August 23, 2007 – 9:22 am
The annual Mackinac Bridge Walk takes place every year on Labor Day.
This year's walk is the 50th. The Annual Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk on Michigan in Pictures notes that the first walk on Labor Day, 1958 drew just 68 walkers - we're guessing there's a few more in the picture to the right from [...]
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August 17, 2007 – 9:46 am
Abandoned Quincy Mine by Terrapin Dawg
Last Friday the New York Times had a nice feature on the Quincy Mine and Copper Country (aka the Keweenaw Peninsula) that begins...
Four hundred feet underground, in a musty, dripping passage into the Quincy Mine, Ed Yarbrough pointed to a dark opening in the wall. “Here’s an old explosives bin,” [...]
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August 13, 2007 – 8:51 am
The July winners of the Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives story & photo contest have been announced. The deadline for the August contest is August 20th, so there's still time to enter (click that link above for details!). They have been kind enough to allow us to reprint the 1st place story in the General category, [...]
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August 10, 2007 – 8:25 am
MN DNR fire bombers by mryooperdewey
Ann Arbor based Edward Vielmetti has maps and links for the massive Sleeper Lake Fire that has burned about 20,000 acres in Luce County north of Newberry in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Gina Harmon of Superior Sights has some great photos and coverage of this devastating fire from a local perspective. [...]
Mickey Finn (Mike) says he enjoys trout fishing, fly tying, and the places where trout live.
If you enjoy those things, you'll probably enjoy his photos!
(he also wondered what kind of cloud this is - if you know, post a comment!)
Michigander ready by Mike Wendland
From the "Watch This Year, Do It Next Year" files, here's Freep.com video columnist Mike Wendland is taking part in the 16th annual Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance Michigander Mountain Bike Tour. Check out The Michigander: Day 1 and follow along all week at Mike Wendland's Blog.
The ride begins in Midland [...]
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Moving up the Michigan shoreline from Berrien County, we come to Van Buren County. Read on for much more about Michigan's fruit basket!
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I have to say that as a web developer, I really admire the dynamic ways in which the web team at the Detroit News presents complex information. A great example of this is their interactive teacher pension costs presentation. It makes it point and click simple to see how retirement costs are looming for Michigan's [...]
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While some photo blogs might skimp on the number of photos or size, Mac over at Detroit BikeBlog serves up your photos as big and tall as the internet can handle.
"When heading out to Lansing I again realised how little Detroit sometimes feels like a city and how much more like a big town that [...]
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Joanne writes: It is hard to top my photo I posted yesterday, but this is what I saw on my lunch hour walk. I walked in the Grand Woods nature trails in Lansing, Michigan. I saw this owl, actually two days in a row, but was able to get a photo today. She seemed to [...]
