Cruise Leelanau - Leland Boat Tours

Cruise Lake Leelanau from Leland!

Cruise Leelanau is a boat excursion where people can relax on his electric cruise A Lake Trick and enjoy the beautiful sights Lake Leelanau and the Leland River have to offer.
Truckin by Mark Smith

Truckin’ along for World Turtle Day

World Turtle Day is a celebration designed to raise awareness about turtles across the planet. It takes place every May 23rd so of course Mark got this photo yesterday morning.
Purple Curl by Mark Smith

Asparagus Time in Leelanau!

Yesterday signs were out for fresh Norconk Farms asparagus at a couple of roadside stands so the season is definitely upon us!
Cherry Blossom Time by Mark Smith

Cherry Blossom Time!

Mark got an awesome shot of cherry blossoms last week. We should have some blossoms left this week & weekend.
Leelanau Sweet Cherry Blossoms May 5

Sweet Cherry Blossoms Are Out!

As this photo from yesterday afternoon shows, Leelanau County's sweet cherry orchards are at or near full bloom, making this weekend an excellent time for a drive along the county's back roads!
South Fox Island Light Station

Fox Island Lighthouse Association gets a new website

In the "tooting our own horn" category comes news from the Fox Island Lighthouse Association about their new website.
April 2021 Leelanau Cherry Blossoms in Bud

Leelanau Cherry Blossoms Ready to POP!

As you can see from this photo taken Wednesday just down the hill from St. Wenceslaus in northern Leelanau County, sweet cherry blossoms are almost ready to burst!
M22 South Glen Arbor MI by Tom Powell

22 Stops on M-22

Traverse City Tourism has a cool feature highlighting 22 stops on M-22, the 116-mile state highway that follows the Leelanau coastline. 
April 16 Aurora on Sleeping Bear Bay by visitsleepingbear

Aurora Spring

Here's a stunning shot of last weekend's northern lights from @visitsleepingbear on Instagram. Give them a follow!

Any Day Now

Mark took this the other day of a cherry orchard on the high hills of Leelanau. Won't be long before cherry blossoms return!!!
Wreck of the Westmoreland by Chris Roxburgh

Diving the Westmoreland Shipwreck

The Westmoreland is a 160-foot passenger steamer sank more than 150 years ago in the icy waters off what is known now as the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
Evergiven Leland Harbor

Evergiven in trouble again

While much of the world rejoiced at the freeing of the Evergiven from the Suez Canal earlier this week, residents of the village of Leland awoke this morning to find that the hapless captain had somehow managed to run the vessel aground, blocking the entrance to Leland's harbor.