(231) 655-9845 254 River Street Manistee, MI 49660 WEBSITE There’s one thing on UTR we never, ever miss … and that’s a good meal !!!! So we decided to break bread at a place that not only serves healthy local food … it’s also part of a grass roots movement that’s helping this entire community eat better. The Iron Works …
Orchard Beach Aviation
(231) 723-8095 2323 Airport Rd, Manistee, MI 49660 WEBSITE I know some folks who can get you so high on Manistee … you’ll see the whole place in about an hour. Like Dude! Orchard Beach Aviation is just north of town … and just about the perfect way to see how beautiful this part of Michigan truly is. They offer …
Gull Landing
(231) 869-4215 438 S Hancock St, Pentwater, MI 49449 WEBSITE At Gull Landing you can get plates of good food … plenty of awesome atmosphere and even great music to munch to. 5 second little live music montage of folks eating and having fun. The place has a laid-back summer resort feel and is the perfect place to meet and …
Pentwater Artisan Learning Center
(231) 869-5323 780 Park St, Pentwater, MI 49449 WEBSITE The next day we mustered up two goals … to learn something … and then to eat something … (we always get hungry when we think) … so we headed over to the Artisan Learning Center on East Park Street for a lesson in … well just about everything. This place …
Hexagon House, The
(231) 869-4102 760 6th St, Pentwater, MI 49449 WEBSITE You’ve heard the old expression “six ways to Sunday” … well I have no idea what that means … but I did find us a really cool six sided Bed & Breakfast … and we’re staying there on a Wednesday. Just as short ways from downtown (on of all things 6th …
Michigan Elvisfest – Ypsilanti, Michigan
(734) 483-1035 56 E Cross St, Ypsilanti, MI 48198 WEBSITE Michigan’s official Elvis Festival that happens at Riverside Park for two days every July in Ypsilanti’s Historic Depot Town. Thousands of Elvis lovers and people who love to be Elvis converge to shake rattle and roll out the red carpet for all things Elvis. There’s music, food, fun stuff for …
Empire Asparagus Festival – Empire, Michigan
Empire, Michigan 49630 WEBSITE If you love asparagus … you’ll love the northwest part of Michigan’s mitten. The sandy soil and climate in these parts makes it the perfect place to grow this delectable vegetable. But, if you love it so much you wanna kick up your heels and celebrate it … the Annul Empire Asparagus Festival is exactly where …
Mighty Uke Day – Old Town Lansing, Michigan
(517) 896-4025 Old Town Lansing, Michigan, 48906 WEBSITE You heard right … every year in May tons of Ukesters from around the country converge on Lansing’s Old Town to pluck, play and celebrate this diminutive (yet dynamic) little instrument. This funky festival features live shows, workshops, open mic stages, children’s activities and even helps raise money for local school music …
Tulip Time – Holland, Michigan
(616) 396-4221 74 W 8th St, Holland, MI 49423 WEBSITE Every spring, thousands of people travel from near and far to Holland Michigan for one of the most colorful Festivals of them all -Tulip Time. People from the Netherlands settled this town, so this week long festival features more than just these pretty perennials. You’ll also experience more Dutch tradition, …
Fish Whisperer, The – Tommy Lynch
231-898-4832 PO BOX 1102, Baldwin, Michigan 49304 WEBSITE When it comes to any and all things fly-fishing … this guy is the wizard of the water. He knows every fly, every fishin hole … and he even knows some of the old fish in the river by name.