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My husband and I are taking our 2 kids(15,11) to Mackinac Island Michigan for a long weekend and would like to do some tent camping after. Any suggestions on where? I was thinking the Upper Peninsula would be a good place but have never been there. Any ideas?
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I'd recommend any of the state parks. The first link below will get you started on information on the parks. But you should get your reservations made now, as these tend to fill up on weekends. DON"T just show up and expect to get a spot - it won't happen.
If you're at Mackinac, then Burt Lake State Park is not too far south of there. If you have a boat, you can get a lot of use from that based from Burt Lake. Otherwise, you can rent a canoe and take a ride on the Sturgeon River here. You could also go tubing, but it's probably a bit cold for that at this time of year. See the 2nd link for this park.
You can also get info on camping in the UP here. If you go north of Mackinac, you can go up to Taquamenon Falls or the Soo. The Soo Locks are an interesting day trip, and you can take a boat ride through the locks and learn about them. If you have your passports with you, pop across to Canada for awhile if you like, too.
If you go to the Soo, be sure to have lunch at The Antlers - a bar/restaurant located just east of the locks, and facing the water. Ask any local how to get there. Great food, and interesting decor. Ask for a tour of the bar.
You might try finding a place over near Traverse City, on the west side of the state. That's a popular tourist spot. Google it for more information - there is a ton of data out there on TC.
I'd recommend any of the state parks. The first link below will get you started on information on the parks. But you should get your reservations made now, as these tend to fill up on weekends. DON"T just show up and expect to get a spot - it won't happen.
If you're at Mackinac, then Burt Lake State Park is not too far south of there. If you have a boat, you can get a lot of use from that based from Burt Lake. Otherwise, you can rent a canoe and take a ride on the Sturgeon River here. You could also go tubing, but it's probably a bit cold for that at this time of year. See the 2nd link for this park.
You can also get info on camping in the UP here. If you go north of Mackinac, you can go up to Taquamenon Falls or the Soo. The Soo Locks are an interesting day trip, and you can take a boat ride through the locks and learn about them. If you have your passports with you, pop across to Canada for awhile if you like, too.
If you go to the Soo, be sure to have lunch at The Antlers - a bar/restaurant located just east of the locks, and facing the water. Ask any local how to get there. Great food, and interesting decor. Ask for a tour of the bar.
You might try finding a place over near Traverse City, on the west side of the state. That's a popular tourist spot. Google it for more information - there is a ton of data out there on TC.
Question about camping and hiking.?
armydude13
I want to hike from Central New York to Minnesota to visit a friend. I'd rather walk than take a plane, drive, bus, or train simply because it's more cost effective and I get to see the sights more. I have already figured out how long it would take and I have the equipment to make the trip. My question is can I walk some ways off the road and set up a tent for the night? (I won't need to set fires, it'll just be for sleeping) I plan on walking around till dark and getting up with the sun. Also part of my route goes into Canada. I have a birth certificate, Social Security card, and a picture ID. Will that be enough to get through?
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You will have to get a passport to go through Canada -- you won't pass customs on the US side without one. That will take you at least 6 weeks unless you pay extra for expedited processing (will still take 2 weeks.) How long do you think this is going to take you? Even at a steady clip of 20 to 25 miles per day (about reasonable for a fit person carrying 35 to 40 pounds of gear) with an occasional "rest" day for restocking yourself, it will still take you at least 3 months. Getting pretty late in the year for that. By the time you hit the Michigan Upper Peninsula or northern Wisconsin it will already be snowing. Are you prepared for that?
Trying to "commando camp" along the roadside is asking for trouble. Almost all the property along your route will be privately owned and you are likely to raise the suspicions of both the police and residents. near city areas, you also risk encountering the chronically homeless in places along highways, some of whom have mental health and substance abuse issues and often don't like strangers on their "turf."
If you have experience with hiking and bakcpasking here is already an established hiking/camping route between NY and Minnesota called the North Country Trail.
http://www.northcountrytrail.org/
I've hiked portions of it in NY, PA and MI. It has plenty of areas along it you can safely and legally camp, including some State Parks where you will find shower facilities. Plus it runs near small towns where you can re-supply or rest when you need to. You will also encounter other hikers and campers which would add to the experience. It wanders off your course in some areas (total length is 4,600 miles!) but you could cut across the longer loops, like in Ohio by taking a bus or train from Dayton to southern Michigan and a shortcut again in eastern Minnesota by avoiding the northern loop.
You would need to watch where you camp in central Michigan as there are militia groups that own backwoods property in that area who do not appreicate trespassers. You'd be OK sticking with the North Country Trail there. That route, across the Michigan Upper Peninsula, is more scenic than going acorss Ohio and around the bottom of Lake Michigan and up through Illinois and Wisconsin -- too developed and too dangerous (not to mention boring).
You might want to look into the "couch surfing" social networking websites, where people offer each other places to crash all over the country. It can be a great way to meet new friends and travel cheaply. Having places like that to stay along the way would be preferable to trying to hang out on your own the whole time, especially as you get into rainier Fall weather.
My great-great-great grandfather and his brother walked from New York City to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1832 to homestead there. They started in June, walking and hitching rides on canal boats and pack trains, spent the winter in Buffalo working in a stable, and then walked across Ontario in the Spring.
Sounds like you'll have a great adventure as long as you are properly prepared. Carry a couple of debit cards (always have one hidden somewhere on your body, not in your pack), and preferably a cell phone with a solar charger (you can get one at www.realgoods.com). Arrange to check in with someone at regular intervals along the way and be familiar with groups like Travelers Aid and the YMCA when you are passing through cities, for advice, places to spend the night and help if you have health or legal problems.
You will have to get a passport to go through Canada -- you won't pass customs on the US side without one. That will take you at least 6 weeks unless you pay extra for expedited processing (will still take 2 weeks.) How long do you think this is going to take you? Even at a steady clip of 20 to 25 miles per day (about reasonable for a fit person carrying 35 to 40 pounds of gear) with an occasional "rest" day for restocking yourself, it will still take you at least 3 months. Getting pretty late in the year for that. By the time you hit the Michigan Upper Peninsula or northern Wisconsin it will already be snowing. Are you prepared for that?
Trying to "commando camp" along the roadside is asking for trouble. Almost all the property along your route will be privately owned and you are likely to raise the suspicions of both the police and residents. near city areas, you also risk encountering the chronically homeless in places along highways, some of whom have mental health and substance abuse issues and often don't like strangers on their "turf."
If you have experience with hiking and bakcpasking here is already an established hiking/camping route between NY and Minnesota called the North Country Trail.
http://www.northcountrytrail.org/
I've hiked portions of it in NY, PA and MI. It has plenty of areas along it you can safely and legally camp, including some State Parks where you will find shower facilities. Plus it runs near small towns where you can re-supply or rest when you need to. You will also encounter other hikers and campers which would add to the experience. It wanders off your course in some areas (total length is 4,600 miles!) but you could cut across the longer loops, like in Ohio by taking a bus or train from Dayton to southern Michigan and a shortcut again in eastern Minnesota by avoiding the northern loop.
You would need to watch where you camp in central Michigan as there are militia groups that own backwoods property in that area who do not appreicate trespassers. You'd be OK sticking with the North Country Trail there. That route, across the Michigan Upper Peninsula, is more scenic than going acorss Ohio and around the bottom of Lake Michigan and up through Illinois and Wisconsin -- too developed and too dangerous (not to mention boring).
You might want to look into the "couch surfing" social networking websites, where people offer each other places to crash all over the country. It can be a great way to meet new friends and travel cheaply. Having places like that to stay along the way would be preferable to trying to hang out on your own the whole time, especially as you get into rainier Fall weather.
My great-great-great grandfather and his brother walked from New York City to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1832 to homestead there. They started in June, walking and hitching rides on canal boats and pack trains, spent the winter in Buffalo working in a stable, and then walked across Ontario in the Spring.
Sounds like you'll have a great adventure as long as you are properly prepared. Carry a couple of debit cards (always have one hidden somewhere on your body, not in your pack), and preferably a cell phone with a solar charger (you can get one at www.realgoods.com). Arrange to check in with someone at regular intervals along the way and be familiar with groups like Travelers Aid and the YMCA when you are passing through cities, for advice, places to spend the night and help if you have health or legal problems.
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