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It’s my antidepressant, my outlet, and my joy!

I definitely look forward to doing it again, it would be great to get a little group together for it!

Thank you so much for watching!! ❤

Thanks Dave! And I have to agree with you about the vault toilets 😂 have you seen the ones along the Pictured Rocks trail? Now those are something haha (just the Jon without any walls!)

That’s for watching! It was a great trip 😊

Absolutely! Thanks again for commenting and joining us on the adventure!

I’m glad you came along for the journey 🥾 🌲

You just can’t beat the views of Lake Superior! We got so lucky with the weather that trip too

Thank you! We had an amazing time on the trail!

Thank you so much for watching and commenting, I really appreciate it! I wanted to share as much of the experience as I could, it was one of our favorite trips, definitely a top in Michigan!

I appreciate the love 😄

That’s great! Thank you so much for checking out my little channel, I appreciate it. If you ever get a chance, we definitely recommend doing this trip! If you start in Grand Marais and end in Munising, you can stay a night at the Holiday Inn Express, they have a massive pool and hot tub and it’s hardly ever full 😄

@@jeremysart You're welcome. I have a small channel myself and I love sharing our adventures! I always find unique trails and adventures on channels like ours. And we will definitely look at that - when it gets warmer, lol - we are true Floridians 🤣

I really is! The views are stunning the entire way, not much else like it in Michigan 😊

Thank you so much for watching my video Thomas! I really appreciate your comments. Michigan truly does have some beautiful places, most of the West coast of the state is full of gorgeous dunes, some of the best sunsets I’ve ever seen were in Sleeping Bear Dunes and Arcadia. The UP is also full of wonderful surprises from Paradise to Munising to Copper Harbor.

I only recently got into winter backpacking, I was searching for another thing I could enjoy during the long Michigan winters. I definitely recommend it! I like doing little overnighters at Blind Lake since it's easy to stash extra provisions like firewood at the dirt road crossing before hiking in 🙂

Easily one of our favorite trips so far! We also can’t wait to go back, though my wife wants to add on an extra day so that day 2 isn’t 16 miles haha. Probably stay an extra night at Trappers Lake between Au Sable & Coves

More to come! <3

Thanks for watching! I remember checking out your Waterloo-Pinckney Trail video before through hiking it myself. That first time I went I was taking my nephew on his first trip, it was 98-100 degrees everyday, 100% humidity and the mosquitos were insane, then it rained on the last day hahaha. I went back out solo the next year an had a wonderful redemption trip. We're lucky to have such a great trail system here in SE MI!

@@jeremysart oh cool … I hope you found it informative 👍👍 …. That alternate route under the bridge wasn’t quite hooked up to the main trail (or if it was we didn’t find the sign) when we did it so we had to back track and pick up the original trail 😠 . I’m out in Colorado now ( wife wanted to be closer to family) getting one or two hikes and some fly fishing in … views around here are absolutely incredible. Winters are harsh and dangerous up in the mountains so I’m going to concentrate on getting back to fitness to take on some popular back pack trips near me in the spring … watch this space 😄 ATB Dave Mc

Hahaha, yeah I’ve been on a few bigger trips since 2022 and I was super excited to edit videos and then I don’t know what happened 😅 but I just got new editing software that seems to work way better than what I was using before. Currently editing Pictured Rocks and Isle Royale, then a “redemption” trip on the Waterloo and I’ll be all caught up 😄

@@jeremysart Heck yeah! Quit goofing off and finish them! 🤣🤣 JK… but I definitely enjoy them. Thanks again for sharing!

Absolutely! See ya Thursday @ midnight for that long cold run haha. I can definitely give ya some easy tips on simple video editing 😄

Too funny, I was just commenting on your Shingle Mill video about that exactly! And what a trip it would have been had you showed up to Blind Lake the same day haha. One other guy did show up around 8:30pm with his dog and set up camp nearby and hung out by the fire for a little bit.

Oh, and one more thing, my folks live not 20 minutes from the HCP, I'm sure they'd be happy to drop a resupply at Clear Lake State Park around the halfway point, making it possible to pack lighter. I also know a few good places to eat in the area after the trip.

@@jeremysart I’ll hit you up and give you my details. We can make something happen, for sure. 👍

@@jeremysart The resupply definitely sweetens the pot! lol!!

You should! I would love to see what you come up with so be sure to share!

It is always delightfully surprising when the trails aren't busy on a beautiful day!

A new bridge has been approved and should be installed next year, they have also worked to replace the old dangerous boardwalks!

good to know but wondering why it takes so long to make a footbridge! Drop a couple of logs across the river together until you build something!

Hey! I’d love to have a redemption trip on this trail with a friend or small group, just saying! Might be a great late fall, early winter or early spring trip.

@@jeremysart Right on!! I’m kicking around the idea of early next year, give or take. Hit me up, I’m totally up for it. Excited to tackle this trail. (And I can’t believe more people aren’t talking about it!! Shhh!!!) 😉

Hah, wish I had a hot tub 😂 if I were a millionaire I’d create such an amazing space, my very own pool rooms lol

This bridge is located near the northeast corner of the trail - if you are hiking near the bench at I believe marker 10 where the Poto splits from the Crooked Lake Trail, head north and you'll come across the two bridges :-)

Indeed! There’s always room for a “step 2” 🍻

Shingle Mill is my favorite section, great trail!

Good luck & have fun! Keep an eye on the forecast, looks like we're getting some rain Saturday. I definitely also recommend a head net, if the skeeters end up being bad they'll drive you to madness without one 🦟

Have a metal shield ready in your inventory and equip an electrical weapon. Press attack and just as the attack animation starts go to the menu and drop the weapon and a metal shield. You can also extend the range by dropping chuchu jelly on either side (just don't get too close or you'll get zapped) once the guardian activates just run behind the zap zone and it'll walk right into it and get stuck

I’d be happy to help out! I’ve got an Amazon list of all the things I purchased from there for the room too, the link is posted in the bio of my TikTok @currybunnyummy

Thank you for watching! I’d love to one day come out here with a couple people for a one night trail run of the entire Waterloo, start at portage and run 22 miles to Green, have someone stationed there with food & firewood, then finish up the remaining 14 plus the second day. Could be a fun challenge! Maybe come out and run the whole thing end to end in one go eventually, but I’m slowly working back up to ultra distances after a stress fracture, booo! I do have my sights on the Hennepin 100 once I get my legs back though!

@@jeremysart Trail run sounds fun! We ran the whole thing about a year and a half ago and had a great day doing it. The overnight is a cool idea. I hope you heal up quickly, and conquer that hundred miler! 💪

I've seen some morels out on the trail! That time of year is coming up too 😀 I'm thinking of doing another 3 night/ 36 mile trip from Waterloo to Silver Lake again soon since last time I did the trip it was in the high 90's and the mosquitos were terrible haha, so I'm ready for a re-do.

Yes! In fact I was just there about 3 weeks ago when we had our last big snow. I camped out in my tent one night at Blind Lake during the snowstorm and then spent an nice cozy warm night in the yurt!

Hey, thank you!!!

Yes!! If you softmod your Wii U and then download and install NUSspli, you can download the Xenoblade Chronicles X data packs directly from the Nintendo Update Servers. My word of advice is to do this soon though, it honestly blows my mind Nintendo hasn't shut this down yet. As far as soft modding goes, if you could figure out the battle mechanics in XBCX, then modding your Wii U will be a cake walk haha. Just set aside an hour on a weekend and follow the wiiu . hacks . guide step by step. Make sure to have a 32gb SD card formatted to fat32 ready and an external HDD with a Y cable. My HDD is only 500GB and it's MORE than enough for every Wii U heavy hitter plus a ton of Wii, GCN, DS, GBA, SNES etc, I'm about to add Playstation too. I imagine a 1-2TB would hold just about the entire Wii/Wii U library.

@@jeremysart Great, gotta get it as soon as possible, these game looks amazing I don't want to loose this experience

If starting near Pigeon Bridge CG and hiking Clockwise, it seems there would be plenty of opportunities on the first day to fish in the Pigeon River. Pine Grove CG is also situated very close to the river. Likewise, Canada Creek Shelter is also located by a fishing worthy stream. Along the path there are several back country camp worthy lakes that I imagine would be fishable as well.

I can understand why anyone wouldn’t like this trail, though unfortunately the much better hiking is also a much further drive - places like Pictures Rocks, Isle Royale or the Porkies.. any thing else here in the lower peninsula is either a 2-3 day trip max and/or overcrowded unless you do a winter trip. High Country is un-maintained and rough, but I thought it was beautiful and enjoyed the solitude.

That depends on your definition of success. Did and do people love and enjoy the Gamegear? ✅ is there nostalgia for it? ✅ Is there and insane modding community doing everything they can to keep things kicking? ✅ Believe me, I’m more than aware it didn’t touch the Gameboy in level of sales, but it also wasn’t a Tiger R-Zone/ Game.com, and even those have their fans.

@jeremysart People love and are nostalgic for the Dreamcast. Doesn't mean it wasn't a failure. Sega discontinued the Game Gear because it wasn't competitive. By definition, that is a failure. Doesn't matter if it still has a few dozen fans.

Please do!!