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There are so many charming lakeside towns along Michigan’s coast and Saugatuck is definitely one of them. Unfortunately everyone agrees with me and was in town the day we visited! Ha! We headed to Saugatuck, which is about 45 minutes from Grand Rapids, on a Sunday after church. After trolling...
The Heritage Hill neighborhood, where we currently reside, is Grand Rapid’s oldest residential district with more than 1,300 homes dating from 1844. We are currently living on the third floor of a home built in 1870. The entire neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is...
What is a Yooper you may ask? A Yooper is what people who live on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (UP) are called. It’s a play off of the word Uppers. Yoopers call anyone who lives on Michigan’s mainland, trolls (because they live under the Michigan bridge) or flat-landers. Dale took a...
We had to get back to Custer State Park one more time before leaving South Dakota. We first visited the park on June 19, four days after our arrival. Two days later we went back for a short hike, picnic and maybe swim at Sylvan Lake. But it still wasn’t...
Mondays have turned in to our hiking days. Shortly after Dale gets off work we go to a trail that is not too far away that will give us the biggest return for our effort. Buzzards Roost was just such a trail. It’s less than 10 miles away and the...
Towering limestone cliffs and rushing mountain streams was our focus this past Saturday when we headed northwest of Rapid City to the start of the Spearfish Scenic Byway. I discovered this 19-mile stretch of beautiful scenery while researching the area. There were a handful of waterfalls and a couple of...
I think July 4, 2025 will be etched in the minds of many, many Texans as one of the worst days of their lives. Early that morning flash flooding hit the Hill Country causing catastrophic damage and loss of life. They are still looking for the missing. We have followed...
We have less than a week left in Rapid City before we head even further north. Just about the time we get to know our way around, it’s time to move on! This past Sunday we visited the Journey Museum, which gave us the history of the area. Mining, buffalo,...
Last Monday evening we drove about 30 minutes outside of Rapid City to a trail I found on the AllTrails app. Creek Caves Trail is located just off a windy road in the Black Hills Forest. The entrance was a nondescript metal gate opening into a wooded area. If it...
I thought I knew what we were getting in to. I research and plan our excursions, and most of the time our adventure turns out even better than expected. Our trip to Jewel Cave National Monument on Sunday was no different. However, it was not exactly what I expected. I...
