(MI) Detroit Free Press – There’s still a way to travel cheaply, do things that kids and adults can enjoy together and get a feel for what the first loggers experienced when they made their way to the seemingly endless woodlands of northern Michigan in the 1870s — camping in the Pigeon River Country State Forest.

This 105,000-acre stretch of woodlands — home to the biggest elk herd east of the Mississippi River — has some great overnight hikes for the fit and ambitious, and also some for casual afternoon walkers or people with young children who would like to get into the woods but can’t tackle anything too ambitious. More