During our trip to Escanaba, we headed down to spend a day (ish) in Menominee! To be honest, there’s not much to do in this town (that we figured out) but there’s a lighthouse there… so of course, off we went! Menominee is right on the Michigan/Wisconsin border, so it was kind of fun to cross over into Wisconsin for a second just to say we did (haha), to do a little wine tasting at Yooper Winery, to eat some Wisconsin cheese curds at Ogden Club, to walk around their strange, quiet little downtown, to grab malts from the local ice-cream shop, and to walk down the pier to the Menominee North Pier Lighthouse. This one was built in 1877, and has been shifted and changed many times! There are several markers on the pathway that say where the lighthouse used to sit… it’s been moved/extended three times!

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Madewell The Perfect Vintage Jean in Fitzgerald Wash
Madewell The Boxy-Crop Jean Jacket in Lunar Wash
Ray-Ban Clubmaster Sunglasses
Madewell The Transport Tote
Steve Madden Cybell Espadrille Sandal

michigan, outfitsTieka KnightSeptember 23, 2019summer, upper peninsulaComment

Sand Point Lighthouse

One of the main reasons I wanted to travel to Escanaba was to see five new lighthouses I hadn’t seen before in the area… and the Sand Point Lighthouse was one I was most excited to see! It’s definitely a landmark of the city and it’s beautiful. This one was built in 1867, and warned the ships off Sand Point and the sand reef that reached out into Little Bay De Noc. There is so much rich history in Escanaba! It used to be home to several ore docks, so there was constant traffic of ships that would carry out iron ore and lumber from local sawmills. Another big thing about this lighthouse is that it employed one of the first women lighthouse keepers on the Great Lakes!

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Levi's Premium Wedgie Straight
Madewell The Jean Jacket in Pinter Wash
Madewell Central Shirt in Pure White
Madewell The Transport Tote
Target Sandals (similar)

michigan, outfitsTieka KnightSeptember 22, 2019upper peninsula, summerComment

Gladstone + Rapid River

Onto our first full day in the Escanaba area! So I’m going to chunk this out a little bit, not in the exact order (whoa, Tieka!) so I’ll be doing a full round up of all of our favorite things in Escanaba… but first up, I wanted to blog about visiting Gladstone and Rapid River! So after doing a few things in Escanaba during the morning, we ended up driving out to Gladstone, which is about a 15 minute drive from Escanaba. My main priority for visiting Gladstone was because I heard there was a little lighthouse here. I didn’t even know this one existed before our trip to the area! But granted, this lighthouse was only built a few years ago, so it’s not historic or very unique in any way, but it’s definitely cute, and a lighthouse in Michigan, so of course, I had to go. 😉

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Madewell The Jean Jacket in Pinter Wash
Levi's Premium Wedgie Straight Jeans
Madewell Wrap-Tie Tank Top
Madewell The Transport Tote
Madewell Indio Sunglasses
Madewell The Boardwalk Ankle-Strap Sandal

michigan, outfitsTieka KnightSeptember 19, 2019upper peninsula, summerComment

Day in Manistique

Our first afternoon during our trip to the Upper Peninsula was spent in Manistique! We first checked out the lighthouse in Gulliver, and then drove over to Manistique to explore the town a little bit. On the agenda? We checked out Mackinaw Trail Winery & Brewery, walked down the pier to the Manistique East Breakwater Lighthouse, had lunch/drinks at Tap21, and then drove out to Kitch-iti-Kipi to take the raft across the crystal blue waters! This was one of my favorite afternoons of the trip… I think just because it was fun to explore this area, and the trip was just beginning, so there’s so much hope and excitement in the air. 😂 I’d definitely recommend a day spent here! I’m bummed we missed the Fayette Historic State Park (aka; ghost town!) but I’d love to hit that up when we’re back up here someday!

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Levi's Premium Wedgie Straight
Madewell The Boxy-Crop Jean Jacket in Lunar Wash
Madewell Central Shirt in Haden Plaid (similar)
Madewell Indio Sunglasses
Madewell The Transport Tote
Madewell The Boardwalk Ankle-Strap Sandal

michigan, outfitsTieka KnightSeptember 18, 2019summer, upper peninsulaComment

Seul Choix Point Lighthouse

Wooooo! We’re onto posts from our trip to the upper peninsula… finally! Over Labor Day weekend, we took a long trip up to Escanaba, Michigan! I had never been before, and was really excited to explore a whole new part of the U.P. I hadn’t been to yet. We left Thursday night, hit up dinner in Petoskey, and then stayed overnight in Mackinaw City before venturing across the bridge on Friday morning. Our first full day… we checked out the Manisitique area, which is on the way to Escanaba! I had been there once before, but hadn’t seen any of the lighthouses yet, so that was a priority, of course. First up?! The Seul Choix Lighthouse in Gulliver! Pronounced Sis-shwa, the name means "only choice". It was named by the French who found it was the only harbor of refuge in this part of Lake Michigan. I was so excited to explore this one!

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Levi's Premium Wedgie Straight
ModCloth Jacket (similar)
Madewell Central Shirt in Gabriel Stripe (similar)
Madewell Indio Sunglasses
Madewell The Small Transport Crossbody
Steve Madden Cybell Espadrille Sandal

outfits, michiganTieka KnightSeptember 17, 2019upper peninsula, summerComment

Bettinger Park

Onto my final post from Lakeside, Ohio! Phew! I’m way behind, haha, but going to try and catch up a bit this week. So during our last night in Lakeside, we had to stroll the dock one last time and we played a game of miniature golf at Bettinger Park! It’s only like $2 to play or something, and it’s such a fun thing to do! I feel like we rarely get out when we’re home to do something fun and simple like this, which is so silly. So I’m glad we did that; super fun. We also grabbed a last ice-cream cone at The Whistle Stop before heading back to our hotel for the night! Such a fun trip to Lakeside, Ohio. I’d love to go back again someday! Thank you to Lakeside for bringing me there, and for the experience and memories! I’ll always love this weekend and this little town!

This trip was sponsored by Lakeside Chautauqua. All opinions are my own!

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H&M Cardigan (similar)
Woven Tote via Etsy (similar)
Madewell Wrap-Tie Tank Top
Madewell Angular Hoop Earrings
Madewell Perfect Vintage Jean in Fitzgerald Wash
Madewell Boardwalk Sandals

outfits, travelTieka KnightSeptember 15, 2019summer, ohioComment

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