Happy Spring! We're so happy the warmer weather is starting to join us here in Michigan and we can get outside without so much cold weather gear! This spring break we took a day trip to Detroit to check out the DNR Outdoor Adventure Center. If you've never heard of the [...]
At the end of each year I find re-focus and organization. I'm in the take-the-tree-down-the-day-after-Christmas camp. I can't help it. I love things organized and tidy. And I love simplicity. You wouldn't always know it from the outside looking in. Anyone looking at our social media pages will say, wow, you [...]
Address: 6575 138th Ave. Saugatuck Dunes MI, 49453 Phone: 269-637-2788 Approximate Size: 1000 Click HERE for MI DNR Official Website Saugatuck is a quintessential Michigan beach town. It steals my heart every time we go. It's quaint, the people are so nice, the food and shopping [...]
Address 99 Pleasure Drive Detroit MI, 48207 Phone: 313.821.9844 Approximate Size: 982 (Acres) Click HERE for MI DNR Official Website Did you know Belle Isle is the largest city-owned park in the U.S.? It also houses the oldest continually-running conservatory in the United States. There is SO [...]
Address: 49601 Eight Mile Road Northville MI, 48167 Phone: 248-349-8390 Approximate Size: 944 (Acres) Click HERE for MI DNR Official Website This past September we took a day trip to check out Maybury State Park in Northville, MI. We picked this park based on it's close proximity [...]
Address: 6093 E. M-115 Cadillac MI, 49601 Phone: 231-775-7911 Approximate Size: 334 (Acres) Click HERE for MI DNR Official Website This fall we stopped in for a little hike around W.M Mitchell State Park. Nolan had a hockey tournament in Cadillac, and when I realized this great campground [...]
Address: 33303 Headquarters Road Ontonagon MI, 49953-9087 Phone: 906-885-5275 Approximate Size: 59020 (Acres) Click HERE for MI DNR Official Website Porcupine Mountains. THE State Park on our list. This one is one we've been wanting to cross off for a while, but just hadn't made the time to [...]
Address: 912 N 1st St Harrison, MI 48625 Phone: 989-539-3021 Approximate Size: 36 (Acres) Click HERE for MI DNR Official Website Wilson State Park is situated on 36 wooded acres on the north end of Budd Lake in Clare County. We came upon this little park and campground while [...]
Address LAT 42.422854000000001 LONG -84.364743000000004 Pleasant Lake MI 49272 Phone: (734) 475-8307 Approximate Size: 108 (Acres) Click HERE for MI DNR Official Website Hello! I hope you're all enjoying this mid-summer month and crossing off all your outdoorsy adventures! We recently crossed off another great little park and I wanted [...]
Address 7835 E. Price Road Laingsburg MI, 48848 Phone: 517-651-6217 Approximate Size: 2678 (Acres) Click HERE for MI DNR Official Website This spring we were feeling the need for a little day hike, so we ventured out to Sleepy Hollow State Park. This state park is pretty [...]