WEBSITE As we got back up to speed … Oneita proclaimed that she was now taking me to one of her favorite places in the entire city … Belle Isle. On the Island, I was lucky enough to hook up with Park Manager Karis Floyd at the botanical Gardens inside the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory… he’s heading up the DNRs …
Rockport State Park Recreation Area
989-734-2543 US 23 North, Alpena, MI 49707 WEBSITE Located on the shores of Lake Huron, north of Alpena, the property includes a deep-water protected harbor, an old limestone quarry of approximately 300 acres, a unique series of sinkholes, a dedicated Natural Area (Besser Natural Area), and a broad range of land types, vegetative cover, cultural resources and recreation opportunities.
Porcupine State Park
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 …
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
(734) 692-7608 www.fws.gov/refuge/detroit_river If you’re the kind of person who likes the wild life, Detroit’s Downriver area is actually the perfect place to be. That’s because it’s home to the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge… nearly six thousand acres of islands and coastal wetlands that stretch forty-eight miles along the Detroit River and Western Lake Erie shoreline. This former industrial …
Manitou Island Transit
(231) 256-9061 P.O. Box 1157, Leland, MI 49654 www.manitoutransit.com Now, here’s the under the radar part about Leland. Every year tons of people come to Fish Town. But most people don’t know that if you get on a big boat at the end of the dock, you’re only an hour and a half away from one of the best Michigan …
Warren Dunes State Park
(269) 426-4013 12032 Red Arrow Hwy., Sawyer, MI 49125 www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/Details.aspx?type=SPRK&id=504 Our first stop in Harbor country was Warren Dunes State Park on Lake Michigan. If you’re looking for a beautiful Florida beach, don’t go to Florida (wrong peninsula), go to Warren Dunes. The beach is huge, the sand is incredible and it has something a Florida beach won’t have: the …