Midwest Vertical Journal

Turns out, Lake Michigan has been playing hide-and-seek with its rocks for 10,000 years. 🌊

Read the full article on Substack: https://midwestverticaljournal.substack.com/

1976-1977

A lunch break done right. 🌲🌳

There are over 30 natural surface hiking trails in the Grand Rapids area and more than two dozen natural areas within a 10-minute drive from downtown.

Daytime highs over 60, nighttime temps hovering right around 40, and add in some spring rain. Time to take a hike and keep an eye out for morels. There is a lot of lore surrounding the search for the prized mushrooms (fun fact - they're technically a fungus). 🍄 Good luck getting anyone to share their morel secrets.

I went on the hunt last spring. Here's what I learned about a slow walk through the forest and the search for the elusive morel > https://midwestvertical.co/the-elusive-morel/

Had to take one more trip north for a final few spins on the orange chair. 🧡