7/25/2010
We rounded Grand Traverse Bay on our way over to the Leelanau Peninsula. Patricia also includes Traverse City in the golden triangle, so technically we coexisted in three of the 1000 places at once. Yes. We are that awesome.
We worked our way as far west as we could and then back up and around the peninsula. Most of the west coast consists of the Sleeping Bear Dune State Park. It costs $10 for a day pass (don’t tell Woody Guthrie) and that grants you access to the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive. Along the way are various overlooks where you can stop, get out and look at the monkey. Daniel looked standing on an overlook dangling hundreds of feet over Lake Michigan. Child services have been informed.
There’s also one covered bridge – so it can tie with Parke County as the covered bridge capital of the world.
After the park we continued on the coast-hugging highway M-22. I noticed a car with an “M-22” bumper sticker, so we’re at least as cool as that guy. We soon reached Leland. We stopped in at the Schultz-recommended Carlson’s Fishery. Out back is their boat. The fishermen bring fresh catches through the back down and then they sell it from the front door. That’s about as fresh as you can get. We would have loved to have bought some, but we had no way to cook it.
We sat by the pier for awhile and watched the boats drift by, while Daniel snacked on a little dish of cherry ice cream. (Did you know this region of Michigan supplies 75% of the world’s cherry crop? I didn’t, but Patricia Schultz told me. You should really buy her book.)
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