Cabin Roadside Art – A Unique Welcome
Our first post of Cottage Roadside Art is still popular today with 1000s of views. Here are a few more of our favorites.
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48 Huron County Businesses Received Paycheck Protection Program Loans
48 Huron County businesses that received PPP loans noted a total of 2,137 retained employees in the loan application. It’s estimated that between $16.2 to $36.6 million in PPP loans were made to businesses utilizing this program in the Upper Thumb.
The Big Views of Fish Point Wildlife Area
Known for the ability for birders to get up close to wildlife and offer amazing views, the Fish Point Wildlife Area is a large sanctuary. With over 3,700 acres and including about seven miles along the Saginaw Bay shoreline.
15 Things You Should Know About Visiting Michigan’s Sleeper State Park
Sleeper State Park was the first state park in the Thumb. With an excellent beach and camp sites it has been a place to camp and visit for over 95 years. Visitors can watch both sunrises and sunsets on Saginaw Bay, relax in the shade and seclusion of the campground or roam the trails of the ancient dune forests. It’s one of the most widely visited parks in Southeast Michigan. Yet still contains amazing secrets.
DNR Announces Reopening Dates For Michigan State Parks, and Harbors
The Michigan DNR has determined official opening dates for state park and state forest campgrounds, state harbors and other DNR-managed outdoor spaces.
Michigan Executive Order Bans Travel Between Residences
Starting Saturday, April 11, Michigan residents will not be allowed to travel between their downstate home and northern cottage, cabin or trailer. This executive order comes with extended guidelines and extends the Stay Home, Stay Safe issued March 24th which was due to expire April 13th.
Michigan’s Experience with Pandemics – Infographic
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.
A Fortnight in the Wilderness by Alexis De Tocqueville
In 1831, two 26-year-old, French aristocrats, Alexis De Tocqueville, and Gustave de Beaumont, decided to strike out, in what today’s terms, would be the ultimate road trip. Namely, traveling overland from Detroit, to the last “white” settlement in the Northwest Territories, to Saginaw Michigan.