Day Trips with Family

With the EGLE permit applications completed and submitted for the two bridges and boardwalk at Maasto Hihto, Julie and I would drive up to the airport last Monday afternoon to pick up Jessica and the boys who were coming in for a quick four night stay. Their visit would keep us very busy throughout the week with daily outdoor adventures!

Our destination on Tuesday would be the hiking trail to the top of Mt. Arvon and the waterfalls on Peacan Creek. Before heading out, I would meet with Dan Palosaari to provide him the apron drawing I had received from MDOT for the entrance to the kayak launch. We also discussed the potential excavation of the lower portion of the ramp where we would like to create an ADA parking space. We are trying to determine what impact these additional actions would have on the originally established budget and grant request.

I would then drive to Houghton where I would give an interview to the new Daily Mining Gazette reporter Ben Garbacz regarding Remote Workforce Keweenaw and Thursday evening’s remote worker networking event in Calumet on which I have been collaborating with Main Street Calumet (Leah Polzien), the Village of Calumet (Megan Haselden), and the Village of Laurium (Ian Lewis).

Upon returning from Houghton, we drove to Baraga County to hike the trail to the top of Mt. Arvon which is Michigan’s highest point. The trail starts out by following the upper reaches of the Ravine River through a forest with a high canopy before reaching a vertical wall of rock where the stream cascades over the rock’s face.

The trail continues upward and through the woods following the creek. After making a couple of road crossings, the just over mile and one-half trail reaches the top.

We then hiked the nearby waterfalls on Peacan Creek. This tributary of the West Branch of the Huron River has two particularly cool slide falls that are worth the effort to find.

You can see my GoPro video from these two hikes on the Remote Workforce Keweenaw YouTube channel at this link:

After our hike we drove back to Houghton where we ordered pizzas to go from The Ambassador that we enjoyed on the waterfront with a great view of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge.

After confirming the final design with Industrial Graphics for the kayak launch sign, Wednesday saw us heading up to Horseshoe Harbor with a stop along the way at Great Sand Bay on Lake Superior!

Once we reached Copper Harbor, we drove out to the end of US 41 and continued eastward on the Mandan Road. We then took the cutoff near the East Bluff down toward the Lake Superior to reach the trailhead to Horseshoe Harbor.

The views of Lake Superior from the large conglomerate reef that protects the harbor are awesome! It is definitely worth scrambling on top of it and walking its length.

You can see my GoPro video from our hike to Horseshoe Harbor on the Remote Workforce Keweenaw YouTube channel at this link:

That evening Nate and I would get out on the lake on kayaks to do some fishing. Rock bass and bullheads were all we got, but it was a great evening to be on the water.

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