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Welcome to my page! Thats me to the left doing what I love to do...being outdoors that is. I've been fortunate enough to live in New England, North Carolina, and the North Woods of Michigan. I presently live near Petoskey, Michigan with my wife Angie and my two little boys Alex and Chris.

Hiking is what I live for but I also enjoy touring historical sites or just travelling for no better reason than to see something new. Lighthouses and waterfalls are some of my favorite things to explore...likely because they are so darn photogenic! Most of my recent trips (2007-Present)center around the Upper Great Lakes while earlier years (2005-2006) I spent wandering the mountains of western North Carolina. I like to get out and about as much as I can though, so its hard telling where I'll end up next!

Hope you enjoy looking around!

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Copper Harbor - The Copper Harbor light was activated in 1849 and was one of two original lighthouses on Lake Superior (the other being Whitefish Point). The light originally housed both a Sixth and then a Fourth Order Fresnel lens. In 1927 the Coast Guard began leasing the building to summer guests and in 1933 abandoned the building altogether in favor of a 62-foot steel tower adjacent. The property was sold to the State of Michigan in the late 50's and has since been restored.

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6593' - High Top, the true summit of LeConte, is somewhat anticlimactic. After visiting Cliff Top and its amazing views, you might expect more after an additional 100 feet of climbing but the summit is completely overgrown. It is considered good luck to place a stone on the pile at the summit. That and we can get it about 80 feet higher LeConte would become the highest point in the Smokies!

Seul Choix Point - One of the Great Lakes signature lighthouses, Seul Choix (pronounced Ses-shwah) was completed in 1895 after five years of construction. Its Third Order Fresnel lens, 74' above the lake, could be seen from a distance of 17 miles. The station was manned until 1972, when it was automated and abandoned. The station deteriorated rapidly until a local group, the Gulliver Historical Society, took it upon themselves to preserve the light. The restored station is open to the public.

Petoskey Pierhead Light @ Sunset

Crisp Point - Crisp Point, in recent years, has become famous among lighthouse buffs as one of America's most endagered lights. Operational in 1904, by 1996 the tower was in danger of toppling into the lake when it came under the protection of the Crisp Point Lighthouse Preservation Society. Since 1996 efforts have been made to stem lakeshore erosion, the tower has been painted and is now open to climb (summer), and the attached service room is being rebuilt.

Power House Falls, Baraga Co.

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Matthew 6:28,30

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I can't for the life of me explain what would do this to a tree...

The trail tended to stay just inland from the lake amongst the pines...

Calloway Gap - 5642'

The rocky ridge that extends southwest from the summit. This is where the fun is on Three Top.

The trail as it passes through "The Subway" near Attic Window Peak.

Within 50 yards of the road you enter Shining Rock Wilderness. This means the trails you will be following from here will be unblazed and rugged. Take a map and BE PREPARED! - 3250'

6500' - Once the trail reaches the cliffs, it splits into a number of paths through the Mountain Laurel. Turn right to reach the Cliff Tops overlook, even though in clear weather the views anywhere along here are amazing.

4050' - During the first mile the trail crosses Alum Cave Creek a number of times. This bridge is typical of what is used.

Stepping out of the relative protection of the trees we were suddenly introduced to a new world of vague shadows and wind-whipped snow...(~4500 ft.)

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