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- Ice Climbing Michigan’s Pictured Rocks is Deadly Fun March 18, 2025Slowly creeping up a giant frozen waterfall takes a pioneering spirit and a lot of planning The post Ice Climbing Michigan’s Pictured Rocks is Deadly Fun appeared first on Michigan Enjoyer.Mitch Miller
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Snow piles, snowmobiles, and fresh eggs—all covered by @NecktieSalvage on this week's episode! https://x.com/mich_enjoyer/status/1899128114288165086/video/1
GM, Enjoyers. The ice is finally melting. Spring is nigh... https://x.com/mich_enjoyer/status/1899082813313327358/photo/1
The fields of Manchester, Michigan are lit up by beautiful painted skies. How could you ever leave our state? https://x.com/i/web/status/1898131553362039071 https://x.com/mich_enjoyer/status/1898131553362039071/photo/1
Snowmobile culture on Mackinac Island is distinguished by the fact that it is absolutely necessary and not one bit voluntary. There are no other options here for the 500 people who live here. It’s a snowmobile or nothing. Life depends on the snowmobile.
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These are scenes that just don’t really exist anywhere else. I can’t think of many places on earth where you might regularly see a snowmobile passing by a horse drawn carriage. That is a technological juxtaposition that simply doesn’t exist anywhere else in any kind of regular… https://t.co/HYdZfQMkim https://t.co/vcfnepEMuv
It sounds insane to us, but this is normal life here. Until their babies are strong enough to hold on tight and sit up straight in an otter sled being dragged behind a snowmobile, they ride on mom or dad’s lap up front.
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On the road in front of the Grand Hotel a father buzzed past us with his two kids packed into a plastic sled sliding behind him. They couldn’t have been more than 8 years old.
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Snowmobiles rule the roads here. On the horse taxi into town, they hummed alongside our carriage sparingly. Speeding by, darting in and out of the woods. Neon snowmobile suits and the faint smell of gasoline fading in the cold air.
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It’s something about their inconvenience. The fact that they aren’t luxury cars with heat and AC. The driver is exposed to the elements, not hidden behind thick glass and locked doors. They are small and personal, skidding down back streets and wooded paths.
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It might seem like the presence of snowmobiles invalidates the spirit of the island’s ban on cars, but somehow it doesn’t. Even though they sound like a cocktail of chainsaws and lawn mowers, they feel completely right on the snowy island.
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