You Can Have It Your Way and Inexpensively. by Bill Herd Camping is as American as apple pie—oops, I mean cherry pie. It’s part of our pioneer heritage. Not too many generations back, we were all outdoor folks, hunters in the forest, shepherds on the hillsides, herders on the plains, farmer tilling the soil, fishing […]
Miller Hill Springtime View 2009, photo by John Clement Howe News from the Week In addition to our feature on How to Make the Most of Your One Day Visit to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, we also had great articles on Leelanau’s Centennial Iris Farm and the Leelanau Farmers Markets in Glen Arbor, […]
The annual Leland Wine Festival will be held next Saturday (June 13) from Noon – 6 PM. Now in its 24th year, it is the “Grandfather” of Michigan wine festivals and will include local wineries, local food vendors and live music from The Fabulous Horndogs. There’s been a little concern that harbor renovation might force […]
Be sure to check this out “background big” and also his Michigan slideshow.
by Bill Herd When you visit a National Park, the proper question to ask the ranger at the information desk is “What should I see and how do I do it?” If you were to ask how to get to a specific attraction, the ranger will tell you but it may not be the best […]
Rows of blossoms, photo by newsgirl23 News from the Week Stories this week included an overview of the nationally significant features of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (part of our summerlong feature on the Lakeshore), the upcoming and inaugural M-22 Challenge, a feature & photo on this weekend’s relighting ceremony at the South Manitou […]
KAScott_20081011_8056_trailsb, photo by Ken Scott Photography This Saturday (May 30) the National Park Service invites you to officially celebrate the relighting of the South Manitou Island Lighthouse. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore installed a replica third-order Fresnel lens in the completely refurbished lantern room of the lighthouse last fall, a historic event was made possible […]
Don doesn’t seem to have a ton of shots from Leelanau, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a better photo of the Barratt Pig Barn in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. See it bigger in his slideshow.
Blue Moon in Cedar, photo by Pentax K1000 Gal News from the Week In addition to the introduction of our new Guide to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, we also had a feature on the release of the completed Grand Vision document and a cool cherry blossom photo. The Week’s Weather The week’s weather […]
Hey! There’s also the annual Cedar Plant Sale on Saturday, May 23 from 9 am-4 pm next to the river in Cedar. This is a major fundraiser for the Cedar Area Community Foundation and their 256 dates of free activities throughout the year. Healthy perennials and wildflowers, inspected, are ready for planting in your garden. […]
Leland Public School students will present LEELANAU REMEMBERS, a video presentation featuring excerpts from oral history interviews completed with ten Leelanau residents over the past year. The presentation will take place in the Performing Arts Center at Leland School at 7 PM and is free to the public. The project is sponsored by the Leelanau […]
Larry is retired public broadcasting engineer who lives full time in a Cardinal 5th wheel RV. He and his wife have a blog called On the Road with Larry & Teddy. This photo is part of his Leelanau County set (slideshow) and Eitzen Road looks a lot like this today.