My Dogs Reached Michigan's Highest Point! (Yes, Michigan has Mountains)

Well, good, wonderful, beautiful, wet morning, parties. So the weather said it was going to rain for like two hours last night. It poured rain in the middle of the night and rained all night long. It quit about 30 minutes ago, but everything was wet, which would be nice for the back roads. It might not be so nice for what our plans were for today. We might be going over more rocks, which will be mad at you, which means we're going over slippery rocks. I guess we'll see what happens. them little buggers were dropping pine cones on the roof of the RV, scared the heck out of both Kira and I mean Eleanor scares more easily than Kira but even Kira was like I don't like this I want out anyways I'm rushing her around and then I'll go get Miss Eleanor and we'll go for a walk and then we'll figure out the rest of our day little things really are fearless aren't they I just ran right from that tree right across in front of us I'm out on a walk with Eleanor and now she's completely distracted from what she's supposed to be doing because they got so close to her she could almost taste them little red squirrels them are the ones that were bombing the top of the rig hell they were the ones that were making you scared so if you catch one I won't blame you but trust me she won't catch one all right are you good she's like dad put my harness on dad you forgot to clip my clip she's like if you look under my leg dad my clip is hanging down I'm not fully ready yet it's like she knew it's like I still have to hold still long enough for the clip And yeah, if you're wondering where Kira is, she's hiding. Are you ready now, Elle? Is that better? You messed me all up, Dad. I don't know. It's pretty good. She's like, I was just taking these extra bonus pets. Now, I'm just hamming it up. You ready to go on an adventure? Yeah, see? That's what it was. Oh, the biggest stretcher on the planet. Okay. All right, you get this one this time. Kira, we can't go on adventure without putting a harness on. You know the rules. Stop! Don't you dare, dad, dare put that thing on me. Not if I gotta put that on, I don't want to go. All right, see you later, Kira. Bye, we're leaving, we're gone. She's like, you would never leave me behind. Jump up here and get me. Oh, she's like, okay, maybe. She's like, I want to go, I just don't want to put my harness on. Oh, here it comes, oh man. It's like, oh, but maybe not, maybe, okay, I guess. oh god it's the worst worst moment of my life she's a goofball yes her is we'll wait till she gets it on and we'll watch her throw her fit oh here she goes we got eleanor right here she might shake it off oh she didn't go up i'll try it yep shake okay okay thank you she goes all right oh no laying down and pouting okay shake again that was two shakes usually you're done after two shakes. Are you ready? What are you doing? Yeah. Okay, we can go now. That's pretty good. Very little pouting that time. Today I think we're attempting to make it to Rock Cut where the railroad that never ran was built. Where they spent like two million dollars back in the 1890s to build a railroad to transport ore from Champion, which is actually the city we're right near, from the Champion mine out to the lake and they spent all this money and had like 1500 workers and built a railroad and it never ran but there's remnants of it in the woods so we're gonna go see what we can find all right we're on the road it's a little sprinkly right now that's supposed to quit within the next 30 minutes or so and where we're going is going to take us about what an hour anyway right now this road looks nice and paved but uh i don't think it's going to stay this way We're going into the thick of it. This is not rock cut, but this is kind of what it's gonna look like. Holy cow! We just drove through literally through a mountain. We're still going. We got a long ways to go. And they told us it all everything I read said the road keeps getting worse and worse and worse. So far it's not too bad. Let's see if it gets worse and worse and worse. Driving down this road and we saw these massive tracks that's a moose track that is not a deer yeah that is not a deer this is perfect moose country man okay well even though we haven't seen a moose yet that's really cool we're looking at the tracks for where he went he did he crossed the road right here yep and then right there he probably went off into there somewhere we can't see him wow look how red that is over there okay well that's what they said we are in like prime moose country so yeah it would have had to have been today because it rained so we might have just missed him who knows maybe we'll get lucky there's a hole in this bridge dear liza dear liza you have my dogs are you sure you can do this this is crazy i don't like this there's a big hole on that side of the bridge but he said there's steel underneath it so i guess he's crossing it i'm gonna help him little there we go there we go okay yeah that was that was a little scary i didn't like that yeah okay let's keep trucking made it back here historical rock cut okay so before we walk back here i'm gonna say it in the video 1500 people 1500 people came back through here to build a railroad that they never ever used and they cut this through the rock for this railroad that never got used and we get to go see it. This was built in the 1890s. This is history people and it's muddy. Look it! There's the railroad. There it is right there. That's railroad. Those are old railroad ties from the 1890s that are still here. Oh this is crazy. Okay let's go. Okay we are at the historic rock cut. Those are railroad ties from the 1890s. We are in the middle of nowhere. I can see it! It's right up there! I've seen pictures... Look at this old railroad! I have seen so many pictures of this area and I've always wanted to come back here. But it is in the middle of nowhere. Yeah, they thought a train was going to carry iron ore. That's part of the other reason apparent... Well, besides the fact that the mine closed. Rumor has it, the first train they ran down the track, the only train that ran down the track, fell off the track on one of these steep grades. Doot, doot, doot, doot! Yup! Wow! Wow! A train was gonna come through here! Look at how crazy this is! They hand cut this! There was no cars when they made this! Hand cut and dynamite! That's what was used to make this! So a train could come through! This is crazy! Wow! Stop digging up critters! Yeah, quit digging up the critters! Yeah, a train was going to go through here. Carry an oar. Yeah. It's got to be a good little range to not have one around it. Yeah, instead they decided to go through, which is just crazy. Was it worth it? It's pretty cool, isn't it? It's pretty neat. And guess what? We're not getting eaten alive by mosquitoes like everybody else said they do. Yeah, I could imagine. Yeah, because look at how wet it is. Kira, quit eating the grasses. We're not going to continue walking that way because it's super muddy. But like this is the whole big rock cut that they cut through here. So that they could put a railroad, which part of the railroad is still here. Ah, this is crazy. A lot of these, this wood is railroad ties. Most of them are. Oh, did you find one? I wanted to see one. People said there was still some back here, but I didn't see one yet. It's so squishy. Hand nailed in. Because then, that was how they did it. Oh, careful Eleanor, you're getting tangled. all right i think we're gonna head our way out of here we're 20 miles from the main road to get back here and mostly dirt roads that took us back here but they would have done this all on horses and there was no cars back in the day this is this is so crazy so cool okay let's keep walking so the train would have followed along in front of us ore came from that direction and it started in the mine in champion which we haven't gone to yet but probably will before we end our camping trip so crazy i have been wanting to come here for years just to see this in person it's impressive if you can make it out here in person it's worth it it's impressive i'm impressed kira's like i'm a mountain goat oh good job kira oh guess where we're going next we're gonna go to michigan's highest point we're gonna go to the top of mount arvon i think yeah if we can figure out how to get there from is that i mean i see why the train went off the tracks if that's that's gotta be the track that has to be i mean that's old metal track careful yeah careful hey you don't see it she's like i see it i just don't care don't like it look at that that's crazy it's in the ground there okay continuing on come on we gotta walk through the muddy spot we had to come up this hill to get back here this is deep and that's for sure yeah you can park at the bottom and walk up this but what's the fun in that a four-wheel drive pickup truck that's well lifted high clearance yeah we're probably leaving this one bouncing around making it down the hill we're on our way to mount arvon which it says is going to take 37 minutes through roads similar to this random stop on the side of the road that we're still bouncing down look how pretty the creek is coming down the side of the mountain also what are the odds that we just ran into two guys that were less than a mile from rock cut and we helped them get there, they almost turned around, yeah and we said, you know, instead of just telling you it's right behind you on the left we took them there we'll take you there, they said they've been coming up here 40 years and they've never been here well, they've been all around there, yeah but they said they'd never been here, well they probably didn't hear about it until recently and that's why he asked you how you hear about it, yeah I know I hear everything, I know you should have probably gave him all the info and see if he said he read the book, oh no he said he read the book so he knew the history of it, so yeah that's how he knew yeah, like we've been coming up here for years, how have we never been there? yep, I'm glad we helped fulfill that, me too, and then I was side by side, oh yeah we ran into five side-by-sides, all women that was awesome, I want to be friends with all those girls, like 16 women, yeah yeah every one the side-by-sides had your back online, head northwest, apparently I'm back online and I can head north, how do I have service here? what the heck, okay well we got head northwest yeah this is really pretty, okay after bouncing down that crazy road we made it, this is the craziest mountain summit I guess ever because like the top's right there, that's how far we I believe this was well-deserved after the bouncy road that we just went down. Well, that too, but Silver Mountain. Yes. Silver Mountain was insane. All right, girls, you're going to the highest summit point in the entire state of Michigan, right up there. And you get no view from here. You've got to go over there for the view. Right. So the ski lift, the ski jump at Copper Harbor, is that ski jump the highest point? I don't know. I'd have to look it up. I bet it could be higher than this point. Yeah, I'd have to look it up. I got all benches up here. You can sign your name. Yeah, the overlook's over there. So we'll walk over there next. But we had to come to here first. And we gotta go read the sign. Look, it says it. It says... Oh nice! Mount Arvon 1979.238 feet. Congratulations you have reached Michigan's highest. We did it! We did it! We also have to sign the thing and say that we were here. That's the log book so people know we were here. That's a cool spot. I don't know if it's actually a geocache. I know it's just like a log but look at that! Look at these people! So we'll put our name in there. I got a business card I can throw in there i'll do that i'll throw a business card in there and this is what jamie was showing her survey marker shows that it's the highest point how far back does it go um i think it was like 2009 maybe when we were here last but i'm not sure the first part wait it says 5 21 this is oh they probably do yep this was a updated okay so they probably do it once a year new book may Yep, yep, that's what I figured. How cool? September 14th, September 16th, September 18th. How cool. All right, we're gonna walk over to the overlook. There it is. Overlook. Let's go to that beautiful overlook and the sun is out. Come on, let's go. It smells like leaves. It smells like leaves. It smells like fall. God love it. Oh my goodness. We're going from the top point to the overlook, which is right up here. The last time we were up here, it was pouring rain and we couldn't see anything. Sniffing the trees. All right, let's get closer. That's pretty. Look, you can see Superior. Is that Superior? Yeah, it's gotta be. Yeah. The direction we're facing. I got lost. We're in the woods look at all that perfect timing hun perfect timing for the sun to peek out of the clouds and light up at least what's closest to us it's hitting what's close to us really hard yeah wow see where all the clouds are though so crazy beautiful that was worth bouncing down that trail for an hour and a half yeah now i can just sit on the bench yeah i was over on the bench oh that's a good idea that's a good idea i think our timing was perfect hun yeah because now the sun is kind of moving that way yeah it was wow it's very pretty we could stay here for a while but i think we might go chasing a couple more waterfalls i think we have time before it gets dark and if not we'll chase them tomorrow but there's the view from the top of Mount Arvon beautiful There it is! Back to the car we go. Let's bounce down the road some more. I didn't film much of this on the way in, but this is the better part of the road to get to Mt. Arvon. This is actually like... We're not dodging ruts and... Oh yeah! I was just saying, you're kidding me. We're not dodging ruts? Check this out! Yeah! Look at this! Look at this rock! That's not too bad. No. Not a big hole. Oh yeah! See, there's a hole in the road there. But you can see like on the side, but the other road was 10 times worse. Yeah, that one was definitely. There was Chipmunk friend. He was coming to hang out with us. Yeah, the other road was much worse. We were only doing like two miles an hour. Now we're doing like what, seven? 19. What? 19. And I'm not kidding. We were doing like two to five miles an hour. It's because we're going downhill. I keep gaining speed. We're back down to 12. All right. Off to some. Oh, side note. Pro tip, bring your GPS's and make sure you download your offline maps, so you don't get lost when you're out here. That has been the best thing we did, was download our offline maps. Now we know where all these roads go. Oh, but this amazing day of adventure isn't quite done yet. Make sure if you're new here, click that subscribe button, click that bell and turn on all notifications, so you'll be notified whenever we put up new camping videos that you guys get so excited for. And yes, I understand they're long, but they are a whole heck of a lot of fun and they're beautiful to watch. If you guys have missed any of the other videos, there'll be a playlist on the screen here and down in the video description below. As always you guys, thanks so much for watching. Thanks for subscribing. Stay positive, dream big, and we will see you again soon. Come back tomorrow for part two.