WANDER: Road Trip

I'm ready for a road trip.

WANDERLUST: Manistee National Forest

Last weekend I went hiking through Manistee National Forest with my dad and some close friends. We hiked for hours to secret spots and told stories of old times spent there. I absorb everything when I'm out there with them. They don't need the trails, and they're teaching me their ways.

One thing none of us are experts of is Mycology. I plan on spending this winter studying and hopefully by spring can head up north again for some foraging. There were mushrooms everywhere and it was so hard passing them by knowing plenty would have been great to take home for supper. Some were just lovely enough to look at; pretty as flowers.

It's not quite peak season there for the Autumn colors yet, but there were some gorgeous colors sprinkled through, especially the Sugar Maples. We'll probably be taking another trip up in a couple weeks to see the real color show.

Autumn is a really beautiful time in Michigan. Click here for a guide for peak color seasons throughout the different regions.

WANDERLUST: Road Trip Inspiration

Where to???

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I FEEL SUMMER CREEPIN IN...

hello, i'm here again... just for a quick moment to freshen up the place with a photo from a recent beach trip. oh, how i love lake michigan. it's hard not to be a beach snob when we have this perfection.

i hope to return soon with photos or stories.. it really shouldn't be too hard, i'm usually overflowing with observations from everyday life and what i've read or what i've seen or dreamed. i'll try a little harder to get it posted here. 

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big love, nico

more autumn festivities!

 A few weekends ago Tony and I took a trip up to Manistee National Forest to see the colors. (My second trip this year!) We meandered around and around stopping at a barn sale and general stores and found a nice little spot at Nichol Lake for a picnic. Right down by the lake, there was a clearing in the trees covered in plush green moss. Perfect for laying down the sheet and munching on Greek pasta salad and crackers and applesauce. Followed by a lovely nap in the dappled sunlight. What a perfect warm fall day for our trip.

Later we headed back to Tony's new apartment for root beer floats and pumpkin carving!

 Tony's is a mustachioed cyclops. Mine's pretty classic. What do you think?

-n

autumn in manistee, mi

My Dad and I went up north to Manistee to see the fall colors last weekend. I am so in love with Michigan! We live in a beautiful place. Dad showed me all of his hunting spots around there and we watched salmon swimming up the creeks. You can see one in the third and fourth pictures. The fifth is of him throwing rocks to get the fish moving past my camera. Can you identify the plant in my hair? I can't find a good website to look them up. The berries taste like Winterfresh gum. They were delicious! 

Go find a state park and watch the colors change! It's prime-time now. Especially with this gorgeous weather!!

love, nicole