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A couple of years ago our ThumbWind blog made a post that rattled the establishment in Caseville by stating that the best cheeseburger came from the Hitching Post in Elkton. At that that time the locally famous burger chef,  “Jewels”...

A couple of years ago our ThumbWind blog made a post that rattled the establishment in Caseville by stating that the best cheeseburger came from the Hitching Post in Elkton. At that that time the locally famous burger chef,  “Jewels” mad...

it was a traditional family vacation at Camp Arcadia, filled with good food, plenty of relaxing & some book reading, and wonderful time spent with family and friends (some old and some new). a lot of time spent down on the beach, playing in the s...

I often wonder what the connection is between the Chicago Tribune and the state of Michigan. Is it simply that the Tribune is a newspaper in Chicago and Michigan is nearby? If so, that’s nice, because it’s good to be neighborly. But what...

As you saw in Part 1, Detroit has so much more to offer than what we normally see, hear or read about. It is worth exploring and make interesting discoveries along the way. During our two-hour circuit with Show Me Detroit tours, we visited GM Ren Cen...

As you saw in Part 1, Detroit has so much more to offer than what we normally see, hear or read about. It is worth exploring and make interesting discoveries along the way. During our two-hour circuit with Show Me Detroit tours, we visited GM Ren Cen...

“The real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes but in seeing with new eyes.” — Marcel Proust Let me ask you something. What first comes to mind when you hear Detroit? Do images of cars, Motown come up or perhaps you se...

“The real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes but in seeing with new eyes.” — Marcel Proust Let me ask you something. What first comes to mind when you hear Detroit? Do images of cars, Motown come up or perhaps you se...

An amazing video view of the transformation from winter to summer in the Upper Thumb of Michigan.

In Michigan, we are weeks into the Fall/Autumn Season!  For Michiganders, fall is all about  football, jeans, sweatshirts, cider mills, caramel apples, nature walks, hay rides, haunted houses, bonfires, pumpkin picking, crisp air, and the most be...

It’s official!  Fall has arrived and you know it’s Fall in Michigan when the Cider Mills are so jam packed, there’s no where to park and you have to wait until someone leaves just to get a spot and unload the family!  AND the line...

a spring tradition in Michigan is morel hunting out in the woods.  we’ve gone out looking for them twice this past week out at the homestead, and came home both days with some morels.  Thursday we found a small patch of them (weighed them to0...

I spent a few hours yesterday afternoon breaking in my new chainsaw and clearing some fallen trees at our new property.  when I arrived at the land, I was greeted by this amazing view of the tree leaves that are changing colors and falling across th...

In Michigan, we are one week away from officially entering the Fall/Autumn Season!  For Michiganders, fall is all about  football, jeans, sweatshirts, cider mills, caramel apples, nature walks, hay rides, haunted houses, bonfires, pumpkin picking,...

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