Today I remembered to bring a few magnets in a plastic bag with me to the beach, and lightly ran them across the sand. While Lake Michigan sand is mostly whitish silica (quartz), there are definite black specks that are magnetite… the most magnetic of all naturally occurring minerals on earth. Bigger pieces of magnetite…
Category: Michigan Road Trips
Michigan road trips to beaches, lighthouses vineyards, brew houses, restaurants sand dunes surf water unsalted vacations
July 13th: Why so blue?
Crystal clear and blue water is the norm for Lake Michigan. It, along with Lake Huron (technically Michigan and Huron are one lake) are the clearest of the Great Lakes… now clearer than Lake Superior. This photo I took a couple of miles north of Grand Haven. Views from the shore at the Grand Haven…
July 9th: Coming up for air
How is life in paradise? Plenty of sunshine and pleasant, of course! My son and his family came to visit us right after my last post on July 4th. They just left this morning to head back to Iowa. A great whirlwind visit. While we were able to share with them the peace and beauty…
July 4th: Electric Forest
Oldest son and family are on their way! Will be great to see them for the long weekend and show them why we landed here. We just finished up with five days caring for my daughter’s energetic dog while she attended Electric Forest. I believe this was her 5th year at Electric Forest. This is…
May 10th: Runnin’ down a dream
It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down I had the radio on, I was drivin’ Trees flew by, me and Del were singin’ little Runaway I was flyin’ Yeah runnin’ down a dream That never would come to me Workin’ on a mystery, goin’ wherever it leads Runnin’ down a dream — Tom…
T -11 Days: AllTrails
AllTrails Just discovered a new app that will be great for our exploration of Michigan, but also should be good for wherever you are in the world. So far, they have 50,000 trails covered with detailed GPS directions, maps, ratings and descriptions with 7 million registered users. It is the “app of the day” in…
T -22 Days: Atlas Obscura
Atlas Obscura A good friend told me about Atlas Obscura and suggested I join, look for place to visit, and add new ones as our Michigandreams begin. Great idea … 126 places listed so far in Michigan, we will be able to add a lot more. I have visited many on their lists across the…
T -29 Days: Sleeping Bear Dunes
With quarter close going hot and heavy, here are a couple Sleeping Bear Dunes videos. One of our first short road trips next month.
T -72 Days: Muskegon Luge
Last night my daughter posted Snapchat videos from the Muskegon Michigan winter sports complex. She was having great fun ice skating among the trees. Two acres of ice skating… hockey rink, speed skating, family rink, and a 1/4 mile ice skating trail. Add cross-country skiing and snowshoeing thru the dunes and you have a great…
T -75 Days: Lighthouses in Michigan
So lets see.. road trips this summer… beaches, breweries, boardwalks, wineries, and the icing on the cake.. the lighthouses of Michigan!