More Options for the Best Great Lakes Cruises in Summer 2020
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Category: Travel
Michigan Travel – While our focus is Michigan’s Thumb region, we strike out across the Great Lakes and find fun and things to do.
We look for places to see geared for families on a budget. We look for unique and one-of-a-kind spots that the tourists don’t know about.
Michigan has been a traveler’s destination for over 100 years. That is part of our Michigan history, and many great sites and stories came as a result.
We commonly take a road trip throughout Michigan to explore some out-of-the-way places that we want to know more about.
Destinations include; Michigan’s Upper Penninsula, The sunrise coast, the wine-producing areas and vineyards of Traverse and Southwest Michigan, the greater Detroit area, and even nearby Illinois and Ohio.
Here are some of our best Michigan Travel posts.
Port Austin Butterfly House and Gardens
The Butterfly Garden Project was due to an effort by the local community to utilize a seldom visited park in Port Austin and transform it into a visitor destination.
The 2020 Cheeseburger in Caseville is Cancelled – Details
Caseville is close enough to Southeast Michigan to make a great day trip to it’s Cheeseburger in Caseville Festival. Here are some hints to make your day stress free.
Play on the Shore of a Michigan Beach
Michigan Beach on Saginaw Bay A blissful day on one of the many Michigan Beach with public parks along the shoreline of the Thumb. Playing in the sugar sand along the shore with kids is a favorite thing to do in …
2017 Caseville Shanty Days – 25 Years
The middle of winter is celebrated and imbibed in the cold of February off the shores of the frozen Saginaw Bay. The 2017 Caseville Shanty Days Festival kicked off the 2017 year of fun in Key North. It’s Shanty Days Silver …
Turnip Rock On Cover of Pure Michigan Travel Guide
I was at Detroit Metro airport and spied a tourist handout that I couldn’t resist picking up. It was the Upper Thumb’s own Turnip Rock on the cover of the 2016 Pure Michigan Official State Travel Guide. The guide is published twice a …
“Let’s Get Flaky” at Caseville Shanty Days 2015
The 2015 Caseville Shanty Days was a “Flaky” winter time event. It’s a fun theme and here is a video of the polar bear dip.
Keweenaw Peninsula Michigan Road Trip Fun
Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula extends well out into Lake Superior from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It is dotted with iron ore and copper mines which dominated the economy in the 1800s. Today the area is a tourist and sportsmen playground with beachfront resorts, …