July 15, 2022 East Tawas, MI This is it. My final Michigan state park. I pull into the parking lot and make my final 107th tally mark. I’m a few hours further south, back on the main mitten. But the clouds are still overhead. I decide to start with the nature trail. The trail goesContinue reading “Tawas Point State Park”
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Brimley State Park
July 15, 2022 Brimley, MI This park has no trails, just a beach. Which is perfect because I’m planning to just have a lounging beach day. But in true Michigan fashion, the weather thwarts my plans. The clouds have rolled in and the temperature has dropped slightly. It’s a bit too cold to lay outContinue reading “Brimley State Park”
Muskallonge Lake State Park
May 10, 2022 Newberry, MI We are having trouble finding our trailhead. The map I downloaded on my phone has us starting the middle of the lake, which I think might be wrong and thus part of the problem. After circling every road in the park, we end up back in the first lot weContinue reading “Muskallonge Lake State Park”
Mackinac Island and Fort Mackinac Historic Park
May 9, 2022 Mackinac Island, MI It’s 8 o’clock on the nose. We roll up to Pancake Chef because there is no other way to start the day. The closed sign still hangs in the window. Mason starts to panic, but at 8:01 they open the door. He is the first one inside to orderContinue reading “Mackinac Island and Fort Mackinac Historic Park”
Wilderness State Park
May 8, 2022 Carp Lake, MI We roll up to the trailhead, and Mason is hungry. As he stretches on the yoga mat, I make us wraps. A car pulls up beside us and a man who appears to be in his late 60s jumps out. He immediately apologizes for his small bladder and boltsContinue reading “Wilderness State Park”
Harrisville State Park
May 1-2, 2022 Harrisville, MI I made it back. And I now have numerous pictures to commemorate my time at this park. When we pull into our campsite, it is raining again. I curse the Michigan weather, and we settle in to wait it out. It is not quite 3 o’clock, so we have plentyContinue reading “Harrisville State Park”
Sturgeon Point State Park
May 1, 2022 Harrisville, MI After cutting multiple miles off our last hike, we are way ahead of schedule. Which is good, because the rain is coming down hard. And I am not in the mood to deal with it. I check my weather app, and it says it will stop in an hour. SoContinue reading “Sturgeon Point State Park”
Negwegon State Park
May 1, 2022 Harrisville, MI I find myself on a road that I’m not convinced is an actual road. No pavement. No gravel. Just a mixture of dirt, sand, and decaying pine needles. But it must be a road, because the path I am driving is dug about a foot into the surrounding forest floor.Continue reading “Negwegon State Park”
Thompson’s Harbor State Park
April 30, 2022 Rogers City, MI Signs warn of rattlesnakes at the trailhead. It hardly seems like the environment for them, but I’m no herpetologist. I keep my eyes and ears peeled just in case. Gob does his part by shoving his nose into every thicket of brush and hole in the ground. Even thoughContinue reading “Thompson’s Harbor State Park”
Hoeft State Park
April 30, 2022 Rogers City, MI The picnic tables are still frozen in their winter positions. I assume it’s the thawing of the earth that slowly lowers them back to all fours. The spring sun streams through the still bare branches of this dune forest. But it is not enough for me to shed myContinue reading “Hoeft State Park”
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