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Also This Weekend, Mackinac Island Lilac Festival
For those of you in the Western Upper Peninsula we suggested checking out the annual Houghton & Hancock Bridgefest this weekend. However, that’s a long drive for those of you on the Eastern end of...
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July 4th Road Tripping
Miles Drive Time Total Time 648.4 12.53 hrs 53 hrs One requirement for being an Ambassador of the Upper Peninsula is whirlwind road trips across the U.P. Road tripping is nothing new to me, and a...
View ArticleMike Rows Says Nice Things About the Upper Peninsula, and You Should Too!
Mike Rowe is no stranger to Mackinac Island, having filmed segments of Dirty Jobs on the Mackinac Bridge and the island (Click here more on climbing the Mackinac Bridge). His latest comes from a little...
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The Annual Mackinac Bridge Antique Tractor Crossing
This is a guest post from our friend Alice Rossignol. She’s a big fan of the great outdoors and her love for the Upper Peninsula is blossoming. You can follow her on Twitter. When I wake up in the...
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Journey to the Top of the Mackinac Bridge
For a while I’ve been wanting to share one of the greatest views of Michigan, from Michigan’s greatest icon. Last September I had the rare opportunity to have a tour to the top of the Mackinac Bridge....
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Wild Bloomers on Mackinac Island
Have you been to Mackinac Island? If so, did you venture beyond the fudge shops and beaches to the untamed interior? As a lover of all things that bloom, I felt like I was in paradise once I made it...
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Michigan’s oldest building: The Officers’ Stone Quarters
Photo credit: Patrick Newcomb on Flickr This is a guest post from our friend and fellow Yooper Ashley Bovin, she’s from Gladstone and you can follow her on Twitter here. Recently, while pondering...
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The Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Tournament
Every 4th of July people gather on the south side of Mackinac Island at Windermere Point for the annual Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Tournament. A few hundred people assemble, building up the noon...
View ArticleAnswering Your “How” Questions About the Upper Peninsula
Each day we check the web stats of Yooper Steez and what people have been Googling to bring traffic to the site. I thought I could make good use of this information by answering all of the “how”...
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The Mighty Mac vs. The Golden Gate
The Mackinac Bridge has become a sort of personal symbol for me in recent years, representing how my heart is divided between my homeland of the U.P. and my current home in Grand Rapids. It seems I...
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