{"id":6378,"date":"2004-06-20T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2004-06-20T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2004\/06\/20\/6378\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:32:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:32:36","slug":"6378","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2004\/06\/20\/6378\/","title":{"rendered":"…"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, exactly 900 miles of driving later, and with lots of walking, I have acquired this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

and I are back from the great Upper Peninsula…<\/p>\n

· Lots of mosquitos. Lots. And lots. 100% DEET bug spray in a non-aerosol can is the best.
\n· Inadvertently started sinking in some quicksand. Have since learned that one will quickly sink into a sandbar when it is located partially across the mouth of a stream, next to a lake.
\n· Walking through the woods in the dark, with or without flashlights, even if one is on a wooden path, is scary.
\n· Taquamenon Falls are really nifty, especially in the dark, despite the path being very frightening. (See previous comment)
\n· Climbing to the top of a lighthouse is worth it.
\n· National forests are nifty. Lots of nice rural campsites, beaches to walk along, fish hatcheries to visit, lighthouses, empty roads, random trails, etc.
\n· Saw a fireworks store located on an Indian reservation. Should have stopped. :\\
\n· Indian reservations also contain lots and lots of casinos.
\n· A GPS receiver that does moving maps, even if it doesn’t do driving directions, is great for traveling through random areas. Maps might have been enough, but not as convenient.
\n· 1970s tents suck. As do people at the next campsite who’s kids slam the door all morning.
\n· Not eating meat while up north is hard to do. Also, the waitresses seem offended if you decline all the soups because they are beef \/ chicken \/ pork based.
\n· THERE IS NO MAN KILLING CLAM AT SEA SHELL CITY. At least none that we could find… Lots of tchotchkies, though. Lots. (Is that spelled right?) The billboards lie.
\n· The showers \/ bathrooms at the state park are rather nice. They didn’t feel dirty or dingy at all, and the water was nice and hot. Very good for when you don’t have quite enough blankets.<\/p>\n

I’m sure there’s more, but I’m just not remembering right now. It was a really good, very worthwhile weekend, though. So, that’s enough for now.<\/p>\n

[UPDATE]<\/p>\n

Also, I forgot to add…<\/p>\n

· Chipmunks. Lots of them. Feeding them is fun.
\n· Abandoned military sites are pretty nifty. One in particular that we found had been converted into civilian housing, but it was still neat.
\n· Racoons are adept at climbing in and out of flapping-door style garbage cans.
\n· Again, lots of pasta and grilled cheese does not make for a healthy diet.
\n· It’s that time of year to see large groups of bikers (and I mean real bikers, not pricks on ‘choppers’) taking vacations en masse. I bet that’s fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, exactly 900 miles of driving later, and with lots of walking, I have acquired this. and I are back from the great Upper Peninsula… · Lots of mosquitos. Lots. And lots. 100% DEET bug spray in a non-aerosol can is the best. · Inadvertently started sinking in some quicksand. Have since learned that one\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,29,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moved-from-livejournal","category-outdoors","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15252,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6378\/revisions\/15252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}