Viewer Mail
April 2025
4/3/2025 - "Seney National Wildlife Refuge" (Episode 1510)
I usually go there 6 times from opening day, to the end of fall to get pictures of all the wildlife there. They have been working on a new visitors center for almost 3 years and hopefully will be finished this year (2025)
4/4/2025 - Instagram Photo (Tom Archival Photo - Episode 2008 "A Look Back: 20 Years of Making Memories")
It’s been wonderful following you all these years. It’s like you are part of the family 💙
4/4/2025 - Facebook Photo (Tom Archival Photo - Episode 2008 "A Look Back: 20 Years of Making Memories")
Who's that youngin'?
4/4/2025 - Facebook Photo (Tom Archival Photo - Episode 2008 "A Look Back: 20 Years of Making Memories")
Who the heck is that young buck?
4/4/2025 - Facebook Photo (Tom Archival Photo - Episode 2008 "A Look Back: 20 Years of Making Memories")
First one I recall was about the Soo and the attractions! Been watching ever since. Nice work!
4/5/2025 - Facebook Photo (Tom Archival Photo - Episode 2008 "A Look Back: 20 Years of Making Memories")
Going way back to Northern Experience! Always loved the UP shows for taking me back there and making me want to go back! But the other ones from widened territory are good too. Ontario, LP, etc.
4/5/2025 - Facebook Photo (Tom Archival Photo - Episode 2008 "A Look Back: 20 Years of Making Memories")
I love the trips back in time. Great show and great narration. I know it takes tremendous work to produce ur shows!!
4/5/2025 - Facebook Photo (Tom Archival Photo - Episode 2008 "A Look Back: 20 Years of Making Memories")
So glad to have been a part of the journey.
4/7/2025 - "Grand Marais, Michigan" (Episode 1109)
Hello from the other Grand Marais. North Shore. The Big Lake.
4/13/2025 - "Waterfall Tour" segment (Episode 1005)
Greatest episode of this program.
4/14/2025 - "Canoeing" segment (Episode 8015)
My wife and I have paddled the AuSable a few times. So beautiful and serene! 💚
4/19/2025 - Facebook Photo (Fresh From the Farm Greenhouses Photo - Episode 2112 "Road Trip in the U.P.")
Funny, just saw this episode. Great show Tom. And Denny too.😁
4/19/2025 - Facebook Photo (Fresh From the Farm Greenhouses Photo - Episode 2112 "Road Trip in the U.P.")
My favorite town in the U.P.
4/20/2025 - Facebook Photo (Monocle Lake Trail Photo - Episode 2112 "Road Trip in the U.P.")
Love the show!
4/26/2025 - Episode 2205 "ATV Fun - part I" (Upper Peninsula, Michigan)
Great episode, looking forward to seeing part 2. I enjoy all the Great Getaway episodes. Thanks for showing them.
Clio, MI
4/30/2025 - Facebook Photo (Haywire Trail ATV Photo - Episode 2205 "ATV Fun - part I")
I live 1/2 mile from this trail and live in Shingleton. It's always a great ride, weather it be a sxs or snowmobile.
4/30/2025 - Facebook Photo (Haywire Trail ATV Photo - Episode 2205 "ATV Fun - part I")
Awesome trail! Pretty sweet about 8am in the morning after a fresh groom..and the rest of the world is still snoozing 😁
May 2025
5/3/2025 - Episode 1510 "Top of the Lake Circle Tour" (Schoolcraft County, Michigan)
Loved it! I was born in Manistique, return a couple times a year to take my elder mom on road trips. One point to always note even now is that getting an up to date map and be prepared to not have cell, GPS navigation. The visitor center just across the bridge is worth a stop just to get updated information. There have been so many improvements such as restrooms, signage and roads. My grandfather extended the road around Gulliver Lake to build their summer cottage and my aunt/uncle loved it so they built a year round place next door.
Memphis, TN
5/10/2025 - Instagram Photo (Tom Montreal River Photo - Episode 2206 "Montreal River Hike")
Great episode! Really enjoyed the “then” and “now” comparison clips 💚✌🏻😁👍
5/10/2025 - Facebook Photo (Tom Montreal River Photo - Episode 2206 "Montreal River Hike")
Montreal Falls is such a beautiful area!
5/11/2025 - Episode 2206 "Montreal River Hike" (Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan)
Loved it.
Grand Rapids, MI
5/17/2025 - Facebook Photo (Escanaba River Canoe Fishing Photo - Episode 2203 "A Trip Down The Escanaba River")
Super love this and great pic. What did you catch and keep or throw back?
5/17/2025 - Facebook Photo (Escanaba River Canoe Fishing Photo - Episode 2203 "A Trip Down The Escanaba River")
A great trip with Donna Poirier and the guys from Great Getaways that turned into one of their best episodes. At least I think it was.
5/17/2025 - Facebook Photo (Escanaba River Canoe Fishing Photo - Episode 2203 "A Trip Down The Escanaba River")
I enjoyed watching this episode.
5/17/2025 - Facebook Photo (Escanaba River Canoe Fishing Photo - Episode 2203 "A Trip Down The Escanaba River")
That’s a fun stretch to canoe! Great episode!
5/17/2025 - Instagram Photo (Great Sand Bay Photo - Episode 2206 "Montreal River Hike")
😍 love your videos Tom been watching you for years and have been to a lot of places that you have shown us 🙏🤠
5/17/2025
Donna Helsel Hart No gravy no ketchup 🤪
5/17/2025
Bret Miller Nothing if it’s good
5/17/2025
Christy Woskobojnik Three Seasons pasties 😋😋 Ketchup . . .
5/17/2025
Wayne Bloodworth Butter and ketchup for me.
5/17/2025
Jim Stone I love 'em both ways. And, as my Grandpa from Cornwall did was use worstester sauce. Or as he called it, " rooster hair sauce."😁
5/17/2025
John Sharick The wife and I hang out in Manistique and venture out from there great sites and places to visit.
5/17/2025
Robert H. Kinney Like them both ways but prefer gravy.
5/17/2025
Teri Steger Gravy
5/17/2025
John Sharick Gravy is good also tried cocktail sauce
5/17/2025
Roger Becky Miller Gravy
5/17/2025
Mark Weingartz Ketchup
5/17/2025
John Basile Gravy
5/17/2025
Libby Turnbull Tregear Ketchup
5/17/2025
Linda Phillips Hawks Gravy, a little !!!
5/17/2025
Jeff Drake gravy!
5/17/2025
Bruce LaBrecque I'm with you Tom! Gravy all the way!
5/17/2025
Chris Stewart Ketchup, gravy, butter…..anything goes for me. Gravy might have a slight advantage……
5/17/2025
Lisa Liinangi I was raised by a Yooper mom who taught us to use ketchup (Heinz only). ❤️
5/17/2025
Tom Bosworth Gravy is best butter is ok, just say no to ketchup.
5/17/2025
Robert James Growing up, I only had homemade pasties and my mother would allow us kids to put ketchup on them. On a trip to my aunt’s house in the UP, she served pasties and when I asked for ketchup, I thought I would have to sit outside to eat. Now, if they are hot, I still use ketchup, but if I eat it cold, I eat it plain.
5/17/2025
Karen Gagnon I watched this episode today on Great Getaways!! The Escanaba River is beautiful and those pasties looked very yummy!!!😋❤️
5/18/2025
Nancy Bourlier-Hagerman Ketchup, salsa, chili sauce 👍
5/18/2025
Mike Forsyth If they are made right. No ketchup or gravy needed
5/18/2025
Pamela Ann Gravy
5/18/2025
Gwen Tanguay gravy does NOT belong anywhere near a pasty! Born and bred Yooper
5/18/2025
Dale Borske I enjoy that show. So many good venues to get a good pastie in the UP. They are like pizza all good and everyone has their favorite
5/19/2025
Eric Heise Ketchup plz
5/19/2025
Alayne McClure-Keller Ketchup!
5/20/2025
Debrah Croschere Ketchup for me Gravy for my son inlaw
5/20/2025
Karen Evelyn Anything but ketchup on a pasty is scandalous
5/21/2025
Bradley Karkkainen Plain. The way God made them.
5/21/2025
Bill Ross Heinz
5/22/2025
Russell Hominger No Gravy No Ketchup A True Yopper Breakfast Of Champions Uses Maple Syrup 😁
5/22/2025
Eric Light Gravy but plain if done right
5/18/2025 - Instagram Photo (Tom Montreal River Photo - Episode 2206 "Montreal River Hike")
Love watching that 👏👏👏 man you got old 🤣🤣 me too
5/22/2025 - "Montreal River Hike" (Episode 2206)
What a great show, thank you Tom.
5/23/2025 - Facebook Photo (Indian River Canoeing Photo - Episode 2206 "Fun Times in the Hiawatha")
Tom I have loved watching your show for the last 11 years… how long have you been doing it?Tom O'Boyle John, I think it's been about 37 years now.
5/24/2025 - "Fun Times In The Hiawatha" (Episode 2207)
Thanks for another great episode Tom.
5/24/2025 - Facebook Photo (Bruno's Run Trail Photo - Episode 2206 "Fun Times in the Hiawatha")
Is that McKeever?Yes it is Bret. You must've been there before?
Yes I rented that cabin for a week. We paddle the Indian River past the campground. We also paddle several lakes over at Big Island Wilderness all because of your show. Also, did a river trip on Manistique. This year I’m the campground host at the mouth of the Two Hearted unit number two for the month of July.
5/28/2025 - Facebook Photo (Escanaba River Canoe Fishing Photo - Episode 2203 "A Trip Down The Escanaba River")
The scenery is beautiful, love the picture! ❤️
5/30/2025 - Instagram Photo (Brockway Mountain Overlook - Episode 2208 "Our First Keweenaw Adventure")
😍
5/30/2025 - "Fun Times In The Hiawatha" (Episode 2207)
"And into the forest i go to lose my mind and find my soul." -John Muir
June 2025
6/3/2025 - Facebook Photo (Lake Superior Keweenaw Peninsula Photo)
Mighty fine post.
6/3/2025 - Facebook Photo (Brockway Mountain Overlook - Episode 2208 "Our First Keweenaw Adventure")
Best on a motorcycle!
6/5/2025 - Facebook Photo (Brockway Mountain Overlook - Episode 2208 "Our First Keweenaw Adventure")
Beautiful place!!! We love going there when we are in Copper Harbor!!!❤️🤍💙
6/6/2025 - Facebook Photo (Brockway Mountain Overlook - Episode 2208 "Our First Keweenaw Adventure")
Miss the gift store that was at the top of the mountain,there was always a treasure to be had!
6/7/2025 - Facebook Photo (Brockway Mountain Overlook - Episode 2208 "Our First Keweenaw Adventure")
A beautiful place to view Fall colors!! 🍁🍁
6/8/2025 - Facebook Photo (Fishing Grebe Lake Photo - Episode 1812 "Rifle River Recreation Area")
Awesome 👍 free fishing weekend