Adventures

Travel posts and trip reports. Served with a pretzel.

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• Traverse City: Across the Mitten on Indian Trails | Authored 25 November 2023

  Many Michiganders know Traverse City as our flagship “Up North” town below the bridge. But what most don’t know is it’s possible to get there without driving! Join me on my longest Trails trip to date.

  

• Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin, December 2021 | Authored 21 November 2023

  Following a ride on the CTA Holiday Bus and Train in Chicago, my weekend trip continued with a visit to Michigan’s western neighbor across the lake.

  

• CTA Holiday Bus and Train, December 2021 | Authored 12 November 2023

  There are those who plan a Chicago trip normally, and then there are those who rewrite an entire itinerary around potentially riding the holiday train. Come along.

  

• Radwood Chicago 2021 | Authored 11 November 2023

  In August 2021, I met up with a few friends in Chicago for Radwood, an 80s and 90s car show. This was my first time traveling out of state on Amtrak solo — and the only time my e-Sparrow’s made it out of the mitten!

  

• On the Trail: Meijer Gardens | Authored 29 October 2023

  For a fleeting six months, a day trip between Lansing and Grand Rapids via Indian Trails was possible thanks to an evening eastbound run. I spent a late summer evening at Meijer Gardens using solely public transit.

  

• State of Transit: A Hamtramck Adventure | Authored 28 January 2021

  The Tasty Transit Pączki Pack

  

• College Commuter: Amtrak | Authored 16 February 2020

  Traveling by train in a city with no commuter rail