Michigan State Parks GeoTour 2: Upper Peninsula Adventure 4

It's amazing how time flies!

TaGeez and I are on the last day of our Michigan State Parks Upper Peninsula GeoTour. We started our day in Sault Ste Marie and am heading towards home. 4 days of fabulous weather and happy memories!

MSPGT2-UP: Brimley State Park GCAPW31

First cache of the day, and I love it when you can see the dew glistening on the grass.

The volunteer at the ranger station said she watched other caches jump down the embankment and cross the little creek for the cache. We decided to mosey around the corner from the station and take the easy way in. 

MSPGT2-UP: Straits State Park GCAPW3N

Last of the UP GeoTour caches! We finished our region! 

Although we passed this crossing over the Mighty Mac, we didn’t grab this that first day because we crossed in the dark. If I had any regrets from the last geotour, we didn't spend enough time here to enjoy the views so we saved this for last.

What a fun way to end this tour. Container is already showing some wear, but it did make us chuckle… and crave S’Mores! 

Now off to the scenic overlook! 

[SIGH] Now to turn towards home. Always sad to cross back over this bridge.

Follow-up note: deep respect to the hider. They reached out to us, asking for more details on the wear of the container. What a class act!

MSPGT2-NL: Pigeon River Country State Forest GCAPW47

“Hello, dirt road, my old friend.

We’ve come to bounce on you again”

[TaGeez singing this to the music of the Sound of Silence]

This was a pleasant detour from the freeway to the cache, even if our windows are painted in sand!

Nice work on the pole! We saw several of these on the last tour, but this was a first for us this time. 

Afterwards, we headed down to the lake for the view before heading to the quilt shop and lunch in Gaylord! This day is going too fast!

MSPGT2-NL: Hartwick Pines State Park GCAPW3Y

Last cache of this adventure and what a place to end it! LOVE the old growth forest at Hartwick Pines! Sad to see Visitor Center is closed for renovations, but we enjoyed the hunt for this cache.

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Michigan State Parks GeoTour 

Upper Peninsula Edition [GT4F8]

We spent 4 Pure Michigan days traveling 1,727 miles to grab a total of 25 caches, 18 from the GeoTour. The skies were blue and the 3 Great Lakes even bluer! Contrast that to sandy roads and changing leaves - pure joy! We can't wait to grab the remaining 10 tour caches we need!