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  • Best Women’s Hiking Pants (that AREN’T leggings!!)

    January 8, 2025

    the best women’s hiking pants that aren’t leggings

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  • Sun peaks into snow-covered woods

    Beginner’s Guide To Winter Hiking (by an outdoor guide!)

    November 18, 2024

    Winter hiking can be intimidating! For everything from how to layer, what gear you need to finding winter hiking near you, here is a full guide to winter hiking!

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  • Best Kayaks for Beginners (by a kayak guide!)

    June 16, 2024

    Looking for the best kayaks for a beginner kayaker? Here’s the ultimate guide to buying your first kayak:

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  • Winter Kayaking: Best Gear & How to Layer

    November 1, 2023

    For the best gear and how to layer for winter kayaking, read this article!

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  • A windsurfer on Lake Superior by Artists Point Grand Marais MN

    8 Tips for Fall Kayaking: What to Wear & How to Layer

    September 5, 2021

    Looking for the best clothes for fall kayaking? Wondering what to wear kayaking in the shoulder season? Check out what to wear fall kayaking

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  • moose photo shot on a canon Rebel

    3 Best Affordable Cameras for Adventure Photography

    May 3, 2021

    Looking for the best affordable camera for adventure photography? Read this article for the best adventure photography cameras

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Tropical vibes, but make it Michigan✨🌴🌈 L Tropical vibes, but make it Michigan✨🌴🌈 Lately I’ve been itching for days when it’s light out until 10:30, and the feel of sand under my feet, and swimming in gin clear lakes and rivers (because right now everything’s either gray or dark or blindingly white snow) 1- overlook 9, sleeping bear dunes 2- kayaking sleeping bear 3- me, camping 4- kayaking the pictured rocks 5- a lake at home 6- kayaking crystal river 7- my first kayak camping trip on my first camera, ten years ago 8- isle royale 9- pyramid point 10- my favorite river 11- a hidden, unnamed cove 12- more pictured rocks 🫶 📍traditional homelands of the Anishinaabe Nation
ew, Lake Superior 😉✨🌊 📍Traditional Hom ew, Lake Superior 😉✨🌊 📍Traditional Homelands of the Anishinaabe Nation #lakesuperior #greatlakes #adventure
-40 sunrise on Lake Superior❄️✨🫶 All of -40 sunrise on Lake Superior❄️✨🫶 All of these clips are from the same morning except the last one, and the middle one with the person on the ice! These are -40 real feel mornings, the temp before the windchill closer to -20 (though my car read -35!!) Also this is Minnesota, not Michigan!!! Everyone always thinks my photos/videos are from Michigan but 90% are Minnesota or Wisconsin where I live :) 📍Anishinaabe Nation Traditional homelands #lakesuperior #minnesota #adventure
AD/ Finland, but Michigan ✨☃️☀️ While y AD/ Finland, but Michigan ✨☃️☀️ While you’re here, check out… @keweenawmtnlodge @nisubakerycafe @mtu_winter_carnival #lakesuperior #visitkeweenaw #michigan @visit_keweenaw
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