Wandering Wednesday: Stage Nature Center

This week we manage to wander to Stage Nature Center located in Troy Michigan. Since my last couple of outings weren’t really big on hiking i figured I’d scope out the trail located here. About Trails While the nature center itself has set hours access to the trails are from dawn to dusk every day.

Wandering Wednesday: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lake Shore

Seldom I travel to the west side of my home state. This is more out of practical reasons than anything as you may or may not be aware of is how vast the state of Michigan is, in order to reach my destination which was the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Shoreline in Empire Michigan, I

Monochrome Monday: The Clinton River

The main branch of the river rises from wetlands and cold water tributaries from within Independence, Brandon and Springfield Townships. The Clinton River is 83 miles long and passes through Oakland and Macomb Counties in South East Michigan and empties out into Lake St. Clair located in Harrison Township Michigan. For more information on the

Wandering Wednesday: Return to the “Secret” Nature Study Area

It’s been a couple of years since I have stepped foot on Macomb Community College’s not so secret Nature Study area that is maintained by the biology department. Since my last visits they have repainted the sign at the beginning of the trail head. You can park rather close to the trail head to although

Wandering Wednesday: Cranberry Lake Park

This time around my wandering brought me to a small park located in Oakland Township Michigan called Cranberry Lake Park. Cranberry Lake park encompasses about 213 acres of land. The trail loop itself is about 1.8 miles long or 2.89 km for the rest of you in the world. While on my hiking excursion I

Wandering Wednesday: Conneaut Township Park

A small park located in the town of Conneaut Ohio, the most notable thing about this area is the quarter mile of beach that runs along Lake Erie. To be honest, I would have should have spent more time exploring the various parts of this area and it would have been nice to get a

Vacation Excursions: Niagara Falls State Park

I’m on vacation from my “day” job this week which gave me the opportunity to take brief weekend trip to Upstate New York to see perhaps one of the most well known water falls in all of North America. Fun fact: Niagara Falls claims to be the oldest state park in the United States and

Wolcott Mill Metro Park- A hike along the North Branch Trails

Photos were captured originally on July 4 2021 What I like best about this area of the park is the amount of flowers. Plenty of flowers means there are many opportunities to capture images of birds and insects and other wildlife. I did manage to find a small patch of tress that i could be