Map of Lake Trek Route
Loreen Niewenhuis, writer and adventurer, will set out this month to do what no woman before her has done. The Michigan native, who has had on-going love affair with Lake Michigan since childhood, will walk all the way around Lake Michigan, taking its full measure, along with the measure of her own self.
The outcome of this projected six month endeavor will be a book Niewenhuis proposes to be a “cross between Bill Bryson’s humorous and information packed A Walk in the Woods and Elizabeth Gilbert’s self discovering Eat, Pray, Love.”
Her 1,000 mile trek, which will be handled in ten separate segments, will begin and end at Chicago’s Navy Pier. The first segment, which will start on March 16, 2009, is a seventy mile journey from Chicago to New Buffalo, Michigan. By foot it will take her approximately five days.
“It’s a different way of moving through space,” the solo author/adventurer explains. “This extremely connected-to-
The trek will be recorded on the author’s blog http://laketrek.blogspot.com Visitors to the site can read about Niewenhuis’s journey which proceeds counter-clockwise around the lake. Her website, http://www.LoreenNiewenhuis.com will also provide additional information and insight on the author and her work, both published and in progress.
Niewenhuis has a Bachelor of Science degree from Calvin College, then a Master of Science from Wayne State University. This makes her uniquely qualified to explore and discuss some of the pressing environmental issues facing the lake: invasive species, pollution, water usage issues, and the effects of climate warming on the lake.
Most recently, Niewenhuis received a Masters of Fine Arts in Fiction Writing from Spalding University. Her short fiction has appeared in a variety of publications including The Antioch Review and The Bellevue Literary Review.
For real time information on the trek, please contact: Loreen Niewenhuis at 269-753-2605
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