I recently picked up a tandem sit-on-top to complement my sea kayak collection. It's been quite handy for river trips or inland lakes,...

At a long hike Karisma and I did, one of us joked that we should try to complete a 36 mile long trail in one day... so now we have that...

For our first hike together in a few months, Ekaterina and I went to Ortonville. We've been there before but not in years. This time she...

I've never been to the Upper Peninsula in winter, but Karisma had seen photos of ice caves and was interested in seeing them in person....

After a few false starts, I finally made it up to Negwegon State Park. I saw snow in the Alpena forecast for later this week, so...

The hiking itself was fantastic, we did about eight miles on the first and last day, and a ten-mile day hike from the cabin on the second...

We did make it to the top with plenty of daylight, against expectations. A weathered USGS marker told us we were at the peak...

Knowing that we now had an abundance of time and nowhere else to go, we stopped at a cemetery for a break and to evaluate our options...

Shortly after launching, two dogs spotted us from a riverfront yard. The two chased us quite far; one even swam alongside us growling...

It was slow going after Algonac, in the North Channel. I'll admit I was a little tired. There was quite a bit of boat traffic, or at least..

After parking my truck at a pullout on the side of the road, we had a long carry to the bridge. It's good to get the boat-carrying triceps..

Sanford is the location of the lower of the two dams that failed in Midland in late May. I wanted to take a look since it was so close...

The bike has developed a bit of a strange creaking noise, but I can't judge it too much. I also feel creaky...

This is the start of my Shore to Shore bikepacking trip across Michigan. I'll ride from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron, taking an indirect...

What a long day! Last night the beautiful weather got a little more exciting, and a storm came through. The torrential downpour...

It was less than ten relaxed miles of nice paved trails and pretty morning light to the town of Sand Lake. No doubt there is a story...

The water level varied, from sand bars we were able to walk on to chest-deep water...

Incredibly, the entire trip only had one portage, at a gigantic beaver dam, I'd guess at least thirty feet wide. It was quite a ways to...

..after that was a seven mile or so crossing to the North Channel. There aren't...