36: Pictured Rocks

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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. This second trip is 42 miles, and was recorded Sept 2nd—6th 2019.

[pin 📍 /] [geo lat=‘46.65682’ lon=’-86.02068’ adr=‘E210090 County Road H-58, Grand Marais, MI 49839’ tel=‘906-494-2660’ url=‘https://www.nps.gov/piro/’ trail=‘usa:michigan:pictured-rocks’]Grand Sable Visitor Center[/geo]

Pictured Rocks Backcountry Map

Planning info:

  • Backcountry Camping Planner
  • AllTrails map
  • Shuttle service
  • Voyageurs Motel

  • 0m47s  Driving over the Mackinac Bridge
  • 1m25s  Hotel
  • 2m05s  Day One (54°F )
  • 2m28s  Viewers: Janice and Uriah
  • 2m32s  Moving on the trail
  • 3m20s  Sand dune side quest
  • 4m31s  Towards the log slide
  • 4m50s  Doll’s eyes
  • 6m52s  Check the map
  • 7m09s  Sunglasses on the ground
  • 7m32s  Snack: cinnamon bread
  • 8m00s  Hidden nature valley
  • “nomad encampments”
  • 8m43s  Artist’s conk
  • 9m06s  Sun poking through
  • 9m23s  Robby quick solo climb
  • 10m20s  Dripping soggy bread fungus ( Northern tooth fungus)
  • Often trees with this fungus become weak [due to heart rot] and are blown over by the wind. — naturallycuriouswithmaryholland.wordpress.com
  • 11m37s  Out of the forest
  • 12m02s  Lunch: apples; garlic parmesan pretzels
  • 12m45s  Log Slide
  • 13m51s  Grand Marais, Harbor of Refuge Outer Lighthouse
  • 14m03s  Au Sable Light Station
  • 14m15s  Back on the main trail
  • Memories of the fox from last time
  • “In the sand”
  • Campsite
  • Au Sable Lighthouse
  • “LOST village sort of feel”
  • Volunteers
  • Good night
  • Day Two (7.1 mile hiked, 58°F)
  • Drink: coffee
  • Graveyard Coast
  • Blueberries
  • Rumbling in the distance. Darker and darker.
  • Rain
  • Bathroom shelter in Japan
  • North Country Trail
  • Abandoned cabin
  • Sun
  • Ocarina of Time bridge
  • Campsites
  • Dinner
  • Beach
  • 34m23s  Final Fantasy VII
  • Day Three (14.4 miles hiked, 54°F)
  • Woodpecker
  • Old car ([yt 5GqCHdG1dLQ title=“I’m a motorist!"]Simpsons reference[/yt])
  • The beach is calling me
  • Beach
  • Pine Bluff campground
  • Beaver Creek campground
  • Beaver dam
  • Over the bridge
  • Coves campgrounds
  • Also seen during the last trip
  • Stove
  • Dinner
  • Pumping at the lake
  • Sunset
  • Day Four (21.7 miles hiked, 56°F)
  • Coffee packets
  • 11.8 miles
  • Coves group campsite
  • Woodpecker sighting
  • Breakfast
  • Onward we go
  • Spray Falls
  • Chapel Rock
  • Lunch on the beach
  • Toward Mosquito campground
  • 59m53s  Grand Portal Point
  • 1h01m35s  Into the forest
  • 1h03m05s  Mosquito campground
  • 1h04m06s  Snack: almonds
  • 1h04m40s  Uncharted territory
  • 1h05m47s  @minicityhomestead
  • 1h07m11s  Campsite
  • 1h7m54s  Dinner: ginger chicken stir-fry with rice; three-cheese mac & cheese; cheese cake
  • Thank you T. Bryce Ryan
  • 1h9m19s  Safely inside for the night
  • 1h9m43s  Day Five (33.5 miles hiked, 56ºF)
  • 1h10m03s 
    • Robby: Bryan, you up?
    Bryan: (unintelligible)
  • …
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