Category Archives: Camping & RVs

Grand Rapids Camper, Travel & RV Show Ticket Giveaway

In cooperation with ShowSpan, Absolute Michigan is giving away some free tickets to the Grand Rapids Camper, Travel & RV Show which takes place January 15-18 at DeVos Place. The contest is now over and the winners have been posted below. About the Grand Rapids Camper, Travel & RV Show show: A dozen West Michigan [...]

Blogs We Dig: Black Coffee at Sunrise

Snowshoeing by nasunto Billed as a blog about camping, hiking, nature and Michigan with occasional sarcasm and embellishment, Black Coffee At Sunrise was recently recognized at Backpacker Magazine in their Daily Dirt section online. We think the recognition is well deserved. Blogger Nina describes her blog: Despite the unstable times we are facing, there is [...]

Photo Friday: North Point Beach 3 by nasunto

Nina (nasunto) spent 4 days, 3 nights backpacking at the Grand Island National Recreation Area in the Hiawatha National Forest. It’s an amazing place that offers great hiking & camping along with killer views as you can clearly see in her Grand Island National Recreation Area set (slideshow). Other sets in her Michigan collection include [...]

Dig Michigan: Kalamazoo Region

Situated approximately half way between Detroit and Chicago and home to Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo is the second of Michigan’s regions that we are exploring this month. Our goal with this series of articles is to give you a little taste of some great vacation opportunities that are probably less than a tank of gas [...]

Hoxeyville Music Festival July 25 – 27

3 Days & Nights of Music – Camping – Disc Golf – Canoeing – Food & Merchandise Vendors Located west of Cadillac, MI near the Pine River deep in the Manistee National Forest, the festival grounds are conveniently located 300 yards west of the Kestelwoods Campground, Party Store and Restaurant. Check out the website for [...]

Travel Local: Michigan State Parks Map

One of the recent additions to our Absolute Michigan Map are all of Michigan’s State Parks (97 or so). They can be found by looking for the little pine tree (which is the same symbol used to identify them on road signs!). The photo is morning mist by tobibritsch, who says that this was taken [...]

Dig Michigan: The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Pictured Rocks Waterfall by ER Post There’s so much that I want to say about the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore that I have no idea where to start. Maybe all I need to say is that it’s my favorite place on earth, and that I really hope you get a chance to visit there soon. [...]

Michigan travel incentives in response to gas prices

How Much?! by luna.nik Gas is all over the news because it’s apparently quite expensive, and never mind the fact that it has been pretty darn expensive for a couple of years now. Michigan hit another all time high of $3.84 per gallon last week and the numbers are rolling on at michigangasprices.com where they [...]

Marquette, Michigan – ‘Paradise Found’

NW vista by DA2Brian Marquette, MI has been named one of the top 200 places in the U.S. for sportsmen and women to put their roots down in the April edition of Outdoor Life magazine. These places exist in every state, towns where you can step out your back door with a fly rod or [...]

Michigan Historic Homes: Old Victoria Mining Village

“Tilted” by Tiffibunny The picturesque ghost town of Old Victoria is one of the first sites ever mined for copper in the new world. This is where the famous “Ontonagon Boulder” was discovered that now resides in the National Museum of Natural Science at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. Four buildings have so far [...]