That’s right Paradise, Michigan, located in the UP (upper peninsula) of Michigan on Lake Superior – one of my favorite Yooper areas. Spent 5 days camping, kayaking, hiking, cycling, rock hounding and wandering the beaches of Whitefish Bay.

First stop, Tahquamenon Falls River Mouth State Park on the Tahquamenon River that flows into Whitefish Bay of Lake Superior. Hiking from camp amongst the moss, ferns, mushrooms, the first of the fall leaves, opting for the trail less traveled.

Camp at River Mouth State Park

Cycled to Whitefish Point home of the Shipwreck Museum and the bell of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The mighty Fitzgerald went down in 1974 trying to reach Whitefish Bay in a horrific n’western in Lake Superior. Whitefish Point has been called the graveyard of the Great Lakes. Over 550 ships have gone down in this area of the greatest of the great lakes.

Whitefish Point

Hiking from the upper Tahquamenon Falls to the lower Falls is always a treat as well as a serene kayak up the Tahquamenon River.

Picking wild blueberries, campfires and a good swimming hole all at Andrus Lake State Forest campground just north of Paradise made for a mighty fine Yooper excursion.