Fitzgerald, The / Eagle River Inn

UTR-WebmasterEpisode 601

(888) 487-1700 5033 Front St, Eagle River, MI 49950 www.eagleriverinn.com The next morning, we loaded up, fueled up, and headed up the Keweenaw Peninsula to find a place we discovered completely by accident a couple years ago … and were determined to find again. Behold The Fitz … one of the comfiest, funkiest, faraway places you’ll ever wish you’d found …

Quincy Mine Tour

UTR-WebmasterEpisode 601

(906) 482-3101 49750 US-41, Hancock, MI 49930 quincymine.com I was hankerin for some history,so we headed north over the Portage Lake Lift Bridge … through the historic town of Hancock … and up to the Quincy Mine for a trip down and into this area’s fascinating copper mining past. Back in the day, this part of the Upper Peninsula was …

Kewenaw Brewing Company

UTR-WebmasterEpisode 601

(906) 482-5596 408 Shelden Ave, Houghton, MI 49931 www.keweenawbrewing.com Michigan Technical University is a great school that brings young people from around the world here to study science, technology, engineering and even forestry … and some of them like it here so much … they decide to build their future here. Case in point is Dick Grey of The Keweenaw …

Porcupine State Park

UTR-WebmasterEpisode 601, Episode 710

906-885-5275 33303 Headquarters Rd., Ontonagon MI, 49953-9087 WEBSITE Now, we just passed over the Mackinac Bridge … which never gets old … and now we’re gonna turn left and head to a Michigan mountain rage that’s named after one of my favorite little land mammals … cuz not only are they cute … their pretty sharp too. The Porcupine Mountains …