There is a place where most of North America’s Great Lakes converge. A place where automobiles, ice hockey, rock music, and turn of the century architecture all reign supreme. A place where the Midwest meets the North. That place is the Wolverine State, better known as Michigan. From the die hard hockey fans that wear the logo of the Red Wings with such pride, to the rich history of the American automobile, to the picturesque setting of America’s Great Lakes, Michigan has a little bit of something for everyone. And if you doubt that a state in America’s Midwest could boat the best of the Great Outdoors, take a ride up to the state’s fabled Upper Peninsula and be treated to a stunning display of a lakefront paradise. Go Maize and Blue! Detroit Rock City!
On the Southern shores of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, along the coastline of Lake Michigan, a small body of water known as Big Bay de Noc became my closest, largest, and wettest neighbor. This body of water forms along a small peninsula about 40 to 50 miles east of Escanaba along the Upper Peninsula and eventually empties out into the massive body that is Lake...
It was 1:35 pm in the afternoon when I touched down at the small Delta County Airport. I was greeted with nothing more than an obscure terminal with one line for baggage check and an even smaller baggage claim. The land from about a mile up in the air was an enormous lake, hundreds of thousands of trees, and only a handful of roads. I had made it to the Upper...