Excellent set. Pure Michigan! Paul
> On Jun 30, 2021, at 4:04 PM, Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have driven through the UP East-to-West and West-to-East several times, > but am most familiar with Pictured Rocks and Munising area generally. > [These images are from that area… > https://photos.stanhalpin.com/p355522230 > <https://photos.stanhalpin.com/p355522230> ] > > Other images from that general area: > https://photos.stanhalpin.com/p735513422 > <https://photos.stanhalpin.com/p735513422> > > On the west end of Munising, on MI-28, is (or was anyway…) a small > walk-in/carry-out restaurant, IMHO one of the best sources of Cornish > Pasties. But you will have many opportunities for this “local” dish > throughout the UP. [In the late 1800s, early 1900s there were many immigrants > from Cornwall to the UP, attracted by the copper mining and related jobs. > Meg’s grandparents were part of that…] > > Just a bit west of Munising, Marquette is a nice college town with good > lakefront, good brew pubs. > > There are numerous waterfalls and small lakes in the Hiawatha National > Forest, SE of Munising. If you drive east from Munising, staying as close to > Superior as you can, as far as Deer Park on CR-H58 there are multiple spots > with good access to the lakeshore etc. Driving back west on US 2, Manistique > has nice lakefront parks on the Lake Michigan shoreline. > > Tahquamenon Falls State Park and Seney National Wildlife Refuge are both > worth the trip! > > If/when you get as far east as Tahquamenon Falls, it wouldn’t be that much > further off to the NE to Sault St. Marie and the Soo Locks. I recommend > Lakeshore Drive which branches off of MI-123 a bit south of Paradise, takes > you to a junction with I-75 a bit south of Sault St. Marie. Or SE to St. > Ignace, a short ferry ride to Mackinac Island. If you get that far east, the > Straits State Park just SW of Ignace provides great viewpoints of the > Mackinaw Straits bridge. > > At the western end of I have been told that the Porcupine Mountains > Wilderness State Park is also good but haven’t made it there yet. > > A link that may be useful… > > https://www.michigan.org/article/trip-idea/list-enchanting-michigan-waterfalls-visit-year-round > > <https://www.michigan.org/article/trip-idea/list-enchanting-michigan-waterfalls-visit-year-round> > > > Enjoy! > > Stan > > >> On Jun 30, 2021, at 10:31 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Going to the UP for the first time. >> >> What are the best places to shoot? >> >> >> >> -- >> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >> https://www.avg.com >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
