![]() Door County has the added advantage of being a 45-minute drive to Green Bay, which is NOT just for Packers fans, we promise. Plus a ton of beer and cheese, because this is Wisconsin. Wisconsin has its own cool little scenic peninsula, and its name is Door County its name is derived from the treacherous waters that separate Washington Island at the tip of the peninsula from the mainland - the straight is known as the "Door of Death." (Incidentally, there is a great Wisconsin-based distillery called Death's Door you should familiarize yourself with while you're there.) There are orchards and pumpkin patches and lighthouses and wineries and 300 miles of shoreline, as well as protected forests at Peninsula State Park, all for your leaf-peeping enjoyment. And you can experience it all by kayak, zipline, Segway, ATV, horseback, climbing, rappelling, hiking, or good old American-made car. Gasp-worthy rock formations carved out millennia ago by glaciers, waterfalls spilling over cliffs and crags, and explorable caves tucked away like enchanted kingdoms (seriously, we just said that about OHIO) will quickly change your tune about the corn-filled flatlands. Just an hour's drive from Columbus - actually a pretty fun city in its own right - Hocking Hills has scenery you would never expect to find in the Buckeye State, especially if your only experience with the Buckeye State is calling it the Buckeye State. Ohio's Hocking Hills is one of the best reasons to visit Ohio (the snarkier among us might say the only reason, but the snarkier among us are from Michigan). Get ready for 10,000 acres of maple, sassafras, oak, hickory, and hemlock to light up your life in a fiery (but again, not actually ON fire!) barrage of color. Plus, there are historic lighthouses and abandoned mines (copper, go figure) and ghost towns (Halloween!) to explore, and more remote natural beauty for hundreds of miles in any direction than anywhere else in the Midwest. Maybe you've heard of the Tunnel of Trees that runs alongside Lake Michigan through Harbor Springs and into Good Hart? Yeah, Copper Harbor has its own tunnel, and it's longer. They've got the greatest of the Great Lakes. They've got the beer bars and restaurants (especially in near-ish-by Eagle River). They've got the hiking (and the waterfalls and the old-growth pines and the mountain biking). ![]() But autumn on the tip of the Keewenaw Peninsula, which has more topographically in common with Scandinavia than it does with anywhere else in the Midwest - GTFO. In fact, September/October anywhere in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is going to be pretty damn phenomenal, because Michigan's state forest system is the largest in the eastern United States - 4 million acres total (and not one of them on fire!). ![]() Divers should dress comfortably and wear tennis shoes.We recently put Copper Harbor dead last in our ranking of Michigan beach towns because beaches are not what Copper Harbor does best. Guests can also relax beforehand in the carpeted indoor packing areas or rigging loft or wash away prejump jitters in the full restroom with showers. With comfort in mind, Midwest Freefall chauffeurs skydivers to the troposphere in a luxurious 17-place Jet-Prop Cessna Grand Caravan. Though the attached professional tackles all the rigorous work, floaters get to guide their slow descent back to the drop zone, where they can relax and smooth-talk terrified hairdos. The nearly 60 seconds of exhilarating free fall end with an open parachute and five minutes of gentle floating in homage to man’s evolutionary ancestor, the flying jellyfish. After jettisoning from the aircraft, divers cut through the air at a screaming 120 miles per hour with an experienced companion in tow. After 30 minutes of training and an instructional video, cloud kickers soar to an altitude of 14,000 feet for an unimpeded view of southeast Michigan. The quickest route to a first freefall, the tandem jump allows unseasoned skydivers to take the big leap without worrying over tiny details, such as deploying parachutes or making sure packs aren’t filled with cartoon anvils. ![]() Midwest Freefall makes sky sports accessible to all levels of air tumblers. Midwest Freefall operates from April 15 through October 31. Enhance your collaborative experience with today’s Groupon: for $137, you get one tandem jump from 14,000 feet (a $239 value) from Midwest Freefall Sport Parachute Club in Ray Township. Like taking a standardized test or hiking across a minefield, skydiving for the first time should be done with an expert strapped to your back.
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