Category Archives: Hiking & Biking

Dig Michigan: The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

May 15, 2008 – 9:35 pm

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. That [...]

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Michigan morels and the Boyne City Mushroom Festival

May 6, 2008 – 10:30 am

morel mushroom by Latitude 45
The 2008 Boyne City National Morel Mushroom Festival takes place May 15-18, 2008. This year is the 48th annual, and the 4 day celebration of the morel mushroom includes a morel seminar and guided mushroom hunt on Friday and of course the Boyne Valley Lions National Mushroom Hunt on on Saturday [...]

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Photo Friday: Don't Weep for Me by photoshoparama

April 25, 2008 – 5:24 pm

photoshoparama (Daniel Johnson of Grand Rapids) says that he'd rather be biking.
When not doing so, he might be taking interesting and colorful photos of everything from the small to the great outdoors.
Happy Arbor Day!

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Michigan Plants: Trillium

April 14, 2008 – 2:07 pm

Large-flowered Trillium by ER Post
The most common species of trillium in Michigan is Trillium Grandiflorum or the Large-flowered Trillium. This plant has a large, often white three-petaled flower above three broad bracts that look like leaves.
Picking the flowers of Trillium can seriously injure the plant. The three leaves below the flower are the plant's [...]

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Michigan Plants: Pink Lady's Slipper

April 9, 2008 – 12:10 pm

Lady Slipper Flower by cyoas55
The Pink Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium acaule) or Moccasin Flower is a large, showy wildflower belonging the the orchid family. The heavily veined, deeply cleft pouch of this wild orchid is a distinctive characteristic of this species. Because this plant has an extremely long life cycle, taking many years to go from [...]

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Michigan plants: Jack-in-the-pulpit

April 7, 2008 – 8:10 am

jack in the pulpit by bernardwilliamson
The Jack-in-the pulpit is a stemless plant that grows throughout Michigan in both open and dense woods, and occasionally in fields and pastures bordering woods (toxic to animals). Arisaema triphyllum (Wikipedia) is also known as Bog onion, Brown dragon, Indian turnip, Wake robin or Wild turnip.
The height ranges from 8 [...]

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Marquette, Michigan - 'Paradise Found'

March 27, 2008 – 7:22 am

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 a shotgun [...]

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Michigan Historic Homes: Old Victoria Mining Village

March 18, 2008 – 9:32 am

"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 been [...]

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Ice Climbing and the Michigan Ice Fest

March 10, 2008 – 9:19 am

Eben6119 by ETCphoto
The Chicago Sun-Times has a cool feature on ice climbing and the annual Michigan Ice Fest by Felicia Schneiderhan. The Ice Fest is held in Munising (home to over 100 climbable waterfalls) and celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. Schneiderhan says:
Ice festivals are great for beginners since the cost of admission -- $25 [...]

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900 + 25,000 = a whole lot of photos!

January 3, 2008 – 10:04 am

Todd (cedarkayak) was the 900th person to join the Absolute Michigan group on Flickr. I figured that since the kayak (which he built) was the basis for his user name, it made sense to select this photo of the South Manitou Island Lighthouse. He writes that he used a sail to speed the crossing from [...]

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