Finding Fun in Michigan
I started Thumbwind Publications in 2009 when the installation of industrial wind turbines by utility companies was underway in Michigan’s Thumb. Now the entire three-county region is designated as the Wind Energy Capital of the Great Lakes. My family had a farm near Bad Axe in Colfax township and since I was born, I’ve been … Read more
Across Saginaw Bay from Michigan’s Thumb sits one of the prettiest lighthouses in Michigan.
The Michigan History Center has produced a video that offers viewers a virtual tour of climbing the lighthouse tower. As each step is made up of the tower, bits of history and fascinating design and functional aspects of the lighthouse are revealed. In the end, there is a little test you can take to on seven of the little aspects of the Tawas Point Lighthouse.
The first major highways were based on trails Native Americans has used for centuries throughout Michigan.
Here are four tidbits about those trails in Michigan’s Upper Thumb.
The site of the mysterious fort was first built in 1686 by the French. The Americans rebuilt the fort in 1814 and it was used until 1879. The exact location of the fort is listed as “restricted” by the US National Archives.
I wanted to see how efficiently the Pacifica would be traveling both in all-electric mode and then in the hybrid mode during this trip.
However, how would this vehicle’s system work on an 1800-mile trip on the open road? We would soon see.
Starting in late April, some 15 states will witness the emergence of billions of cicadas as they sing in their quest to look for mates.
This swam is called by the ominous named BroodX.
The shores along the Great Lakes states are a majestic sign of creation. Many who see it for the first time say it looks like an ocean. But, unfortunately, they are too large across the horizon. Nearly 51,000 square miles of the world’s surface area is covered by Lake Superior, among the largest lakes in North America.
.Visit just about any ice cream parlor in Michigan, and you will find a strange mixture of blue, red, and yellow among the Moose Tracks, Rocky Road, Chocolate, and Vanilla. It’s the famous Superman Ice Cream that you heard about. It’s named after a well-known superhero that wears the three colors on his outfit. Local legend said that a brewery put the flavors together in Detroit during prohibition in the 1930s.
