lesser known but interesting and scenic places within the National Parks system. One … Read more
Travel Links and Resources for campers, Motor Home & RV owners, and scenic travelers Here we list some online resources on renting RVs, finding good campsites, and other travel and rv resources we use in planning our travel. Campground Links Here’s some useful links to finding public RV campgrounds Campground Search – Recreation.gov – recreation.gov/marketing.do?goto=acm/Explore_And_More/camping.htm The … Read more
Monday September 20, 2010Munising, Michigan color tour – days 1 & 2 color tour – days 3 & 4 color tour – days 5 & 6 color tour – days 7,8 & 9 In late September Jo and I traveled to the Upper Peninsula with her sister Donna and our brother-in-law Dan to enjoy some … Read more
Friday, September 24thSault Sainte Marie, Ontario Thursday afternoon after touring the Corps of Engineer’s Soo Locks facility we crossed the International Bridge to the Canadian side. We camped at a nice KOA facility just North of town; Donna and Dan had a nice spacious suite at a hotel in town. It rained all afternoon and … Read more
September 26-27, 2010Marquette, Michigan color tour – days 1 & 2 color tour – days 3 & 4 color tour – days 5 & 6 color tour – days 7,8 & 9 We left Paradise, Mi heading for Marquette. Highway 123 from Paradise to Newberry the color was at about 60%, not as good as … Read more
Traveling Around Lake Superior Jo and I began our exploration of scenic drives in America and Canada with our first trip around Lake Superior in 1996. Since then we’ve repeated that circle tour a few more times as well as making journeys to individual regions around the lake to spend several days getting better acquainted … Read more