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Life in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

The Keweenaw Peninsula

09/08 by Leigha 5 Comments

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I started junior year today! It’s crazy that I only have one “first day of school” left.. time’s going by way too fast. I’d like to do a post on a regular day in the life with more details on my schedule (if I ever get my act together..) but for now let’s keep going on updating summer adventures!

I left Michigan Tech on Friday night and was running in a 25k in Copper Harbor on Sunday (next post!!), so I stayed and explored the Keweenaw Peninsula for a few days! It was my first time anywhere above Houghton and I can’t believe I’ve waited so long to see it. SO much natural beauty. For those of you that don’t understand, Wikipedia does a pretty good job explaining the Keweenaw ?

Here are a few places we went!

Strawberry Festival in Chassel

leigha evan signstrawberry shortcakeleigha strawberry shortcakeEagle River

waterfall river rocksSCENIC RIVER ROCKSLEIGHAleigha strawberry shortcakeFAMILYROCKY BEACH

EAGLE RIVERPRETTY SUNSETEAGLE RIVER BEACHSUNSET

 

Breakfast in Mohawk

LEIGHA AT SLIMSPB BANANA PANCAKES

Manganese Fallssignrivermanganese fallslittle riverlittle dam long shutter speed

Central Mining Communityold church

JIMMERS DOGJIMMERS KITTY

Copper Harbor

beginning of us 41copper harbor rock beachcopper harbor rocky beachleigha in waterfallfishyboat harbor dock prettyboat harbor dockboat harborleigha copper harborSo beautiful. I can’t wait to write about my race! I’ll be back soon!

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  1. Josefine says

    09/09 at 2:50 am

    Aw, I really wish I had more time left in high school! Really. It was so sad not to have that “first day of school” this year πŸ™ Enjoy then rest sweetie! (I know, I hated it when people told me that but really – I just miss high school and I’ve inly been out of high school for three months πŸ™ ).
    Anyway – I loved to see your photos here! Glad you had a good time πŸ™‚

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    • Leigha says

      09/14 at 9:00 pm

      Thanks so much Josefine! I’m just gonna soak up all the time I have left πŸ™‚

      Reply
  2. Allie says

    09/10 at 10:13 am

    Wow, Keweenaw is absolutely beautiful! I really enjoyed all of these pictures. I think my favorite is the cat one! Or the last picture… so cool! Can’t wait to read about your race. Hope school is going well!

    Reply
    • Leigha says

      09/14 at 9:01 pm

      Thanks Allie!! I’m finally sitting down to write about it now πŸ˜‰

      Reply

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  1. Run the Keweenaw 25k – The Yooper Girl says:
    09/22 at 9:12 pm

    […] in July I ran in the Run the Keweenaw 25k in Copper Harbor. (More about the trip here!) It was organized perfectly, the course was great, and I can’t wait to go back next year […]

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