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editor’s note
elcome to our first issue where every feature is devoted to a great North-ern Michigan road trip We could not be
more excited about this, as our shoulder
seasons are perfect to explore the North
during a slightly quieter time and, of
course, what is better than gearing up
for a summer road trip filled with fun
at each stop
This theme is near and dear to my
heart as I am a road tripper from way
back My mom spent her twenties
driv-ing around the U.S on summers off from
her work at a school Then she loved
nothing better than throwing her four
kids into her convertible Olds 98 to head
north or south In those days we were
footloose in the car, roaming its seats
and foot wells at will, sometimes held in
place by ridiculous amounts of groceries
she’d packed so we’d be prepared when
we arrived Or, if we were going to my
dad’s family in southern Illinois, we
were all piled on a foam pad in the back
of the station wagon at 4 a.m., untethered
toddlers curled up like kittens; at least for
a little while Then it was endless games
to keep us occupied, lots of songs and,
as I can still slightly recall, squabbles
I never understood why they left for
Illinois in the middle of the night until
I had children
As we got older, there were
harrow-ing trips to Florida through the Smokies
when it was still two lanes and each of
my three siblings and I learned to hold
on to the wheel and drive on through
As soon as I could, I was on the road myself, back and forth across the West and, since my parents moved south my freshman year of college, many, many straight through trips south Hands down, some of my favorite tales are of things that happened on those road trips
Not a single one was the same
As soon as I moved Up North in
my twenties, weekends were filled with
exploration: Driving to new places in the region to ski, hike, bike, eat, view, you name it I married a man who could put everything he owned in his Honda Civic and fully expected some version
of that to always be true Road trips were music and an intoxicating sense
of total freedom
Then we had kids Four of them
Our era of parenting included car seats Thank heavens for safety, but it came with its own challenges of children
harnessed in for long periods of time
I can now admit that on one road trip when our oldest was an infant and very, very unhappy with the amount of time
he was spending in a car seat, I took him out somewhere between Florida and Atlanta It was so unheard of, unthink-able really, that I can still conjure up the feelings of terror I felt during those minutes Never did that again
Given our history, it was only natural that road trips would be a huge part
of lives with our kids Singing, yes Some games But, absolutely, books on tape We drove through Colorado and Wyoming listening to a fantastic audio
performance of Star Wars Peter and the
Starcatcher got us to Williamsburg And
thank you, Harry Potter From trips in Northern Michigan to the West, we had endless hours of watching the landscape drift past like a painting as we rode, lost in life at Hogwarts It was not at all uncommon for us to arrive home from a trip and stay in the car a bit to hear the last of a chapter of a book Our road trips were like a traveling cocoon, all together, sharing a space and a time that I knew was exceedingly precious.But as they got older, there was one more thing that contributed ultimately to
an ongoing joy of road trips When my kids were young, we made the decision not to have Nintendo or Xbox in the house You can only imagine how4
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well that went as three boys and their
sister grew older Our first foray into the
electronic game world was Gameboys,
handheld video game players We said
that the Gameboys were for car trips
if we were traveling for an hour or
more We never, ever got in the car
again without them begging for a longer
trip somewhere We took fabulous trips
with them around the country as older
kids But even more, we explored the
North with them on weekends; hiked
and biked, swam and skied, all over
Northern Michigan And while they
sometimes missed the landscape along
the way, they grew to know the region
as a place filled with adventure wherever
we landed
The days of being able to pile them
all in a car at will got harder as they
grew older We did end up with an
Xbox eventually And, of course, there
is the concern about the impact of cars
so we now own a hybrid electric car
that gets us everywhere on electric daily
But I’m afraid the die was cast on road
trips; we love them Well into their late
teens we were still listening to books in
the car with our kids, or sharing music,
still recognizing that when the six of us
got into a car together we were sharing
that peculiar gift of road trips, a
one-of-a-kind sense of adventure wrapped in
the cozy intimacy of a car And now
it’s their turn to hit the road
So, explore these pages, then pile in
with friends, kids, pets, significant others
or all on your own Whatever makes up
your traveling cocoon, be lulled by the
splendor of the spectacular landscapes
of these road trips and the discoveries
at every stop And revel in the intimacy
that comes from time together, in one
space and time, in search of new
adven-tures It’s worth every minute
Deborah Wyatt Fellows is founder and editor
in chief of Traverse Magazine/MyNorth
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Century was (almost) always the dream for
Dr Bruce Lirones, who is also a music enthusiast
and musician, playing trumpet for many years
in the NMC jazz bands and bass with family and
friends in a garage band He practices in Rapid
City, and he and his photographer wife, Lisa, live
on Clam Lake, where they raised their sons Brett
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(studying to become an optometrist).
Why did you go into medicine?
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up north | what's up
Clam River Bridge in a boat and I thought it was the biggest boat in the world I loved it Up North I moved
up here to recapture my childhood My boys came along for the ride I’ve had
“Go get your dad.” People had a hard time understanding why a kid wanted
to be a country doc Every day I go to work for my friends All these people have become my friends I still like it (although) I hate making diagnoses of these horrible diseases
How different is it than when you started?
We have open-heart surgery in Traverse City There were no heart cath labs—you had to go to Grand Rapids You look at all sorts of technology It gives you better outcomes I think my patients live a little longer, a little better, come back from surgery better For my patients, I trap the bear, the specialists skin it I figure out what’s wrong, get them to the right person On July 19,
1983, I opened my office in Alden Back then I’d work shifts at the Kalkaska
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Music | Aguankó, a
talented group of Michigan-
based musicians steeped in
the tradition of jazz-infused
Son-Salsa, perform at Milliken
Auditorium in Traverse City
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And More | The Cajun Creole
Cooking Class at Chateau Chantal
makes you feel like you’ve been
down on the bayou in Louisiana
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Nature | Grass River Natural
Area hosts a spring bird walk
in beautiful Bellaire Learn to
identify birds by sight and sound
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Theater | At the 8th Annual
Young Playwrights Festival,
enjoy six original one-act
plays produced and performed
for the first time on the City
Opera House stage Written by
regional high school students
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Theater | The Who's Tommy
is a classic rock opera that tells the story of a deaf, dumb and mute boy who becomes a world-famous Pinball Wizard and the leader of a cult of devotees Old Town Playhouse
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And More | Plan an Up North Wedding! Spend the day
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10 wineries and venues, meeting vendors & creating your dream wedding! MyNorthTickets.com
Literary | Elementary students catch a bus to the Charlevoix
Library on Mondays for
After-School Chapter Choppers, a club
dedicated to learning more about outer space charlevoixlibrary.org And More | Boyne
Appétit! Restaurant Week: Visit Boyne City and surrounding areas for exceptional restaurants, breweries and food retailers April 29-May 5 petoskeyarea.com
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2019 Crooked Tree Arts Center
Youth Art Show in Petoskey: 13
Artwork created by Char-Em ISD and home-school
stu-dents, Kindergarten through Grade 12, will be on display
during the Youth Arts Festival The opening reception
is Saturday, April 13 from 2-4pm Awards for exhibiting
high school students will be announced at the Youth
Arts Awards Night on Wednesday, April 24 at 7pm
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Fairs, Festivals and Holidays
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Mackinaw Raptor Fest: 5-7
A great little birding event at the tip of Michigan's
mit-ten, Mackinaw Raptor Fest appeals to anyone who loves
to watch and learn about bird migration Excellent
pro-gramming includes five presenters from the Eastern
Golden Eagle Working Group This coalition of state and
federal biologists, research scientists, wildlife managers,
and activists meet in Mackinaw City The three-day event
provides great views of migrating raptors and interesting
educational workshops mackinawraptorfest.org
Traverse City Chocolate Festival: 7
Michigan’s largest Chocolate Festival, with special
tast-ings and samples, door prizes and live music Check out
the new venue this year at the Park Place Hotel This is
a fundraiser for the Northwest Food Coalition
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Easter Egg Hunts: 20
Downtown Frankfort hosts the annual egg hunt at
10am sharp, Mineral Springs Park The Easter Egg Hunt
in Benzonia takes place from 1-2pm at Memorial Park
Charlevoix’s Easter Egg Hunt begins at 2pm at East Park
83rd Annual Trout Festival: 25-28
Celebrate the opening of trout season in Northern Michigan
with fishing contests, a parade, live entertainment, steam
train excursions and much more at the National Trout
Festival in Kalkaska nationaltroutfestival.com
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Celebration for Young Children: 27
Enjoy a day of fun for the entire family, with many
hands-on activities, performances and entertainment in shops
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Literary
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An Evening with Lisa Scottoline: 15
Bestselling and award-winning author Lisa Scottoline reaches new heights with the riveting novel, Someone Knows, about how our past can derail our present and how not guilty doesn’t always mean innocent Lisa Scottoline is the New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award-winning author of thirty-two novels Scottoline also writes
a weekly column with her daughter, Francesca Serritella, for The Philadelphia Inquirer, and those universally be-loved stories have been adapted into a series of bestselling memoirs In addition to writing, Lisa reviews popular fiction and nonfiction, and her reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Philadelphia Inquirer Guest host Cynthia Canty joins Scottoline for the National Writers Series at the City Opera House, Traverse City nationalwritersseries.org
Events at Charlevoix Library 2-29
Apr 2 & 23: Edward Jones, Social Security on April 2 and Medicaid on April 23 Apr 6 Prom Dress Closet Apr 10 Teen Program: Edible Stress Ball Apr 15 BookTalkers:
Rebecca Apr 16 Robert Downes: Life in Native America
400 Years Ago Apr 17 Technology Class: eBook Drop
In Apr 29 WinterFolk Concert Series: Bruce Ogden and Scott McCarthy charlevoixlibrary.org
Music
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Western Michigan University Gold Company: 5
The nation’s top collegiate vocal jazz ensemble, Gold Company is an internationally regarded and award-winning vocal jazz ensemble from Western Michigan University
Graduates of the program are currently touring with ists such as Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Taylor Swift, Sting, and Liza Minnelli Enjoy their performance at West Shore Community College, Scottville General admission tickets available at MyNorthTickets.com
Cheeseburger in Paradise:
A Tropical Rock Extravaganza: 6
This is the perfect antidote for a long, cold winter! Jim, Doc & Donna of Peter, Paul & Mary Remembered fame warm up the Old Town Playhouse with the best of Jimmy Buffet, beach music and Tropical Rock Enjoy a real party with beach balls flying, a limbo stick, and a contest for the wildest, most colorful tropical shirt With the happy sounds of California Dreamin’ meeting up with Buffet’s Florida groove, your winter blues will disappear Plan to change your attitude and your latitude with a Margarita and a cheeseburger Traverse City MyNorthTickets.com
Nature
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Earth Day Tree Planting: 20
Bring your family and friends to the Consuelo Diane &
Charles L Wilson Jr Working Forest Reserve in Harbor Springs and help plant 1,000 trees to accompany those planted last spring.10am-2pm landtrust.org
Wings of Wonder Presentation
at Horizon Books: 27
Live raptors accompany each and every program so audience members have the opportunity for a close up look at these magnificent birds A hands-on display of raptor artifacts including wings, talons, feathers, pel-lets, and photos are also available at each presentation Downtown Traverse City horizonbooks.com
Theater
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Pilgrim, Her Story: 5-7
Purity Ring Family Theatre presents their 16th annual spring production, Pilgrim, Her Story, a contemporary musical adaptation based on John Bunyan's classic work, Pilgrim's Progress Pilgrim, Her Story presents the story of a teen girl on a journey to find meaning in her life Along the way, she meets many people who either encourage or discourage her as she copes with disap-pointment and tragedy The musical powerfully deals with many issues today's teen faces including bullying, peer-pressure, and depression This is a moving produc-tion that offers the audience hope and encouragement Performed in the beautiful new theater, The Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor Not recommended for children under age 6 MyNorthTickets.com
And More
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Weekend Dinners at the Inn at Black Star Farms: 5, 12, 19, 26
Enjoy an intimate 3-course dining experience at the clusive Inn at Black Star Farms The culinary team, win-ner of the Best Classic Food & Wine Pairing at the 2017 Grand Rapids International Wine, Beer & Food Festival, has created a special prix fixe menu to accompany their wines and help you warm up on a chilly day Dinner in-cludes one glass of house wine Additional wine may be purchased for an extra cost MyNorthTickets.com
Special Dinners at The Cooks’ House: 9, 22
Apr 9: Five course dinner paired with the spirits from Iron Fish Distillery Apr 22 Each year Chefs Jen and Eric search out the best young cooks cooking in the area's restaurants and have them cook a dinner featuring food
of their own creation Two dinners for this event at 5:30 and 8:30pm Traverse City, 231.946.8700
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Annual Titanic Dinner: 13
All aboard! This annual dinner is an event not to miss! The evening includes fabulous dinner, live entertainment and a historical presentation at Stafford’s Perry Hotel, Petoskey staffords.com
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Cherry Bowl Drive-in, where all movies are at most PG rated
and dogs are invited When it’s time to stretch two- and
four legs, there’s 50s era fun such as mini-golf or hula hoop
contests CHERRYBOWLDRIVEIN.COM
TASTE WINE at Rudbeckia Farm and Winery near Walloon
Lake Owners set out dog treats and water bowls for visiting
pups, wine, beer and cider for the humans, and all love
hanging out at bocce and corn hole courts RUDBECKIAFARM.COM
PADDLE WITH THE POOCH at Oscoda Canoe Rental, where
dogs can help navigate the river and love the plentiful sandbars
for an easy park and splash OSCODACANOE.COM
BRING THEM ONBOARD the ferries to pet-friendly Mackinac
Island and then to the Upper Peninsula and an unforgettable
self-steering raft trip over 40-foot deep Kitch-iti-Kipi Springs
within Palms Book State Park
SOAK UP THE HISTORY at Colonial Michilimackinac in Mackinac City, where dogs are welcome on tours—especially if they’re good with British soldiers and the blast of the vintage weapons they occasionally fire MACKINACPARKS.COM
HUNT FOR PETOSKEY STONES, together, (or just play some fetch) on pet-friendly Good Harbor Beach in Glen Arbor, part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
HOP IN A CANOE OR KAYAK at Borchers in Grayling, where friendly dogs can float along the beautiful Au Sable River and love the public places to park and picnic along the way—be sure to bring a leash Then, cold water for Fido and small-batch brews for you await on the patio at Paddle Hard Brewing, Michigan Ave., downtown CANOEBORCHERS.COM, PADDLEHARDBREWING.COM
SEARCH FOR COPPER at Delaware Mine Tour Pets are welcome on the popular mine tour in Mohawk; for more fun, there’s guided copper sleuthing in poor rock piles
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and black flannel lumberjack shirt—just
the thing for a weekend in the Upper
Peninsula Walking-checkerboard that I
am, my daughter, Cassidy, spots me
eas-ily outside my office at MyNorth Media
in downtown Traverse City She pulls
into the parking lot across the street
and we squeeze my overnight back into
the hatch that is already stuffed with a
portable crib, strollers, diapers, duffels
… the essentials needed to mobilize the
tow-headed duo strapped into their
seats in the back Silent for the moment,
they are Ethan Robert Fisher, just over 2
years old, and his 6-month-old brother,
Simon Chase Fisher; my grandsons
Their great grandmother (Cassidy’s
grandma, my mom … you get it) is in
the passenger seat Mimi is 86 The
plan is for Gamma Liss, as I am called,
to wedge her hips between the boys’
car seats for the nearly five-hour drive
Our dress rehearsal several days before
proved that it worked My daughter
and I have joked that we are crazy to
attempt this trip But with teamwork,
we got this
It is a joyously beautiful trip up the
Lake Michigan coast during which we
call out bridges to Ethan—over the Elk River, the marvelous drawbridge
in Charlevoix—and promise him one big, giant, huge bridge to come And not long after that, we will see Uncle Keef My youngest child and only son,
he is in his senior year at Northern Michigan University and the purpose
of this trip
Born on her birthday, Keef is the light of Mimi’s life—a devotion Keef has always returned, but in double mea-sure since my divorce nearly a decade ago, when Grandma was a sweet island
of comfort in his life Mimi wouldn’t miss this trip to see Keef for the world
Just how epic it is for her, however
is spelled out in her confusion over the geography of our route A brilliant social studies teacher who could once name the Great Lakes in her sleep, she can no longer envision a mental map
of Michigan, Huron and Superior As Cassidy and I gently work to remind her of the shape of Michigan and where Lake Michigan meets Lake Huron under the Mackinac Bridge, Ethan crumbles
a pink wafer cookie to the consistency
of glacial till and smears the backseat
in sticky streaks Meanwhile, Simon,
whose serious, blue-eyed stare has all but penetrated me down to our shared mitochondrial DNA, begins to howl.This happens as we are about to cross the Mackinac Bridge And does any Michigander ever really take that lightly? The people of our state come in two distinct categories: the inside-laners who prefer bumping across the noisy grate-covered lane to driving perilously close to the bridge edge; the outside-laners who breeze along, making sure
to take their eyes off the asphalt ahead
of them to soak in that beautiful blue over the railing My daughter is an outside laner
As the iron-ore docks and smoke stacks of Marquette Harbor come into view, we have Ethan chanting “Uncle Keef, Uncle Keef, Uncle Keef …” Not long after we are settled into our motel,
my son appears, bearing Thai carryout from our loved Rice Paddy restaurant It’s not just Ethan bouncing off the walls with excitement
The next morning, Keef tells us he’d like to take us on a hike along the Dead River Falls He will carry Simon in a front pack; Ethan will be on Cassidy’s back My only job is to keep up 4
Four generations Two peninsulas
One Michigan family’s epic road trip.
TEXT BY ELIZABETH EDWARDS
essay | up in michigan
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Sadly, there is no way to bring Mimi
on this trail that winds over rocks, a
jungle of exposed tree roots and along
a cliff But Keef assures her he has a
treat to make up for it
So before our hike, we follow his car
as he drives, up, up, up a washed-out
dirt road that switchbacks Marquette
Mountain Near the top he pulls onto
the shoulder and we do the same
“Come with me,” he says as he opens
the passenger seat door to gently help
his grandma out of the car
Facing a slight slope littered with
boulders she pauses, bewildered “You
can do it,” he says, taking her arm I
take the other, Cassidy and her boys
follow behind She struggles, but
proudly, and we make it to the top
Dizzying feet below, a hearty swath
of our country’s Northern border is
mapped out in cobalt blue “I thought
you’d want to see this view, Mimi,”
Keef says The jolt of beauty, the
expanse of sky and Lake Superior, the
sense of accomplishment, the fact that
her grandson had done something so
special for her—it is almost beyond
her comprehension She stares,
blink-ing, processblink-ing, thanking From her
jauntier step back down to the car, we
know she grasps the significance of his
gift to her
That night, with our hikes precious
memories, Mimi and I sleep like babies
Not so for Cassidy in the room next
door I notice the gray circles under
eyes as we hug Keef goodbye
She takes the wheel, but when I
see her fight to stay awake I insist on
driving; she relents We swap seats in
Munising, and two hours later, as the
car hums over Big Mac’s inside-lane
grating, my passengers are all asleep
Except Simon The reflection in the baby
mirror catches him wide awake, gazing
adoringly at his mama’s sleeping face
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EMPIRE BEACH / EMPIRE
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The highway that began as a series of Native American trails and
that was, by 1915, “autoroute” to the tourist wonders of Northern
Michigan, begins on the northern edge of the city of Manistee
A mile into it you are in forests and countryside, when quickly
there comes the tiny town of Onekema, set along Portage Lake
The historic Blue Slipper Tavern, which has been around since
the 1800s, serves up Friday night fish fry and other homemade
specials until May That’s when food trucks take over, on rotation
in the parking lot of this classic watering hole The Glenwood is
on the other side of town Guests come for the whitefish or perch
tower, but it’s the peanut butter pie they leave with—returning the
empty plates on the doorstep under cover of darkness
Out of Onekema, M22 rises into Northern Michigan farmland,
and with it comes the farmstands You’ll want an empty trunk and
a spare cooler At mile 11, Miller’s is laden in summer with berries,
cherries and peaches Farther on another stand offers up both fruit
and locally sourced treasures for rock hounds
Turn left off M22 on 13 Mile toward Pierport, where lumber
was loaded from train to ship back in the mid to late-1800s, and
the road dead-ends at a pretty little Lake Michigan beachfront
Adjacent is a small park and “Old Faceful,” the first of numerous
natural springs that dot this region No more than a pipe stuck into
the earth, water bubbles out of it, deliciously icy cold
Back on M22, barreling north and west, it’s orchards that
sur-round until at last Arcadia Bluffs looms on its perch above Lake
Michigan This impressive links-style golf course was built to resemble Irish seaside courses—a fact that hits home summer evenings when a course-employed bagpiper sends Gaelic strains across the surrounding heath
Down from the bluffs, the sweet, cottagey town of Arcadia is framed in the windshield Straddling Lake Michigan and Arcadia Lake, Arcadia grew up in the lumber era when a narrow gauge railway connected the local lumbering industry with the Starke mill at the end of Lake Arcadia From here, M22 slides past peeks
of Lake Michigan to the west and wildflower-studded forests on
the east Near the crest of a big winding hill, pull over at Arcadia
Scenic Turnout (known locally as Inspiration Point) for the
shock-blue panorama—a true memory imprinter that teaches in one horizon-sized picture the stunning vastness of Lake Michigan Climb the 120 wooden steps to a viewing platform and soak it in
Back in the car, it’s less than a mile to Arcadia Dunes, a tract of
preserved dunes that are the geological smaller sibs to the more
famous Sleeping Bear Dunes to the north Pulling over to hike Baldy
Trail to a dune-top scenic overlook is definitely worth the effort.
From the trailhead it’s about four miles to Watervale Inn—the
kind of vintage resort you wish there were more of—wedged along Lake Michigan and Lower Herring Lake The old-timey buildings
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FRANKFORT TO EMPIRE
Once a major port for carferries crossing
Lake Michigan to Wisconsin, Frankfort
has reinvented itself as one of the hippest harbor towns on Lake Michigan The gen-esis of that cool is at Stormcloud Brewing
on Main Street, one of Michigan’s premier
microbrews that sits next to the Garden
Theater, a renovated small-town movie
house The town boasts a first-class Lake
Michigan beach known for its breakwater, lighthouse and rolling surf that attracts surfers in all seasons
Return to M22 from here and the byway
passes Crystal Lake, Caribbean-blue and
dotted with sailboats and swimmers; to the west, just beyond woodlands and sand dunes, is Lake Michigan, as well as the photogenic Point Betsie Lighthouse (a landmark since 1858) with its windswept beach
From here, M22 skirts past Chimney
Corners Resort—with its all-new Rocks Landing Restaurant jutting above Crystal
Lake—and then into the southern gateway
of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National
Lake-shore whose 35 jaw-dropping miles hug
M22’s midsection Here, the Old Indian
Trail is made for peaceful summer hikes
Just when you think there would be nowhere to eat around here, the 40-year-
old Manitou Restaurant, (famed for its lake
perch and Great Lakes whitefish dinners) pops up along the forest-lined road
Next up: Platte River, which flows
under M22 in lazy, minnow-clear shallows, along grassy wetlands, and between sandy dunes before emptying into the vast Lake Michigan, making for easygoing inner-tube floats and paddling excursions Riverside Canoe Trips has been outfitting drifters with canoes and tubes—and more recently, kayaks—since 1964 Reservations are a wise choice at all of the liveries along this popular stretch of river
If a tubing trip isn’t in the cards today, but you’d still like to dip a toe in the water numerous other jumping off—or in—points proliferate along the way Just north, at the end of Esch Road, Otter Creek
winds into Lake Michigan at just one of many idyllic beaches in the Sleeping Bear
Dunes National Lakeshore If you’re
driv-ing through in sprdriv-ing, keep eyes peeled: This is asparagus country and it grows no better anywhere else Watch for roadside signs that point the way to Norconk’s honor system stand that delivers up crisp, tender stalks daily
EMPIRE TO LELAND
In Empire find the mega-popular Lake Michigan Beach Park, a sandy strip of
shoreline wedged between South Bar Lake
and Lake Michigan This friendly downtown
is also home to Sleeping Bear Surf and
Kayak (surf lessons, anyone?) Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate—with its handmade
truffles and bonbons—and Shipwreck Cafe,
a tiny outpost with irresistible sandwiches
This town also serves up Joe’s Friendly
Tavern, where no one I know has ever been
nearly kicked out for dancing on the tables
on, say, a snowy New Year’s Eve
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Empire must-stop This is the place to learn about everything this
glorious park has to offer from the nearby Pierce Stocking Scenic
Drive and Dune Climb to maritime history
Follow M22 across the Glen Lake Narrows Bridge (where
jumping from the railing is as much a rite of passage to kids both
local and summer, as it is illegal) and its view across Little Glen
Lake of the glowing Sleeping Bear Dunes Fronting M22 in Glen
Arbor you’ll find Boonedocks, where the deck rocks with live music
all summer; iconic Art’s Tavern with its equally iconic owner, Tim
Barr; and the M22 Glen Arbor store where you can get that M22
T-Shirt you’ll want to wear in Kathmandu More good stuff awaits
on this town’s side streets: Cherry Republic, an emporium of all
things cherry, and Synchronicity Gallery, known for extreme
devotion to Michigan artists
Cross over sandy-bottomed Crystal River and past a historic mill
currently being renovated/rescued by a young visionary, and the
highway dog-legs right Just past is the entrance to the four-season
resort, The Homestead Some pretty twists and bends north, the
resort’s grand lawn and flowerbeds give way to the lost-in-time
farmsteads of the Port Oneida Historic District Stop in at the
headquarters, a calendar-perfect red barn and white farmhouse
on M22, and find out about their history and how they came to be
a part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
At Port Oneida’s north end, turn left at the farmhouse with a
mural celebrating our nation’s 1976 centennial and you’re headed
to the big sand and water of Good Harbor beach
Hungry? Some of the best pizza in Michigan awaits up the road
at the little red Market 22 (call ahead as there can be long lines for
this crave-worthy pie) Little Traverse Inn next door has a robust
tavern menu and a “Cheers”-esque bar
That’s Little Traverse Lake across the highway, but in a couple
miles you’ll be shadowing Lake Michigan again all the way into
Leland Resist the temptation to turn on M204 to Suttons Bay—
you’ll get there soon enough And first a leg-stretch in Leland: home
to the lovingly preserved fish shanties of Fishtown, the village is
studded with boutique galleries, sweets shops, and a Lake Michigan
harbor that defines picturesque
LELAND TO TRAVERSE CITY
Heading around the tip of the peninsula means you won’t miss
Northport Fischer’s Happy Hour Tavern, a couple miles south of
town, is a straight-up roadhouse classic with memorable burgers
and fried cauliflower On the edge of the village proper, M22
becomes a conundrum as its road signs meet themselves—coming
and going Jog north on M201 and find Northport’s bustling marina
and beach and Mitten Brewing Co., with its outdoor patio and food
truck Then there’s the Garage Bar & Grill, and Tucker’s—a family
destination thanks to an indoor bowling alley
Hours into this epic road trip, southward bound on M22 once
again, the water is to the east at last Now, the views aquatic are all
Grand Traverse Bay, with farmland and orchards rising to the west
Cruise through Omena, a slip of a town set on crescent Omena Bay
The prim-as-grandma’s-hanky white clapboard buildings house cottages, an art gallery and an old timey general store Across the
street Leelanau Wine Cellars Tasting Room and Knot Just a Bar
rock a more modern vibe
A stone’s throw north finds you in Peshawbestown, home of
the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians While
the Leelanau Sands Casino is a draw, it’s the Eyaawing Museum
and Cultural Center that captivates Slip into the main hall for a
better understanding of how the native tribes shaped the local communities
Tear yourself away, head back on M22, and soon vineyards and wineries begin appearing, arrows pointing off M22 to cideries and tasting rooms First up, just down a driveway behind an old barn,
is Nathaniel Rose Wine, where Rose himself is sourcing grapes locally and from across the state to compose small-batch wines,
with a special focus on reds Then comes the 45th Parallel, a
particular thrill in the crossing of it that never quite goes away,
followed soon after by quaint Suttons Bay with its historic Bay
Theatre, Bahle’s—one of the oldest retailers in Michigan, going
strong for 143 years—boutiques, a marina, beach and an ment of casual eateries
assort-Then, that blue, that unique up-north-water blue of Grand
Traverse Bay, comes to fill your view If it takes a moment to tear
yourself away, you should do so just as it slips from sight, where
Hop Lot Brewing Co appears instead On the inside, blondes and browns, ambers, Scotch ales, and stouts line the taps; but outside it’s Up-North living writ large: multiple firepits line a casual beer garden, the thump of cornhole bags keep time to the music.Hop Lot makes a pretty darn happy ending to an M22 voyage But maybe even more fitting would be to take the highway to trail’s end, almost to Traverse City As M22 dips and curves, try to spy
the tall ship Manitou cruising the bay In Greilickville, there’s just one more treat: specifically, Wares Bros Frosty Treat on West Bay
Do the drive-through as the locals do, rolling up on their after-work
commute, then head down M22 to West End Beach After a day
filled to the brim with scenery, curiosities and snacks—there’s still room for ice cream, and a sunset
When Julie H Case isn’t writing about travel, wine or weird science, she can
be found deep in America’s forests, foraging for mushrooms juliehcase.com // Grant Piering is a Traverse City based adventure-lifestyle photographer and videographer showcasing organic experiences and memories grantpiering.com
6 MARKET 22 7 MS PAC-MAN AT FISCHER’S HAPPY HOUR TAVERN 8 NATHANIEL ROSE WINE 9 WEST END BEACH
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and Upper, by the very deep, very blue water (or in the
winter, thick, white ice) of the Straits of Mackinac Then, on
November 1, 1957, miraculous ribbons of asphalt, wire and two
majestic towers knit together to become the Mackinac Bridge
Two hundred miles away, Detroit was ready with visions
of family station wagons, sedans and sports cars zipping across
what was once an abyss In a sense, the two—the bridge and
the automobile—grew up together, in a story that began in
1886, with the first patents for the gas-powered automobile
granted to Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler The very next
year, David Steinman was born to a family who lived in the
shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge All his life, he loved books
and poetry and bridges Near the end of this rich life, he
would design the Mackinac Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge, the first steel-wire suspension bridge
in the world, finished in 1883, caught more than just a little
boy’s fancy It inspired folks in Michigan to dream big—a
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, longest-bridge-in-the-world
kind of big A 5-mile feat of engineering suspended 500
feet over water 250 feet deep A feat that had never been
performed in the history of the world In France, Gustave
Eiffel was dreaming of a crazy iron structure that would rise a breathtaking 1,000 feet in the air In Michigan, they wanted to go long Way long
The idea ignited imaginations from Lansing to St Ignace, where, in 1884, a local businessman published a drawing
of the Brooklyn Bridge with the caption: “Proposed bridge across the Straits of Mackinac.”
More commanding was a statement at the 1888 Grand Hotel’s Board of Director’s meeting by railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt: “We now have the largest, most well-equipped hotel of its kind in the world for a short season business Now what we need is a bridge across the Straits.” Yes, the future, Vanderbilt presaged, was in tourism.Over the course of the next 70 years discussions about a bridge hiccuped along, tripped up by two World Wars, the Great Depression and the Korean War Eventually, car ferries did the work of transporting cars between the peninsulas, but not as efficiently as a bridge would
In 1950, the state got serious and instituted the nac Bridge Authority Almost $100 million worth of bonds were to pay for the new bridge that was estimated to cost
Macki-$45 million, and David Steinman was hired to design it
THE BRIDGE’S OFFICIAL DEDICATION IN JUNE 1958.
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CLOCKWISE: ERECTING THE EAST CATWALK BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH TOWERS / PREPARING TO LIFT SUSPENDED ROADWAY TRUSS SECTION INTO
POSITION / AMERICAN BRIDGE DIVISION WORKERS BOARDING A PERSONNEL BOAT AT SHIFT CHANGE FROM PIER 22 / DR DAVID B STEINMAN
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bridge today—which means regularly climbing
to the top! MyNorth.com/MightyMac
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It took four years, 3,500 workers, 895,000 blueprints, 71,300 tons of structural steel, 931,000 tons of concrete, 42,000 miles of cable wire, 4,851,700 steel rivets, 1,016,600 steel bolts and, tragically, the lives of three men who died on the job,
to build her
Cars began flowing over the Mackinac Bridge on November 1, 1957 The first car over was a shiny new 1958 Dodge Coronet, courtesy of Brown Motors, a family-owned dealership still doing business in Petoskey At the bridge’s official dedication the next June, 103 sparkling white Oldsmobile convertibles (one for every county in Michigan) bearing dignitaries paraded across the bridge The epic moment didn’t escape anyone involved The bridge was a global phenomenon;
a structure that would facilitate commerce; offer people access to better medical treatment and open up the world to the Upper Peninsula And likewise it would open up easy access to three Great Lakes coastlines, to miles of backcountry hiking, skiing and (my personal favorite) pastie-gorging Raison d’etres all for the Mackinac Bridge But when you are midway across this steel, concrete and wire goddess of strength and beauty, gazing down on the mirrored shorelines, Mackinac Island and the ruffled waves of two Great Lakes, the voyage is all about the Mackinac Bridge The greatest 5-mile road trip, ever
Elizabeth Edwards is managing editor of Traverse Magazine lissa@traversemagazine.com // Photos courtesy
of MDOT Photo Michigan.gov/MDOT
* Although the Big Mac is now the third-longest suspension bridge in the world, at 8,614 feet (the distance between her towers) she still holds the title of longest suspension bridge in the Western Hemisphere Thank you to the Mackinac Bridge Authority, mackinacbridge.org, and mightymac.org for providing Big Mac facts.
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