Add to ORKGEnvironmental Writing and Great Lakes LiteratureThe best twenty-four hours I experienced in Northern Michigan started on a delightfully sunny Saturday afternoon. After printing out some last minute driving directions my boyfriend, John and I set out for a romantic getaway to the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula. I had been looking forward to this trip for weeks and couldn’t wait to begin my adventure with my partner in crime. Neither John nor I had ever visited the northern wilderness of the Upper Peninsula so this was going to be a new shared experience for both of us. We hit the road in hopes of catching sunset over the Mackinaw Bridge and arrived in Mackinaw City in no time. By this time it was close to dinner tim...