Camp David

03/04/2026

01/30/2026

Riders are now using Trail Courtesy Lights on sleds.
The light is mounted to the sled so oncoming traffic will see either a yellow light, indicating that there are more riders in the group. Or a green 🟩 light indicates the last sled in the group.

Wanted to make you are familiar with these lights on sleds now!

Lights are avaliable here:
https://www.ljeproducts.com/shop-products/trail-courtesy-lights

12/30/2025

That’s where I put it!

LOST & FOUND! Check out this snowmobile found on the bottom of Lake Erie near Luna Pier Beach during the major “Seiche” that drained much of western Lake Erie. In this photo, Austin Lada tells me he not only found a snowmobile lost through the ice years ago, but parts of an old Volkswagen and a long lost decades old class ring!

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas from Santa Snowmobile!

Santa Claus is coming to town! 🎄

Merry Christmas my friends!

12/16/2025

11/21/2025

11/18/2025

Mission Hill Cemetery sits on a hill near Bay Mills overlooking Spectacle Lake and Lake Superior. It is an old and historic cemetery and in the middle is a white picket fence. Buried inside are the remains of eight crew members of the S.S. Myron. The steamer sank in a storm in November of 1919 near Whitefish Point. The crew escaped in lifeboats but unfortunately, the little boats did not save their lives. Eight bodies were found onshore encased in ice during the spring of 1920. The crewmen were buried in Mission Hill Cemetery spending eternity together. The captain who stayed with the ship was saved while floating on a piece of wreckage.

11/07/2025

The town of Dollarville sits a few miles west of Newberry. These old building stand along the road and go back to a time when the town was a bustling stop along the railroad. Dollarville owes its existence to the American Lumber Company. The community was established in 1882, growing up around the company’s mill and general store. This initial development was significant as it also marked Dollarville as a station on the crucial Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad, connecting it to the broader regional transport network. The town was named in honor of the company’s general manager, Robert Dollar, who would later achieve considerable wealth and fame in the shipping industry.

The Post office closed in 1919 and the town slowly declined to a few homes and some old buildings. If you drive through it you may notice the old buildings. The faded and pealing blue building has the sign HUNTING LODGE above the door and some antlers attached to the front façade. I imagine there were some good stories that were told within its walls.

09/24/2025

The old Yukon Inn sits quietly in the Upper Peninsula town of Paradise. Travelers pass by it on their way to the falls or the lighthouse at the tip of Whitefish Point. I’m not sure when it closed, but it has been a long time. The log cabin exterior makes it look like it was built a long time ago. I hope someday someone will fix it up and get back to selling beer and burgers to snowmobilers and travelers.

If you love exploring the Upper Peninsula I hope you will take a look at my Upper Peninsula book, Link is in the comments

09/05/2025

If 'JAWS' was filmed in the U.P....