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GoinThisAway
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Jun 03, 2013

Calling all Trolls & Yoopers! Where are the best pasties?

Well, it's been a few years since our initial visit to Michican. I'm thinking it might be time to return to see if that Lake Michigan water is really as blue as I remember it ... and, yes, to try some of those pasties now that I know they're not something one wears :W Any recommendations on where to find good pasties?

We're definitely going to explore the northwest portion of the lower peninsula and will go from there as time allows. Was looking at Ludington State Park and would like to go back to Sleeping Bear Dunes and Wilderness State Park. We like natural areas with opportunity for photography, hiking, and tranquility. We also like places with historical interest. The DB may join us and he likes to do some more remote travel with his TC, boondocking, and maybe do some dune/beach camping if there is anyplace one can do this there. I got some good ideas from you all last time that I'll revisit but thought you might have some more ideas knowing our interests and the particular area we'll be visiting.

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  • Pasties exist but their name and what they look like don't match.
  • GoinThisAway wrote:
    Any recommendations on where to find good pasties?


    There is no such thing!
  • Ludington is nice, so is Manistee, Muskegon, Grand Haven, Holland. All have state parks where you can camp and walk to the beach. It may be a little cosy but there are only so many spots and lots of demand. I like Frankfort/Alberta myself but I live in GH so I like to drive 100 miles to get away. About 50 miles inland is the vast Manistee national forest lots of nice State and federal campgrounds, most are on a lake or river. The up is the up when I go up I hit Oswalds Bear Ranch, Fayett State Park (old coal smelting town), pictured rocks, the locks, big spring, many more. Bring bug spray. Mi is great this time of year cool nights, warm days, not hot, miles of shorline, lighthouses etc. I think you never more than 5 miles from a lake or stream. Come on up we need the $.
  • Have be in the fall. Stuck up in the Flat Lands of IL. Right now.
  • There you have it, the best UP pasties are in TN at rvten's house. What time can we stop by for some of those, Tom? :D
  • Trolls do not eat pasties. That's why there trolls.
    Best ones when I lived up in Iron MT. We're the ones made by my aunt.
    I make my own. Even my DW likes the ones I make.
  • I cannot recommend a pasty place. But, I do thank you for calling me a Troll!