UP Michigan trip
 

Born and raised near Detroit. We've never been over the bridge to the UP! Well a trip is planned and we're going finally.

Any recommendations for site-seeing? I'm not taking a boat either.

Thanks!!

Nick-

Depends how much time your going to spend and what your interested in. tahquamenon falls, pictured rocks, are worth seeing. sault ste marie and the locks are neat. Drummond/Detour area is nice. To the west Copper Harbor, Pocupine Mountains, Lake of the Clouds. Marquette is a neat town. Lots of nice scenery, rivers, waterfalls along the shorelines.

All day fri, sat, and sun, and come home min.

Have a cabin booked in Germfask.

Sounds like a blast! You will enjoy for sure!

If you want to do some sightseeing, I'd probably go to Munising one day and do a Pictured Rock boat tour or at the very least drive H-58 between Munising and Grand Marais and stop at the different sites along the way. I would probably go to Tahquamenon Falls and the Shipwreck Museum (if you like that kind of thing) another day. If you have kids along, Oswald Bear Ranch near Newberry might be fun on the Falls day.

http://www.picturedrocks.com/
http://www.grandmaraismichigan.com/LSBC/
http://www.tahquamenonfallsbrewery.com/
http://www.shipwreckmuseum.com/
http://www.oswaldsbearranch.com/inde...age=Bear_Ranch

Chamberlains in Curtis for dinner if you want to go out, neat old place and good food.

And when you go through L'Anse, stop at the Hilltop restaurant and get some of their kick butt sweet rolls.

www.sweetroll.com

Big Springs just west of Manistique at Palms Book State Park is kind of cool if you get bored... So are the other places mentioned earlier... lake in the clouds, tahquamenon falls, pictured rocks.

http://www.exploringthenorth.com/bigspring/spring.html

don't 4get 2 have a pastie!!!:evilb:

Western U.P is more scenic inland.

Bring a few tools w/ ya!!!!:party-smiley-004:

Pasties and beer. Pure bliss!

Thanks for the advice fellas! I need to find a neat place to stay on Friday night as well.

All great visits listed above. The Big Springs is a must. Miners river below Pictured Rocks is cool. Canyon Falls north of 28 and south of L'Anse is fairly unknown and cool.

Fayette state park is a pretty cool old mining ghost town . There is a dozen or so late 1800/early 1900's mining town buildings you can go into.
If you go though manistique you can stop at the Mackinaw trails wine tasting/samplery, its still a favorite of my wifes.
Marquettes ore dock brewery has some pretty good micro brews on tap.......its hard to make it home some days........

heres a shot of fayette
http://i59.tinypic.com/9rt6qt.jpg

Never mind the two goofs, but a good shot of the huge limestone cliffs in the background. Its something else to see by boat, coming off plane by the huge cliffs into a small hidden harbor with crystal clear waters, is a great expierience. You can still get there by land too
http://i62.tinypic.com/2mhepuu.jpg

dont forget to go in the winter.. a lot more to see by snowmobile..