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  • Image of a van on backgrounds on a road trip near Lake Michigan in full fall foliage

    13 Mind-Blowing Great Lakes Fall Color Getaways

    August 30, 2025

    Looking for the best fall color destinations in the Great Lakes? Read this article for cabins, overlooks, hiking, and more!

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  • 25 Things to do Sleeping Bear Dunes (by an outdoor guide!)

    March 3, 2025

    the best hiking, overlooks, beaches, places to eat, kayak, and more in the Sleeping Bear Dunes

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  • Views from Little Sand Bay, family beach campground on the great lakes

    15 Incredible Campsites on the Great Lakes

    March 9, 2023

    Looking for the best places to camp in the Great Lakes? Check out the most beautiful Great Lakes Campsites & Great Lakes camping trip ideas!

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  • image of wilderness systems pungo at sunset in Big Island Lakes Wilderness

    Wilderness Systems Tempest 165 Review

    May 4, 2022

    Sponsored by Wilderness Systems This summer, I’ll be sea kayaking from Washington to Alaska 1300 miles along the Inside Passage, and my weapon of choice is a Wilderness Systems Tempest 165. The first sea kayak I…

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  • clear water and ripples with Empire Bluff in the background taken from the water at sleeping bear dunes

    Is Geotagging Ruining the Outdoors?

    April 29, 2021

    Is Geotagging ruining the outdoors? Your refusal to share outdoor locations and trails might be less about protecting the environment than you think.

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maddymarq

guide & writer exploring the midwest🏕
📍Wisconsin Northwoods & Lake Superior
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Autumn in Michigan 🍁🛶🏕️ 1-3 sleeping b Autumn in Michigan 🍁🛶🏕️1-3 sleeping bear dunes national lakeshore (1📸 @rachelamai I told you I’d post that photo every year and now it’s like year 6!!)4-6 @boyne.mountain skybridge this weekend7-9 Isle Royale National Park*10-12 Porcupine Mountains 13- Petoskey stone14- bond falls15- long drive :)*all photos from national park sites are old! I’m not visiting national park sites during the government shutdown to help protect them from overuse without maintenance and I recommend the same! 📍Odawa and Ojibwe traditional homelands
“the Midwest is ugly”🍁🥾🪵 Okay explai “the Midwest is ugly”🍁🥾🪵Okay explain Traverse City in fall then 🙃 Come say hi at @maddymarq for Midwest adventure ideas :)📍Traditional homelands of the Odawa Nation
Weekend in Michigan 🍁🥾🪵 1- morning from Weekend in Michigan 🍁🥾🪵1- morning from a lake2- found a spot3- breakfast and a new book4- a little hidden overlook5- birch & fog 6- cherry town :)7- lake like a mirror 8- leaf!9- early morning 10- Crystal clear water11- the bridge 12- me & Andy 📍Traditional homelands of the Odawa Nation
That cliff is ~25 ft for reference🤯 Head over That cliff is ~25 ft for reference🤯Head over to @maddymarq for more Lake Superior spam :)📍Lake Superior is the traditional and cultural homeland & waters of the Anishinaabe Indigenous Nation
adventures inspired by curiosity> Navigation & to adventures inspired by curiosity>Navigation & topography are omg of my favorite challenges, so I spent a little while using the approximate position of the plane heading into Seattle, the video I’d taken, and topographical maps (no Google!!) to see if I could find a hike up to the pretty blue rock flour lake I could see from the plane.Needless to say I found the lake and it was just as pretty to visit by foot, and such a fun challenge to find a place without using guidebooks, apps, or blogs✨This is an established hike, but in the spirit of curiosity, see if you can figure out where it is on your own using good old-fashioned maps & geology (ie, where are there rock flour lakes?!) Thanks @itsevajane for coming on this wild goose chase with me :)Videos unedited & shot on an iPhone 8📍 Traditional homelands of the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, and Chelan Indigenous People
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