St. Louis businessman Ken Lommel loves to play golf – but he was looking for something “a little different” when he brought his family to Northern Michigan in July. He found it by hooking up with guide and outfitter Georg …
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The Iceman Cometh Bike Challenge by Michael A. Norton
Nearly 2,500 cyclists and 4,000 spectators from across the U.S. and Canada turned out for the 2005 Iceman Cometh, the 27-mile race through the forest near Traverse City in November. Riding a mountain bike at top speed through the pine …
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ZEN AND THE ART OF ICE-FISHING WINTER ON THE FROZEN LAKES OF TRAVERSE CITY by Michael A. Norton
A russet winter sunset illuminates a fishing shanty “village” on the ice of Green Lake, just south of Traverse City, Mich. near the Interlochen Center for the Arts. How good is the fishing around Traverse City? So good that in …
Traverse City, MI, Christmas Light Tradition by Mike Norton
Whenever Kathee McCafferty starts feeling the onset of Holiday Shopping Stress Syndrome, she bundles her husband and their daughters into the family car and heads off to look at the Christmas lights. She doesn’t take them to the elaborate commercial …
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