A week in Dallas: murals in Deep Ellum, manatees downtown, dinosaurs at the Perot, brisket at Terry Black's, and a zoo day that ran long. Here's everything we hit and what we'd repeat.
A day in Michigan's Upper Peninsula: a roadside Mystery Spot that talked us onto a zip line, wolves and bears at Garlyn Zoo, and the clearest water in the state at Kitch-iti-kipi.
We took on the Dune Climb at Sleeping Bear Dunes to answer one question: can we actually make it all the way to Lake Michigan? Sand, regret, and ice cream followed.
Sugar Loaf Mountain near Marquette packs a lot into a short climb: a staircase workout through spring woods, then two summit overlooks with Lake Superior on one side and Presque Isle on the other.