Michigan - UP

[Scott P]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone

[DeTour]

I grew up on the eastern tip of the U.P. - the source of my username here. As a teenager I remember watching a freighter pass through the MacArthur Lock with what was the heaviest tonnage ever at the time. It was the Edmund Fitzgerald, a year or two before she went down.
I wasn’t a hiker when I lived there so I missed most of the opportunities the area offers. The North Country Trail from Tahquamenon Falls north to the Two Hearted River of Hemingway fame and along Lake Superior to Pictured Rocks is extraordinary. Porcupine Mountains are beautiful and remote but five hours from the Soo (and not really mountains). We hiked to Agwa Falls in the Ontario Provincial Park as a training hike for our first 14er, Longs Peak.
I’d say embrace what the area has to offer, none of which is mountainous. Lake Superior is incredible, an inland sea with one tenth of the fresh water in the world. I’m sure there are places in Ontario that are more remote than anything you’ll find in Colorado (and with ample opportunities to get in deep trouble if one isn’t careful.) You can count on lots of chances to test out your rain gear. And don’t leave home between May and November without your mosquito net headgear.

[Scott P]

I ended up taking the position. It's only a year I'll have to be there and then I can come back west.

The Midwest isnt my thing but:

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ww ... GboHi9z9k2

The work should be interesting and challenging. I'll be the QA Manager for this $3.22 billion project:

https://www.constructiondive.com/news/m ... or/727147/