News & Fun in Michigan
The Charity Island History spans 100’s of years. Today the island is a wildlife sanctuary and visited by only a few people each year. We cover a bit of this mysterious remote island located in the middle of busy Saginaw Bay.
We went looking for over a dozen free things to in Michigan’s Thumb. This are fun for the family and only cost your time and travel.
Port Crescent State Park, located in southern Michigan, was once a thriving lumber town before becoming a ghost town. Today, it offers outdoor activities and preserves a rich history, including remnants of its past, amid scenic natural beauty along Lake Huron.
An amazing article from 1878 describing a Fishtown on the ice near Sebewaing on Saginaw Bay.
In Part One of our Michigan Day Trip Around the Thumb we traveled from Port Huron up the eastern shore of Lake Huron to the tip of the Thumb. Our starting point for the second half of our adventure is in Grindstone City. We will begin heading west along Saginaw Bay’s shore of sugar sand beaches and interesting coastal towns and villages. I hope you brought your bathing suit because this side of the Thumb offers some of the best swimming beaches in Michigan.
Over the past 100 years, the United States and Michigan have been hit with four influenza pandemics. Of all of these, the 1918 outbreak was the most serious in terms of mortality and the two-year duration of the epidemic.
M-25 is part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour from Port Huron to Bay City.
making a road trip is considered a safe way to travel as long as you stay socially distant from other folks.
The initial 111-megawatt Cross Winds® Energy Park — owned by Consumers Energy — began operating in 2014 in Tuscola County Michigan. Future phases of Cross Winds are being planned by Consumers Energy began in 2017 and continuing through 2020. 44 megawatts …
