The Michigan Tech Parent Bucket List
by Michigan Tech parents
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Food & Dining
Suomi Restaurant - Panakaku, breakfast, chocolate eclairs
Jam Pot - jams (thimbleberry), brownies, peanut butter and jelly bars
Ambassador - fish bowl, Tostada pizza, buy a par-cooked pizza to bring home
The Four Seasons Tea Room
The Library
Racers Burger Bistro, Hancock
Joey’s Seafood
Pizza Works
B&B Bar - pickled eggs
Eagle Harbor Inn, Mohawk - lobster pizza
Gay Bar & Grill, Lake Linden
The Fitz, Eagle River (make reservations) - brisket
Peterson’s Fish Market, Hancock - fresh whitefish
Harbor Haus, Copper Harbor
Captain Matt’s fish truck, Copper Harbor
Hilltop Restaurant, L’Anse - cinnamon bun
Pasties
Roy’s Pasties and Bakery
Toni’s County Kitchen, Laurium
Mohawk Superette, Mohawk
Beverages
Cyberia - it’s not Lupus coffee
KBC
Downtowner
Gay Bar & Grill, Gay
B&B Bar - pickled eggs and a draft
The Dog House - pickled eggs
Stubb’s Bar, Ontonogon
On Campus
Seaman Mineral Museum
Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts
Spot your Husky on a webcam, planned or random (bonus point) sighting
School Spirit
Winter Carnival
Photo with Blizzard
Hockey game, Sky Box for a championship game
Broomball, watch your Husky play and/or join a Parent or Alumni team during WC
Buy, make, exchange a Husky Christmas ornament
Watch your Husky graduate
Buy and wear MTU clothing
On the Portage and Beyond
Paddle board, kayak or bike ride along the Portage
Isle Royale Cruise Boat, cruise down the Portage to Lake Superior
Breakers sunset
Copper Country cruise
Jacobsville entrance to the Portage Canal
Take the Queen to Isle Royale and hike for a few days
Isle Royale Queen sunset cruise
Michigan Tech Events
Homecoming, cardboard boat races
Winter Carnival
Parents Weekend
Copper Dog 150
The Great Outdoors
Waterfalls - https://www.waterfallsofthekeweenaw.com/about/
Bridge Fest
Mont Ripley ski lift, enjoy fall colors
Northern Lights
Eagle River on a hot day
Rock and agate hunting on Lake Superior shore
Quincy Mine tour
Brockway Mountain at sunset
Mount Bohemia, fall colors, ski, hike
Porcupine Mountain
Bare Bluff
Hike to the lakeshore at Red Ridge
Red Ridge Dam
Hungarian Falls
McLain State Park, camp or cabin, walk to the Lighthouse
Canyon Falls
Swedetown cross country trails
Walk, mountain bike, ski or snowmobile the Tech Trails
Snowshoe the edge of Lake Superior
Snowmobile under the bridge to Hancock
Walk a dog from the Copper County Humane Society on the Tech Trails
Walk the ruins along Torch Lake
Hike at the Cliff Mine
Drive the covered road to Red Ridge and Freda; visit the Red Ridge Dam, the Champion Mill and downtown Freda
Walking tour of Calumet and the Keweenaw
Drive to the tip of the Keweenaw
4WD any of the old RR beds
Breakers, bonfire
Drive down to Copper Peak, North America’s large ski jump, climb to the top for the spectacular view
Black River waterfalls
Stormy Kromer factory, Ironwood
Drive to/from Tech during a blizzard (bonus point)
Delayed at the Bridge (bonus point)
End of Summer Event
Hancock: PJs Rock Camp’s End of Camp Rock Concert
https://www.facebook.com/pg/pjsrockcamp/about/?ref=page_internal
And don’t forget time with your Husky!
