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 [...]
Hello! I hope your January is settling in to a good rhythm, and you're sticking to your goals and aspirations for the year, or at least on a path that is making you happy, and proud of how you've started out! As I was looking through last years posts, I realized I never shared [...]
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 [...]
Chicagoland. One of our favorite winter past times is visiting Chicago in the winter. We havent visited in several years, and thought it was time to return to the city for some fun. We tend to venture to the woods, or camping, or hiking when we go on family trips, [...]
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: 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 [...]