36: Pictured Rocks

2019-11-30 | 1:21 | YouTube | Bandcamp | Episodes

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

Grand Sable Visitor Center | 906-494-2660
E210090 County Road H-58, Grand Marais, MI 49839
46.6568,-86.0207 🌐

Pictured Rocks Backcountry Map

Planning info:

0m00s Opening
0m20s Intro
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 (Simpsons reference)
- 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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See also: 22: Pictured Rocks

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