Northern Swag

08/22/2017

4 years ago we wanted to spend a week on Isle Royale, but plans fell through. We never stopped plotting our return and a couple weeks ago we finally made it happen. Read about our trip here. Anybody ever been? What was your favorite part?

Four years ago, my friend (& occasional Swag photo contributor) Jason and I spent a week in the UP and chronicled that trip in two posts, Da Yoop Part 1 & Deux. That adventure with Jason originally started as a proposed visit to Isle Royale, but we couldn’t get away for long enough to make traveli...

06/28/2017

Sitting in our office, listening to the rain, we can't keep our minds from straying back to the beautiful weather last weekend at White Pine Campground in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

06/02/2017

If you have ever considered heading out to North Manitou Island for a camping trip, but wanted to know more before committing - we're here to help you! We went there, and then blogged about it!

After a little over 10 years since my last trip to North Manitou Island, I recently had the opportunity to return for a 3 day trip with my adventuring partner, my daughter, Izzy. If you’re not familiar, North Manitou is one of 2 islands (the other being…South Manitou!) off the coast of Sleeping Bear...

12/29/2016

We recently went winter camping. It was awesome. Check out our recap here:

http://www.northernswag.com/winter-camping-polar-vortex-edition/

I like to plan ahead. That means when a friend and I started discussing winter camping way back in October, I whipped out my calendar and we circled a weekend in December that looked good. Fast forward a couple months and the days leading into our trip saw temperatures drop into the single digits an...

12/04/2016

Today's is going to be rescheduled due to the heavy snowfall expected. Stay warm!

12/02/2016

Today's is going to be rescheduled due to the heavy snowfall expected.

Looking for something to do this weekend?! We're trying something new - swag meetups! Want to go for a hike and collaborate taking photos with others? Want to go get a drink afterwards? Us too! So this Sunday (12/4) we're going to meet at Port Oneida at 4pm for a hike and some light painting photos (bring a tripod). We'll rendezvous at the parking lot at the end of Lane Rd for the hike at 4pm (left off S Port Oneida Rd). We'll also most likely head down to Art's in Glen Arbor afterwards. Hope to see you there!!

You can check out our post about last month's meetup here:
http://www.northernswag.com/swag-meetup-the-ghost-forest/

We'll post here and on Instagram Sunday if we decide to reschedule because of inclement weather.

Over the last year, our motivation here at Northern Swag has been similar to that of the 46.9 million people who couldn’t get themselves to the polling locations last Tuesday (i.e., pathetic). We were looking for a source of motivation…for a concept we could really get behind. The winning proposal w...

10/23/2016

Not a bad view yesterday of the Lake Michigan coastline along the Leelanau Peninsula

08/30/2016

August sunsets: get them while you can.

08/09/2016

Tonight's sunset from the waters of Lake Michigan.

07/20/2016

Evening hues over Glen Lake.

07/16/2016

Calm morning water on Lake Michigan this morning.

06/21/2016

The came with a bonus gift for the first day of summer: The "Strawberry Moon."