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Boondocking Michigan: Manistee National Forest

On this adventure, we're heading to Michigan's Manistee National Forest, which encompasses more than a half million acres. We ventured into the forest and occasionally out of it to discover some fun things. It's interesting what you find when you're out boondocking. We're kind of new to boondocking and we fell in love with it. Our first boondocking site we were trying to find one overlooking the Tippy Dam Pond. We didn't really want to start off our trip by getting stuck, so we parked the vehicles in a nice camping spot and hiked the rest of the way to the pond. For those who did venture thru the mud hole, the campsite views overlooking Government Island were well worth the effort. We enjoyed hiking along the Manistee River starting at the Hodenpyle Dam after crossing the river on the suspension bridge. We enjoyed the beautiful day, listening to the excitement of the birds, and even hearing the sound of falling water from a small hidden waterfall along the trail. This hike is part of a 15 mile loop, but you can enjoy any length hike you want with an out and back trek. Twenty one miles NW of the town of Manistee, you'll find the town of Kaleva. This town is well know for the Bottle House which is currently the home to the Kaleva Historical Museum. John Makinen was the owner of the Northwestern Bottling Works and found the bottles manufactured there had an insulation factor against cold, causing beverages not to freeze in the winter. He decided to use the flawed & chipped bottles set aside during inspection to build a house in 1941. The construction uses over 60,000 bottles laid on their sides with the bottoms toward the extrerior. It's also said that the term "POP" to describe what others outside the Midwest call soda, soft drinks or Coke was first used here. Early bottling techniques were to seal beverages in bottles with a cork, which could not always withstand the pressure of the carbonation and would make a "POP" sound. Just a few miles from the town of Brethern, is where you'll find our favorite campsite of this trip. Located at the end of the forest service road, this site offers plenty of space for several campsites. A short walk down the steep bank gives you access to the Manistee River. A beautiful campfire gives a perfect ending to an almost perfect day. A quick 93 miles north brought us to Charlevoix to hunt for the "perfect" Petosky stone. It's not too often you see Lake Michigan smooth as glass. You can harldy tell where the water ends and the sky begins. The calm water makes looking for stones in the clear water easier, and for skipping stones. Oh, and the "perfect" Petosky stone is still there somewhere if you look, as we didn't find it. Don't miss out on your piece of the "World's Largest Cherry Pie" on US Hwy 31, in Charlevoix. In 1976, local farmers supplied the ingredients and the result was 17,420 pounds of pure Michigan cherry pie. Egg wash and sugar was distributed on top of the pie crust using a helicopter. It held the honors until it's neighbor 50 mile to the south, Traverse City, beat the record in 1987. Today, it stands as the memorial to the World's Third Largest Cherry Pie. Venturing a little further north into Charlovoix, don't miss the "mushroom houses". These unique houses were built in the 1920's and 30's by architect Earl Young. Locals either love them or hate them, I think they're kind of cool. When one goes up for sale, it doesn't stay on the market for long. Please enjoy the beauty of the houses from the sidewalk and respect the property owners privacy as this is their home. This boondocking site is located about 4 miles from the town of Dublin just outside of the Pine River Cooridor. The river was off in the distance at the bottom of the valley, with us camping on the hilltop. Upon further investigation, the better campsite would have been a little further down the road, with a viewing bench offering the perfect view of the Pine River below. Enjoy of the sounds of the Great Horned owl close by and the coyetes in the distance during the night. There had been quite a lot of rain over the past week or so and you can see that the Pine River is overflowing its banks and turning the normally clear water into a clouded mud mix. Please remember to be responsible and pickup after yourself so that others will be able to enjoy these public lands in the future. We will certainly be back at some point to do more boondocking in the Manistee National Forest and find even better boondocking sites. Until next time! Is there something we should see next time we visit? Leave your comments. If you liked the video, give us a thumbs up. And if you’d like to see more of our videos, hit that subscribe button.