Fowling Warehouse

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(313) 264-1288 3901 Christopher St, Detroit, MI 48211 WEBSITE Do you like football? Do you like Bowling? Do like to make up strange new words … Well, have I got a fun filled new sport for you. It’s called Fowling. That’s right a combination of football and bowling … and here in Detroit at the Fowling Warehouse they have everything …

Maybury Farm

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(248) 374-0200 50165 Eight Mile Rd., Northville, MI 48167 www.mayburyfarm.org When was the last time you were down on the farm… or up on the farm, for that matter? Well, it really doesn’t matter, because what does matter is that you get yourself down to Maybury Farm in Northville. It’s a great place for fun, families and hobnobbing with all …

Sea Snoopers Dive Club

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www.seasnoopers.com Did you know that not only is Marine City inhabited by land mammals, sea snoopers inhabit the waters there, and they don’t even bite? That’s because Sea Snoopers is a dive club in Southeast Michigan that loves to explore the waters around Marine City. From what they told me, apparently there are tons of cool artifacts on the riverbed …

Detroit Curling Club, The

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(248) 544-0635 1615 E. Lewiston, Ferndale, MI 48220 www.detroitcurlingclub.com The Detroit Curling Club is in Ferndale, Michigan, and that’s where we found tons of Americans playing this traditional Canadian sport. The club has been in existence for over 125 years, and believe it or not, the first record of people curling in the United States was on Orchard Lake in …

Ishpeming Ski Club

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P.O. Box 127, Ishpeming, MI 49849 www.ishskiclub.com Now, onto what brought us to Ishpeming in the first place. It’s the longest continually running ski club in the entire U.S. They call the Ishpeming Ski Club the birthplace of organized skiing in America, and there they have a monster ski jump affectionately called Suicide Hill. Since 1887, skiers and ski jumpers …

Detroit Film Theater at the DIA

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(313) 833-3237 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48202 www.dia.org/dft/index.asp The name Detroit Film Theater is one of those names that in one way says exactly what it is… “It’s a theater that shows films in Detroit.” But at the same time, the name doesn’t even begin to tell you what the DFT is really all about and what it means …

Margie J. Sport Fishing Charter

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(231) 799-2229 Great Lakes Marina, 1920 Lake Shore Dr., Slip B-2, Muskegon, MI 49441 www.fishmuskegon.com When we showed up at the dock in the dark, all I kept thinking was, “Is this something you have to be a real fisherman to enjoy? I don’t know the first, second or even the third thing about fishing.” Well, as soon as I …

Port Austin Kayak and Bike Shop

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(989) 550-6651 119 E. Spring St., Port Austin, MI 48467 www.portaustinkayak.com Port Austin is quickly becoming one of the best places to kayak in the Midwest, so I met up with the man who could show me why. Chris Boyle owns the Port Austin Kayak and Bike Shop, and he rents everything from beginner kayaks to some pretty cool state-of-the …