April 2009 | Jacob Emerick's Blog

Bald Mountain

On several adventures east of Skanee, MI during the summer of 2008 I noticed a large mountain near the mouth of the Huron River. It wasn't until I started looking at geocaching websites for interesting hiking spots that I learned its name, Bald Mountain, or noticed that it was the easternmost point of the Huron Mountains. There are several rocky peaks closer to the Huron Mountain Club property, offering potentially great views of their rugged landscape, but Bald Mountain offered three rocky outcroppings, an altitude of 1,184 feet, and a good view of the Huron River and Keweenaw Peninsula. So I decided to climb it.

Hoping for good weather, Cory, Logan and I headed over Big Erick's bridge around 9am on a cold Saturday morning. While the weather wasn't bad during the drive, it was snowing lightly for the entire way down. We were surprised to see that the roads were plowed past Huron River all the way to our planned entry route, allowing us to park several dozen yards from the snow covered two-track leading north to the ...

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Blog Introduction

After introducing myself in the first post, I feel that the next logical step is to introduce the blog. While most blogs aim for a single theme, I'm hoping to use this one for three different themes: programming, hiking, and personal. These will likely change in the future as my needs and interests develop, but they seem pretty solid for the next few years.

As I am a web developer, I feel that it's only right to devote most of the blog entries to web programming with both interesting programming experiences and light tutorials. While I do have quite a few languages under my belt already, I am constantly looking to optimize my skills and learn more, so this topic should be fairly dynamic and varied.

Hiking is a more recent interest of mine, but one that I thoroughly enjoy. While I have spent a lot of time looking for waterfalls in the Keweenaw Area, I also climb mountains and seek out interesting historic locations. With the recent gift of a GPS unit, I plan on providing images, descriptions, and KML/GPX waypoints of some of the more ...

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