Exploring the Hidden Island Beaches off Michigan's Coast

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On this episode, we travel to North Manitou Island for a 3 day backpacking trip. North Manitou Island is an island in Lake Michigan that can only be reached by taking a ferry. Due to the weather, our arrival on the island was delayed by a day. We took that opportunity to explore the sand dunes of Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes. We took the main dune trail all the way to Lake Michigan.

Once we were actually on the island, we started at the Village Area and headed south. We passed the school, the South Cherry Orchard, and then headed down to Old Stormer Dock. We then passed the cemetary before making it to the old home of Bourniques. After that we headed west towards Stormer Place. We made a quick stop at Fat Annie's, but didn't see anything of note, so we continued on and camped on the west shore of the island.

The next day we headed north and checked out Swenson's Barn and explored the Crescent Dock area. Since we had one less day than planned, we decided to take the Centerline Trail east across the island before camping on the eastern shore.

Finally, we hiked out and took the ferry home.

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-SCENE SELECTION-
00:00 Teaser
00:53 Theme Song
01:20 After Intro
02:41 Hotel Archives & Pizza
03:44 DAY ONE - Unfortunate News
05:18 Dune Climb
09:41 Dune Vista and Plants
11:06 Verdant and Turquoise
13:49 Back Inland
15:28 Nostalgic Reflections
17:11 Scenic Drive & Huge Sand Dune
18:30 Decision-making
19:12 Hotel Archives Part 2
19:59 DAY TWO
20:58 Ferry Ride
24:15 Disembarking & Map Sequence
24:47 First Hike
28:20 Historic School Site
30:42 Familiar Meadow
31:54 Plants and Mushrooms
34:12 Forest Hiking
35:59 Junction Lunch
37:07 Cemetery and Bournique's
41:32 Heading Out
42:05 Car Search
44:36 Hiking to Fat Annie's
47:26 Arriving at the Coast
48:57 Setting up Camp
49:55 Evening Sunset
51:53 Dinner
53:22 Philosotalking
55:59 DAY THREE - Morning Swim
57:44 Morning Sunlight and Coffee
1:01:26 Wide Meadow
1:04:53 Flowers and Wildlife in Paradise
1:09:50 Large Boulders & Bear Tooth Fungus
1:11:27 Swenson's Barn
1:14:31 Beach near Crescent Dock
1:17:48 Back to Junction & Centerline Trail
1:20:52 Amazing Campsite
1:23:56 Eating
1:25:10 Lakeshore at Dusk
1:27:21 Bedtime
1:28:05 DAY FOUR
1:30:17 Packing up & Coffee
1:31:19 Final Hike Out
1:33:06 Credits
1:35:21 Post-Hike Meal
1:38:41 Call to Action
1:39:07 Patreon Shoutouts
1:43:29 Secret Planning


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