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Brdgt ([personal profile] brdgt) wrote2012-09-06 11:36 am

A much needed vacation

On Saturday morning Nick and I are going Up North (as Wisconsinites like to say) to the Upper Penninsula of Michigan and the Apostle Islands of Northern Wisconsin for a long backcountry trip to celebrate our three year anniversary.

We are roughly following this route in the Porcupine Mountains (four days, three nights), which will includes waterfalls, Lake Superior, three peaks, and a mountain lake (The Lake of the Clouds), hopefully all during nice Fall color.



The route should cover about 40 miles:



Then we are going to drive three hours over to the Apostle Islands for another few nights - hopefully one or two of which on the islands where they have just one campsite per island. You have to kayak out to them and the waters of Lake Superior can be very choppy, especially in mid-September, but we're hoping we can check out the sea caves:

[identity profile] alexeye.livejournal.com 2012-09-06 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
that itinerary makes me happy. also a bit jealous. have an awesome trip!

[identity profile] alineskirt.livejournal.com 2012-09-06 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
sounds wonderful and I'm so happy for you guys! happy anniversary!!!

[identity profile] astronautical.livejournal.com 2012-09-06 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
SO JEALOUS!
I badly want to go to the UP. actually I've plotted a motorcycle route to Madison via the UP and whenever I get 2 more weeks of vacation we will see you soon.

[identity profile] ljgeoff.livejournal.com 2012-09-07 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
That map there shows is where one of the properties we're looking at is located. I'm looking forward to your trip report. Also, if you've been up that way before, I'd be interested in your opinion of how climate changed has changed in the last couple of years.

[identity profile] brdgt.livejournal.com 2012-09-07 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I've never been there before, so I can't give a before/after report...