“No particular place to go, so we parked way out on the Kokomo. The night was young, and the moon was gold.” — Chuck Berry With the sun setting quickly off to my left, we followed the serpentine road north through the heart of this monstrous watershed. We were headed to a cabin ...

HANCOCK — Sporting goods stores are a common service found throughout the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to provide the tools and equipment necessary for residents and tourists to enjoy the outdoors. While some stores provide strictly goods, some stores seek to provide more than products and try ...

“Feeling pretty good at last, rough times are all in the past. Oh, and it’s shinin’ brightly.” — Bob Seger With the morning sun already climbing its way above the treetops, I stood at the head of a deep riverine gorge, looking down into the wide and wooded expanse. It was a ...

“River’s on the rise, crows are in the skies, look at that big yellow cornbread moon.” — Joe Ely The character of this charming landscape reminds me of something one might see in an Impressionist painting, especially were it to begin raining. The colors were only just beginning to ...

“If everything’s gonna turn out right, you’re gonna fry fish tonight.” — Johnny Cash Turning out onto the highway from the county road, I was surprised to see a thickening fog bank ahead of me. It had been cloudy all day as I worked on chores indoors. Now, seeing this pea soup ...

KEWEENAW COUNTY — The Nature Conservancy is hosting two, unique guided hikes in the Keweenaw Peninsula in August, part of a “Heart the Heartlands” series of events to highlight the Keweenaw. “We have held dozens and dozens of meetings with community members and leaders about the ...