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Category: Michigan History

Famous “Bro Pairs” In Pop Culture (And Real Life)

Sometimes things are just better in pairs. Salt and pepper, coconut and chocolate, peanut butter and jelly, peas and carrots, beer and chicken wings, the list goes… Read more “Famous “Bro Pairs” In Pop Culture (And Real Life)”

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 by heb23

Latest Cabin Adventure – Orchard Beach State Park (Manistee, MI) – A View So Wonderful Everybody Wants Some! And Your Picnic Table, Too!

If you allow a “seasoned” camper to blather on long enough about their various adventures, sooner or later the phrase “camper courtesy” will come up. It can… Read more “Latest Cabin Adventure – Orchard Beach State Park (Manistee, MI) – A View So Wonderful Everybody Wants Some! And Your Picnic Table, Too!”

October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 by heb23

You Might Be A Dyed In The Wool Michigander If…

There may be 50 individual states in the U.S., but they are not all the same! Each state’s inhabitants have their own collective personality and quirks making… Read more “You Might Be A Dyed In The Wool Michigander If…”

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 by heb23

I Was Only Trying To See The Worst of the Great Lakes – And Nearly Got Lost “Downriver…”

The best thing that ever happened to me while in Michigan’s “Downriver” area was winning $2,500 at a trivia tournament in 2017. Other than that? I’ve received… Read more “I Was Only Trying To See The Worst of the Great Lakes – And Nearly Got Lost “Downriver…””

September 7, 2020September 7, 2020 by heb23

Scenes From Our “Country Road Trip” (Lenawee County, MI)

It was a drizzly/rainy day on Saturday, so we decided to take a little “country road trip.” Our destination was Lake Hudson Recreation Area near the Ohio… Read more “Scenes From Our “Country Road Trip” (Lenawee County, MI)”

August 2, 2020 by heb23

Michigan’s Thumb – Would You Like Beach – Or Farms?

If you want to get to anywhere good in Michigan’s Thumb, you have to drive through lots and lots of boring stuff first. Me – talking to… Read more “Michigan’s Thumb – Would You Like Beach – Or Farms?”

July 13, 2020July 13, 2020 by heb23

Rainy Day? Take A Fall Color Tour! Shots of Rural Southeast MI

It was a rainy day last Saturday, so plans by my husband and I have to have a nice fall hike were kind of…canceled. But we thought… Read more “Rainy Day? Take A Fall Color Tour! Shots of Rural Southeast MI”

October 28, 2019November 1, 2019 by heb23

Some Harrisville, MI Scenes…

My husband and I recently visited the tiny city of Harrisville, MI, which is the sixth smallest incorporated “entity” that can qualify as a “city” in the… Read more “Some Harrisville, MI Scenes…”

October 22, 2019 by heb23

Michigan Counties – What’s In a Name?

Once, while on a camping trip, I was sitting in my car. My husband wasn’t quite done with getting his beauty sleep, and while I was doing… Read more “Michigan Counties – What’s In a Name?”

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 by heb23

Fact Du Jour – September 10, 2019 – Fordlandia – Henry Ford’s Abandoned Rubber City

Fordlandîa, located deep in the Amazon rain forest in Brazil, was operational between 1928 and 1934. In the 1920s, automaker Henry Ford wanted to build a “colony”… Read more “Fact Du Jour – September 10, 2019 – Fordlandia – Henry Ford’s Abandoned Rubber City”

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 by heb23

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