Detroit’s Eastern Market

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"You know, Detroit gets a bad rap, sure we got crime, blight, some political corruption, but what big city doesn’t. What make’s a city is the people that live there, and there is really no better place to see the people of Detroit then to spend a Saturday at Detroit’s Eastern Market, Michigan’s largest farmer’s market. People of all sorts shop side by side in the open air stalls or wander thought many specialty shops dragging their carts, bags and kids, Buskers work the corners for change. It is almost like spending a day at a carnival.

More information about Detroit’s Eastern Market.

Jammin' at Detroit's Eastern Market

 

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Point Betise Lighthouse

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"Point Betsie is yet another wonderful example of the lighthouse that stand the shores of the Great Lakes, protecting and guiding the ships and sailors.  Since 1859 Point Betsie Lighthouse has served to mark the entrance to the Manitou Passage on Lake Michigan. Located south of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and north of Frankfort, the lighthouse is now managed by the The Friends of Point Betsie Lighthouse and Benzie County The light is still used as a official aid to navigation under U.S. Coast Guard control. The lighthouse has under gone a renovation and is open to tours.

For more information about Point Betsie  stop by the The Friends of Point Betsie Lighthouse website.

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National Trout Memorial, Kalkaska

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"That’s right the National Trout Memorial. Did you know there was a National Trout Memorial? Well there is and it is located right here here in the Great State Michigan in Kalkaska. Featuring a 17 foot long Brook Trout (the State Fish of Michigan).
Kalkaska is the home of the National Trout Festival was is held the last weekend of April.
For more information clicks the links below.
The story of the Fountain from Morning Star Publications
National Trout Festival
Kalkaska, Michigan
Google Map of Kalkaska

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Howes Lake Wildfire, 3 months later.

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" Three month after the Howes Lake Wildfire burned though 817 acre of Crawford and Kalkaska County, Michigan, Ferns appear to be the first thing growing back in this burned out landscape. The ground baked by the fire, still crunched under your feet as you walk through the woods.
I know that compared to some parts of the county a 817 acre fire may not seem like a lot, but in Michigan, a fire this large is rare.
It is believed that fire was started by a lighting strike.

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