That sounds like something to be apart of.. Wife and I are going from White fish point to the tip of copper harbor peninsula on dirt this summer.. Hopefully our adventure camper will be ready by then..
Any Fellow Michigander?
- Thread starter Joey D
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2017 was the first year there wasn't a UP Overland trip put on by the Roam guys. We ended up going up camping the end of July/beginning of August for about a week. A funeral back home cut it short. There are a lot of resources on the upoverland.org forums for places to go. They haven't been super-active lately but there is still a lot of info. Plus I know a few but I am one of those that don't put some of my favorites out there anymore. A couple of them have been overrun in the last few years. There are a few I share though.
I would love to participate in a UP trip next summer. It will depend on how far along my recovery is at that point though. I am having a MAJOR surgery in a few weeks and it has a loooong recovery. I have been going up there the last 10 years camping. I really don't want to miss one!
Off-Road Ranger I
Best of luck healing up!
I can hardly wait for trips to the UP, & some local friends of mine are interested in joining the wandering around up there too. Getting excited to make 2018 a good one :)
I can hardly wait for trips to the UP, & some local friends of mine are interested in joining the wandering around up there too. Getting excited to make 2018 a good one :)
Maybe a Drummond trip too? Not sure how hardcore you guys want to get. I have taken the ORV Route out to Marble Head. Been there. Done that. There is enough to occupy a couple of days wandering the island and not have to be in a hurry. I might even share one of my spots!
This was on one of the nicer parts of the ORV Route a couple years ago. It was sorta dry that time there. This is my buddy Cody's FJC. He is usually tagging along with us.
This spot will hold as many rigs as you want! I don't like huge groups though. 3-6 is good. I know of a couple other good spots too.
This was on one of the nicer parts of the ORV Route a couple years ago. It was sorta dry that time there. This is my buddy Cody's FJC. He is usually tagging along with us.
This spot will hold as many rigs as you want! I don't like huge groups though. 3-6 is good. I know of a couple other good spots too.
Off-Road Ranger I
Influencer II
The good news: the new site forum is active. It is still a work in progress but does offer a better forum system than using Wordpress.
The bad news: there is no way to migrate those of you who have signed up for the old one to the new one. If you want to use the site forum, you will have to re-register.
It will be continuing to go through some style changes and updates with features, but it should stay live through those. Join up, start some discussions. This was put in place to bring together some folks on here who do not use Facebook or social media and those folks who use the Facebook group.
The bad news: there is no way to migrate those of you who have signed up for the old one to the new one. If you want to use the site forum, you will have to re-register.
It will be continuing to go through some style changes and updates with features, but it should stay live through those. Join up, start some discussions. This was put in place to bring together some folks on here who do not use Facebook or social media and those folks who use the Facebook group.
Off-Road Ranger I
I jumped in head first with a post about Comms.
Influencer II
I saw that. I think I have a document going with some commo information from the last time we talked about it. I'll have to finish it and get it posted.
Enthusiast III
New OB member here, just joined up this morning. I'm putting together a Meet n Greet on the MI Overland Facebook page, but it was suggested to let y'all in on things as well, so here I am! If I can get things figured out here I'll create a rallypoint event, but It's going to be Saturday evening January 27th somewhere in the GR area.
Enthusiast III
Just posted up a Rally Point for the GR meet & greet on the 27th; all are welcome!
https://www.overlandbound.com/forums/threads/west-michigan-meet-amp-greet-01-27-2018.12045/
https://www.overlandbound.com/forums/threads/west-michigan-meet-amp-greet-01-27-2018.12045/
I would love to attend but will be in recovery mode for a few months. I go under the knife Wednesday.
Enthusiast II
Enthusiast II
A buddy and I are planning an 8 day trek around the UP this fall...not totally sure on dates yet. Just know we'll be starting/ending in St. Ignace and heading west. Wanna hit the breweries up there and do some fly fishing. Planning mostly dirt other than pavement when we have to. Would like to get to the Keweenaw Pen, Copper Harbor, etc.
Enthusiast II
Wanna share your route? I think you replied to my Facebook post on Michigan Overland page.
Influencer II
The site forum is going to be down until further notice. Apparently, I suck at trying to upgrade and caused a major issue with it.
:)
In lieu of that phenomenal F'up, I do also have a Slack channel setup that hasn't been used for some time. Feel free to join up.
https://michiganoverland.slack.com
OR
We've also got a group on Expo Portal, which doesn't get checked that often.
http://forum.expeditionportal.com/group.php?groupid=106
In lieu of that phenomenal F'up, I do also have a Slack channel setup that hasn't been used for some time. Feel free to join up.
https://michiganoverland.slack.com
OR
We've also got a group on Expo Portal, which doesn't get checked that often.
http://forum.expeditionportal.com/group.php?groupid=106
Enthusiast III
Had 7 turn up for the Meet and Greet yesterday in GR; seem like a bunch of cool folks. I'm going to try to get another one going in a few weeks, I'll keep y'all posted.
Influencer II
Nice! That's pretty good numbers. [emoji106]
When it warms up I'm gonna do a campout/meet & greet. We did one last year and it seemed to work well.
Influencer II
We had a local artist help us out with a new logo and some other graphics we can use for stuff. I'm currently polling to see if there's anything in particular we people want this on.
Enthusiast II
We had a local artist help us out with a new logo and some other graphics we can use for stuff. I'm currently polling to see if there's anything in particular we people want this on.
These are my 2 favorites...weather resistant decals for the rig are a must...a patch...maybe a hat? T-Shirts would be cool, too...
