UP Overland has a pretty sweet thing going on. If you like adventure and want to see some places in the Upper Peninsula you wouldn’t normally get to see, these are good people to know. This video will give you a nice introduction. U.P. Overland 2011 on Vimeo. You can find Upper Peninsula Overland … Read more
Last night I arrived in East Lansing where I’ll be giving a couple lectures this week at my alma mater, Michigan State. I crashed at my cousin Sara’s place (who is from Sutton’s Bay, north of Traverse city) for the night. This morning, my cousin’s roommate’s boyfriend came and visited with me for a … Read more
Our good friend Mike passed along this video, an ESPN commercial featuring Minnesota Twins baseball player Joe Mauer being interviewed by Sports Center’s Scott Van Pelt. Hope you enjoy. Read more
I figure we could all be a little better off if we all knew Michigan’s state symbols a little better. Though most of us have read them or seen them elsewhere, not many people can run through them all off the top of the head. So for today, a brief Michigan education on something we could all … Read more
Keweenaw native Heather Courtney has been hard at work. Her latest work, “Where Soldiers Come From”, documents a group of friends form the Upper Peninsula and throughout their service in the National Guard and serving in Afghanistan. For four consecutive years she filmed, both in the Keweenaw and … Read more
Photo courtesy of [Blondie Yooper](http://www.flickr.com/photos/blondieyooper/3200849152/ "Ore dock by Blondieyooper, on Flickr") So it’s been a few cold days in the Upper Peninsula, the coldest of the winter so far. But I was shocked to find out that NMU wasn’t only closed yesterday, but that … Read more
According to Wikipedia, April Fools’ Day or All Fools’ Day is a holiday in its own right, a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, enemies and neighbors, or sending them on … Read more
Today we’re starting a new poll… A few months back we asked our readers “What is your favorite month to be in the Upper Peninsula?” The answer was clearly July, with nearly a quarter of all the votes. It is officially July 1st! The favorite month of our readers. You have made it through a long … Read more
No love for February 28.4% of votes selected February as their least favorite month in the Upper Peninsula. No explanation is needed here. We can all safely assume it has to do with being in the middle of a long winter with lots of snow. It probably has nothing to do with being the shortest month … Read more
Two weeks ago I woke a blog entry expressing feeling about Northern Michigan University closing their campus for not just one, but two days. It was about -14 degrees with the windchill those two winter days. Since that chilly week it has warmed up across the Upper Peninsula in the last two weeks. … Read more