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Circling the Island

Mackinac Island: Trading Cars for Fudge

Written by callen60 on December 11, 2008

  • This is Michigan’s most famous vacation spot, a small island with an eight-mile perimeter that is slightly out of step with the rest of the world. It’s steeped in history, a touch of mystery, privilege,...
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Grand Sable Dunes

The Politics of Dunes and Trees

Written by callen60 on November 14, 2008

  • My wife grew up spending summers on the Lake Michigan shore, a place I’ve come to treasure as much as she does. In those first years in the late 1960’s, her family and their neighbors...
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Sable Dunes from the Log Slide

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Written by callen60 on November 14, 2008

  • This is one of my favorite places on earth. I first came here for two summers as a young teen camper in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula: known to ‘flatlanders’ (one of the kinder monikers for lower...
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a band at warped have no idea of the name

Detroit Warped Tour 2006

Written by lashr1999 on August 18, 2006

  • We had told another friend that we would wake up early today so we could head to the tour early and try to find free parking before the crowds get there. Our plan was...
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Soo Locks

Experience of the Soo Locks

Written by sightseeingsue on April 11, 2006

  • I couldn’t help it… the song “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightfoot kept buzzing in my head as we stood standing on a steel platform some 25 feet from the ground, looking...
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Top Seating of  Cruise

Pictured Rocks Boat Cruise

Written by sightseeingsue on March 25, 2006

  • Pack your camera, check your batteries and head out to Munising City Dock for a relaxing “3-hour tour” to discover spectacular rock and cliff formations, some of which rise over 200 feet of the Pictured...
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Entering Mackinac Bridge

Crossing the Mighty Mac...a.k.a.

Written by sightseeingsue on April 20, 2006

  • Five miles of panoramic views of the crystal-clear waters of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are there to greet you as you cross over the Straits on the Mackinaw Bridge, which connects the Lower Peninsula of...
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Whitefish Point Lighthouse

Worthwhile

Written by sightseeingsue on April 19, 2006

  • When life gets hectic my husband frequently recommends us buying and moving into an old lighthouse, promising us a peaceful solitude life, long walks on the beach, and endless water portraits at every glance. Though...
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Prayer of the Woods

Kitch-iti-Kipi...Kool Springs

Written by sightseeingsue on April 19, 2006

  • "I am the heat of your hearth on the cold winter nights, the friendly shade screening you from the summer sun," ye who pass by, listen to my prayer: Harm me not."These are some of...
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Log Slide

Road Less Traveled

Written by sightseeingsue on April 19, 2006

  • The sun was shining, temperatures were in the high 70s°F, and I was itching for a day trip while vacationing in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. One hour east lied this quaint little village called...
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