Where to rent snowmobiles, find trails in Michigan
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
Posted Jan 11, 2021
Michigan has thousands of miles of trails and roads you can explore on a snowmobile. | MLive file photoTHE BAY CITY TIMES
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There are two ways to approach winter, says John Newman: You can dread it, and it will drag on forever, or you can embrace it, and it will fly by.
As the new president of the Michigan Snowmobile & ORV Association, Newman is definitely in the latter camp and increasingly more people are joining him. Snow sports like snowmobiling are experiencing a boom in interest this year, as people are turning to outdoor activities as a way to get them through this pandemic winter.
These mesmerising pictures were taken by International Space Station astronauts from over 200 miles up
The photos show some of Earth s most beautiful places and the scale of dramatic atmospheric conditions
There s also a shot of the Kerguelen Islands, which sit in the vast emptiness of the southern Indian Ocean
Let s go up, up and away to a tranquil place where we can all get a bit of perspective on life - orbit.
These mesmerising pictures were taken by International Space Station astronauts as they whizzed over the globe, over 200 miles up, and have all been deemed by Nasa as the best Earth images of 2020.
Exploring the Abandoned 1840s Cliff Mine, Keweenaw Peninsula
In the Keweenaw Peninsula in the U.P. is the abandoned Cliff Mine. The town was created in 1844, centering itself around the mine. This mine was one of the most productive in the Upper Peninsula, producing over 40 million pounds of copper thanks to its 840 miners.
The mine was operated by the Pittsburgh & Boston Mining Company from 1845-1870, followed by the Cliff Copper Company until-1878.
A post office was established in the early 1870s, and by that time, Cliff had a population of well over 400. Once the productivity – and copper – slowed down, the post office shut down, the mine closed, and the town was abandoned.
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A sign for Finlandia University stands in front of the Hoover Center on campus. Finlandia went through a rebranding in 1996. It was previously known as Soumi College.
The five-hour drive to Hancock gave me a scenic view of the U.P. Few towns, a lot of forests, little traffic and abundant scenery. By L’Anse I passed the copper sculpture of Bishop Baraga, the Snow Shoe Priest, and then turned north towards Houghton where I crossed over on the lift bridge and arrived in Hancock. I checked into a local motel, went to a restaurant, and had dinner. Much to my surprise, there on the menu the featured item was” Pasties!” Of course I had to ask the waitress to explain. She gave me a little history lesson, explaining that during the mining days the miners would carry their pasty dinner with them to the work site. A Pasty is of Welch (English) origin, and was adapted by the Finish miners in the U.P. It has been described as a “p
Migration of walleyes from Lake Superior, up the St. Louis River, draws anglers to harbor ice. 6:30 am, Jan. 1, 2021 ×
Joe Hagen fishes on Superior Bay Tuesday morning. Fishing was slow Tuesday, but two days before Hagen caught and released a 29-inch walleye. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
Joe Hagen was still smiling on Tuesday from the monster walleye he caught Sunday, so the fact the fish weren’t biting much on Tuesday wasn’t bothering him.
“That’s my biggest walleye ever,’’ Hagen said of the 29-inch beauty he landed in Twin Ports harbor officially Superior Bay about a quarter-mile off Park Point.