A fossil fuel fueled travel blog
We wanted to make backpacking part of our trip and decided to make our first foray into it on the North Shore. Once again, Silver Bay served us well. We could do a loop on the Superior Hiking Trail pretty much from our home base. There is a spur trail that ends near our spot…
From our home base in Silver Bay, we were able to get to some very nice paddling on Lake Superior. We were hoping to be able to meet people as we went and get recommendations for what we should explore and this worked well for us here. We picked a quiet morning to head down…
After a day of running errands in Superior and Deluth, we were ready to get back “out.” Mike was nice enough to take care of all of the driving in the cities and I was more than grateful. I still find it stressful to pull the trailer, but am pretty comfortable with longer driving. In…
We have hiked above the sea caves at Pictured Rocks in Michigan and thought it was magical so when we saw that we could do a bluff hike on the north shore, we went for it. The map said that it was possible to hike 10 miles out to a campsite, so we thought we…
When we told our friend Eric that we were heading up north first, he shared our website name with his dad and apparently that was enough to earn us an invitation to park at his house for a while. Jack was a superb host, offering not only power and water (and the use of his…
Mike and I have loved camping together from the beginning of our relationship. We love to seek out secluded spots (ideally by water) and recharge by unplugging. During the summer of 2018, we had an absolutely lovely camping adventure as we made our way around Lake Michigan. We spent chunks of time at Sleeping Bear…