After visiting the National Lakeshore, Tom and I spent the afternoon and night at Apostle Islands Area Campground. Despite the name, the campground is not related to the National Lakeshore, except for the location in Bayfield, Wisconsin. Apostle Islands Area Campground is a large and quirky campground located at the south end of Bayfield. After …
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Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
After spending three weeks in Michigan, Tom and I headed next door to Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin. Hitting Apostle Islands meant that we visited all three national lakeshores in one month: Sleeping Bear Dunes, Pictured Rocks, and Apostle Islands. When Tom and I planned this trip, we had multiple days at Sleeping Bear …
Lake Effect Bar and Grill in Copper Harbor
The only restaurant we tried in Copper Harbor was the Lake Effect Bar and Grill, but it was a good place to eat. We were hungry after walking around Fort Wilkins Historic State Park and then walking from one end to the other of Copper Harbor. If you look at TripAdvisor, Lake Effect Bar and …
Fort Wilkins Historic State Park
Fort Wilkins Historic State Park includes the campground where we stayed in Copper Harbor. It also includes another large campground on the east side of park, which is only open through Labor Day. In between the two campgrounds lies the reconstructed and restored Fort Wilkins Historic State Park. This is an unusual pairing: state parks …
Copper Harbor, Tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula
As soon as I saw Copper Harbor, Michigan, on a map, I wanted to go there. I love to follow a road to its furthest point and imagine living there. What must it be like to, literally, live at the end of the road? Copper Harbor is as far north as you can go in …
Love Like Jesus
I was poking around in a seasonal gift shop this last week, and I saw a decorative sign that really struck a chord with me. At the moment, it is the only Christmas decoration on display at our house. “Dance like Frosty Shine like Rudolph Give like Santa Love like Jesus.” I’ve had a hard …
Eagle Harbor Lighthouse and Museums
After leaving Calumet, Tom and I headed up to Eagle Harbor. We wanted to see the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse, one of the partner sites for the Keweenaw National Heritage Park. We had already seen a bunch of lighthouses, so we weren’t expecting much. But the site exceeded our expectations and became one of our favorite …
Keweenaw National Historic Park
After visiting the Grand Canyon of Michigan, Tom and I headed north to see the Keweenaw National Historic Park in the Keweenaw Peninsula. The peninsula is all about copper mining, milling, smelting, and shipping. Every town of any size has some connection to the copper industry. When mining stopped in the 1970’s, the people in …