Wow, the UP is awesome. Honestly didn't even begin to capture the beauty of this location. Can't wait to go back!

As a native Michigander we're trying to keep this a secret.😉

Thank you for putting our beloved UP in such a positive light! I have lived in the Yoop most of my life and love it here. I bike, hike, snowshow, ski, swim, kayak, and collect agates and beach glass. Your video put a smile on my face and I learned of some new places to go! Thank you!

Thanks for covering Michigan! I live in southeast Michigan but when i’m able to i want to travel all over the state! I’m planning a trip to the UP next summer and i’m absolutely ecstatic about going since i feel like Michigan is SOOOO underrated

I go to school in the UP at Tech. This place is such a hidden gem and unreal! Summer and fall especially are breathtaking

My Home Sweet Home area. Thanks for sharing all it's beauty. Enjoyed much :)

Hey der Mister tanks for comin to da U.P. eh! I was born a Troll (someone who lives BELOW the Mackinac Bridge) but after living here for so long now, since 1967, I consider myself a Yooper. However native born Yoopers will beg to differ with me. I grew up around Munising and Miner's Castle which you featured was only 5 miles from where I lived. Even though the winters here are daunting, there's awesome beauty in all four seasons here. I am PROUD to be a Yooper....one of the 3 percenters!

Cool, cool video about the upper peninsula ..the UP! One of my favorite places to visit...Porcupine Mountains, Mackinac Island...its all a great place to visit. Good for you guys!

Thumbs up from a Yooper

First off, KUDOS for your pronunciations of all things Yooper! Especially Kitchi-ti-kipi and pasties!. Being a lifelong resident of the U.P. it always warms my heart to see people who really enjoy being here and treat the area with the love and respect it so deserves. BTW, I grew up 6 miles from Miner's Castle.

I've been to all corners of this great country and there are great places border to border. I grew up in Michigan (ok, I aged in Michigan but I still haven't grown up) and have yet to find the right words to really describe the U.P. to people that have never been there. If there is a magic place in this world it is the U.P. My favorite bumper sticker is from there as well. It reads "Great lakes, unsalted and shark 🦈 free"

Love it up there. Unfortunately I haven't been up there since before Miner's Castle lost a turret. Places I would recommend: Fayette State Park on the Garden Peninsula. It consists of a ghost town that used to process iron ore into pig iron via two large blast furnaces. They've done a lot of work stabilizing or restoring elements of the town and it makes an impressive display of 19th century small town life. Touring the Quincy Mine just north of Hancock, MI on the Keweenaw peninsula. It features what I believe is the worlds largest steam hoist engine which was used to move men, equipment and ore in and out of the nearly 2 mile deep mine shaft. You can also take a tram car down the hill for a guided tour of an adit tunnel. Delaware Copper Mine. Located between Calumet and Copper Harbor on US41. This is an example of an early to mid copper boom era mine. There you can take a self guided tour of the first level of the mine or explore the extant remains of surface buildings. Redridge Dam. I could almost write a book on this one. I spent so much time there and wrote a research paper on it for an industrial archaeology class. Located in Stanton Township northwest of Houghton, MI it is one of only two surviving examples of dams built of steel instead of traditional concrete or earthen embankment. It was built in 1901 to provide water for two ore stamping mills on the mouth of the Salmon Trout River. You used to be able to walk down to the location of the mills back in the 90's, but some time ago no trespassing signs went up and even the lone smokestack that was left at one of the mill locations has been removed. The dam no longer holds back much water as large holes were cut into it near the base back around 1980. Just upstream of the dam is the remains of a timber crib dam that predated the larger steel dam by several years and it still has water behind it. It used to be taller, but over 10 years ago the township tore out the top half of the dam as it was deemed unsafe. End of US41 and beyond. US 41 begins it's journey south to Miami FL a mile or two east of Copper harbor. While the pavement ends there, a dirt road continues on toward the very tip of the Keweenaw peninsula. On this road a 4wd vehicle with decent clearance or ATVs are a must! GPS is also advisable as the road is not marked and it branches off to various places in the area. At the tip of the peninsula there are two popular destinations. One is High Rock Bay, which is a picturesque setting to spend a few hours exploring. The other is the location of the Keweenaw Rocket Range. Scientists launched test rockets here from 1964 to 1971 collecting meteorological data for NASA. Not much here except the concrete launch pad and a commemorative monument, but the rocky coastline here is a draw of it's own and in the distance you can see the Gull Rock lighthouse just off shore of Manitou Island. Obviously there are tons of other places, but this post is long enough already.😃

Thanks. You represented us quite well.

If we can’t make it in Florida, and can’t go back to Hawaii, I’ll look into going to upper Michigan. I’ll be close to family in Wisconsin and Minnesota. And consider holland, mi my re-birth home.

This was a great video! I live in Michigan and feel it's quite underrated. Your channel seems awesome, definitely subscribing!

I live in iron river I’ve been up here my whole life it’s awesome I really like what you guys do keep it up

Hey! We are in the UP right now! So much beauty. 💚💙💚

I love fishing there

Drove the length of the UP a few months ago…..Fantastic!

We LOVE the UP! So much to see and do in the outdoors. We are Tennessee, but we try our best to get to anywhere Michigan once a year. Thanks for sharing :)

That was great! I loved all the information you gave. Well done, I want to go to UP now.

From the U.P. Love this!

Yooper is on my to see list. Made it up to Manistee area couple weeks ago. In the wellston area and fell in love with the area. Excited to make it to the UP sometime soon.

YOOPER COUNTRY RULES THANKS FOR COMING AND VISITING

Wow. Just wow....This is so well done....you missed the Keweenaw tho. That's where Michigan starts eh! This is seriously one of the best vids I've seen of the U.P.! Where you were was really south of here! This is a ton to do up here...In ALL seasons! And those woods are so stunningly gorgeous in the winter. You are some damn cool parents too....to both quit your jobs and travel the world with all those lucky, lucky kids.....oh my......

Great video, great tips, I've been to most but I can't get over Michigan, especially the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, such an awesome place!

What a great video. I love what you and your family are doing. Hope y’all are safe and well.

LP Michigander here.. love the UP 💕💕

Yooperlites glow with uv lights the fresh water spring is awesome love seeing the trout

My heart will always be there. My home.

Checking out those mushrooms! 😉😊

I am loving your lake states series! Very accurate!

Thank you so much for making this, be sure to stop by the Keweenaw and get a sense of the mining culture, we got some good nature there too, yooknow~!

Well done video!! I am from up there! Done good.

I love the UP. My grandfather and father started going to the UP in 1946. I started going up with my dad in 1960. Have been going almost every year since then. My son and I love to fish there. Would love to live near Munising on a lake. Maybe someday.

bless you n your family always !

This is really a good content video! Thanks for sharing!

Glad you got a chance to visit our UP! I was at Pictured Rocks last month and uploaded a video on my channel including an original song by Michigan Singer-songwriter Aspen Jacobsen.

Amazing video

Love the family time!

Thank you for visiting and loving on our home 🥰

That my play ground! Thanks 👍🏼

I moved here recently because of the college cost in Mass, thank you for sharing this video. I kne where to start visiting with my family

Subscribed as soon as the intro was done 😂

You seem like an awesome dad!.. the upper peninsula is definitely unique I lived in the Ottawa National Forest ..and Manistee National Forest

Love Up Mi!

Thanks for putting this video together and your recommendations. Great photography! I subscribed to your feed.

We live in the L.P. of Michigan. Been to the U.P only once.First time was August of 22'. Heading up for our 2nd time, only this time it'll be a winter adventure

Upper Peninsula is my favorite place.

I like so much facts of Michigan

Been heading up there every October for 35 years to grouse hunt. Fall is beautiful up there. My grandparent were from Copper Harbor.

The drone footage of the Au Train falls is of my son and I. Great place for a father son trip.

You should try some thimble berries when they're in season. Also, if you want to get a rise out of Yuppers just suggest that the snowfall amount is exaggerated.

MY HOME! Good job pointing out our beauty and things to do, but trust me, you missed A LOT!

My wife (MTU) and I (NMU) both went to college in the UP. We love it up dare:). It’s a truly peaceful, wonderful place! We are leaving for a week there this coming Friday! I can’t wait!

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Muito bem explicado no seu video, obrigado pelas informações

I've been to the UP many times. Make sure you wear some strong bug lotion as the ticks are ferocious. Not to mention the mosquitoes due to all the wetlands up there. Also, beginning summer brings around the black flies which bite hard and will leave you with a weak of welts that itch like crazy. A beautiful place, but be prepared for the itty bitties that bite. I think Fall is the best time to take in the UP. Just gorgeous with spectacular colors!

Hi my name is Dale I live in Michigan the lower peninsula but I've been up through the upper peninsula when I was younger and it is just gorgeous up there Forest be on Forest and if you do look close enough occasionally you might see the oddity up there another hidden but you can see him if you look close enough a lot of mining up there a lot of logging in the past I had some relatives that used to live up there they're gone now I visited him when I was young and what I mean young I'm saying about 6-8yests old I'm 62 now but the up is beautiful and the pasties are filling you have a blessed day and a blessed life my friend

Wonderful video. Did you happen to make your way east at all? Sault Ste Marie area?

Went to school at Michigan Tech, makes me want to get back.

hey you were there, i was 2 months away from making this vlog haha

I’ve been too the up 3 times

yes !!! yes!!!! yes!!!!! the UP is absolutely beautiful!!!!! Been going there since I've been 4years old, almost feel like a Yooper myself!!! BUT..... hiking in the woods??? BE CAREFUL!!! The woods do have bears!!! And wolves!!!! And I've heard cats!!!

Munising we hit randomly an had no reservations. We hit every tour an site we wanted on the spurt of the moment. I believe we went in may or june

I got pictures of both castle rocks at the pictured rocks in Munising, Michigan before one of them fell off the cliff.

I went to college in Marquette, the U P is truly gods country. If I could make a living there, I’d never come back under the bridge!

Well said, I love it up there, I go to grand island every year. If you have any insider tips for seeing the ice “caves” I have seen that area has good ice in February? Also travelers beware, the flies are bad in June.

Just went there pretty

this is beautiful! what camera are you using.

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Wow ! You don’t have a family... you a full tribe that’s a great video thanks ... how do you manage so many babies

i am from the U.P and it is pretty in the summer but it is really cold in the winter.

Please keep us a secret up here :) We like being off the radar ha :)

Can you share the Airbnb you stayed at? I can’t find one with kayaks in au train township.

Muldoon’s Pasties are the sh1t! They are the best pasties I’ve ever had!

Can you share the waterfalls filmed here? We're planning our first family visit and I'd like to add them to our list of must-sees! Thanks!

I’m jealous of your life! I am hoping you have videos to show how to live this lifestyle!

How could you forget Lakenenland? One man's junk is another man's art (Best Junkyard Art collection in the world)

Where is the waterfall that y'all were walking on with the drone footage? My wife is from the Yoop and we're about to move up there and we would like to go to that one, she's never been.

What is the best season to go to the UP? I was there in the spring and it was awesome!!

Did you get a chance to see tequanemon falls. That's the best of all the waterfalls there. quite spectacular.

beutyful peopls BEUTYFUL PLACE I LOVE AMERCANS

Dowagiac Michigan holds the largest freshwater spring in Michigan you will never be able to see it because it is owned by the Indians on a reservation I got to see it once and swim in it it is roughly 80 ft deep and very cold at the bottom

5:22 beautiful

ooo u liked the woods in the u.p huh ? lol

Yah sure you betca !

Whats the name of the track!!? It's super catchy

Don’t forget a side of gravy with the pasty, and late July the flies can be unbearable. Our family gets up there as often as we can.

What’s the name of the waterfall at 3:00 where the kids played in

mi is the best

Where was your air bnb located?

Nice place, some real goofs up there tho.

When you go to the UP you have to stop at Mackinac Island for at least a day.

We touch FOUR great lakes

As a yooper, I can honestly say that I have never heard our dialect called "yoopanese."

How do you sell your stuff and travel? How much do you need and how do you not run out of money??

Not salty and no sharks

did you see big foot?

Mormons are cool