Exploring Charlevoix!

Today's it...The last and final day to register for the Destination Prize Package to Charlevoix! We had a lot of fun this week...Visiting Castle Farms, Earl Young Home, Downtown Charlevoix, and even taking a Cruise with Keweenaw Excursions!

As we wrap up the week and the contest, we'll say one more thing about Charlevoix:

"Charlevoix is a unique harbor town with an incredible yacht basin, lighthouse, boutique shopping, Victorian summer home associations, quality restaurants, and breath‐taking sunsets. Main street even has a drawbridge!"

One note about the drawbridge...It's cool...but can be the cause of some slower traffic if you happen to catch it when it goes up at the Top & Bottom of every hour! Time it just right, and you'll have smooth 'sailing' through downtown Charlevoix.

That's about all we have for Charlevoix this week. If you'd like to read through the fun we had in August, click through each of the following:

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

DAY 4

DAY 5

That's it! Good luck to all how registered!

Exploring Charlevoix!

Cruise anyone? Sure! Why not!?

Keweenaw Excursions!

Come join the Keweenaw staff on an enjoyable sight‐seeing cruise along the scenic shorelines of Lake Michigan and/or Lake Charlevoix aboard the Keweenaw Star. Enjoy soft music, friendly staff, quiet drifting waters, and informative dialogue, as you take in the beauty of the area.

Keweenaw Excursions offer a variety of cruises to meet your needs, including eye catching fall color tours, dinner cruises, appetizers cruises, and wine tasting tours featuring local vineyards. Join them for a journey aboard the Keweenaw Star, a 110’ dinner cruise boat capable of carrying 149 passengers. Amenities include heated/air conditioned cabins, wide open upper deck, and more. Let them help you make your tour one to remember. Call today 906.482.0884 or online at www.keweenawexcursions.com

Cruise with a Local "Flavor"!

Enjoy a savory entrée catered by Charlevoix’s own, A Matter of Taste, while aboard the Keweenaw Star. Specializing in culinary baked goods and cuisine using only the freshest ingredients, A Matter of Taste and Keweenaw Star have partnered to bring you only the most delicious taste of Charlevoix.

Tomorrow's the last day to register...We'll also wrap things up!

Exploring Charlevoix!

Well..We're halfway through the week, and it's Day 3 of highlighting different places to visit in Charlevoix. It's also another day for you to register, if you haven't already. So hit the link above and get registering!

As promised yesterday, today we'll be visiting Downtown Charlevoix!

A setting of natural beauty, a charm that makes people smile. A visit to Charlevoix will convince you that water and land truly couldn’t have picked a finer place to meet. Live
a memory you’ll cherish forever...Compliments of Downtown Charlevoix.

Family Farm Market

”A Bushel of Family Fun!” awaits you at this family owned market. From your first step inside as the aroma from the bakery takes you back to grandma’s kitchen, your senses will be delighted by the many offerings Friske’s provides. Sample a wide variety of our products and shop our old style General Store and the converted Country Haus. All this and the finest quality fruits in season! 888.968.3554.

Little hint for tomorrow's visit to Charlevoix...We'll just be 'cruisin' around!

Exploring Charlevoix!

Yesterday we spent a little time in Charlevoix at Castle Farms, today we'll be heading over to the Earl Young Home!

Earl Young was a dreamer, designer, and builder of unique and fascinating stone houses that accommodate each building site with unusual stone fireplaces, chimneys, cedar shake roofs, and rooms with flowing curves. Step on guides are available for groups by contacting the Charlevoix Area Chamber of Commerce at 231.547.2101 or www.Charlevoix.org.

On a personal note: No offense Earl, this is coming from a child of the 80's, but the house in the picture totally looks like a house the Smurfs would have lived in! :) Sorry Earl...Couldn't resist!

Anyway...Moving on and wrapping up...Tomorrow we'll head to Downtown Charlevoix!

Exploring Charlevoix!

Last week we gave away a Destination Prize Package to Sault Ste. Marie, and this week we're headed back to the lower peninsula to Charlevoix!

We visited Charlevoix back in August for the first round of Exploring Magnificent Michigan, but since we enjoyed it some much...we wanted to head there again.

So...for the next couple of days...not only can you register to win the Charlevoix prize package, but you can also catch a new update each morning, informing you of another exciting place you can visit if you happen to win, or make it up to Charlevoix any time soon!

Today...We're going to highlight one of our favorite places from our first trip...Castle Farms!

This Renaissance Castle is complete with magnificent soaring towers, stone archways, English gardens, and cobblestone courtyards–the perfect place to get a taste of Old‐World European charm. Your self-guided tour will delight you with the rich history of Castle Farms from its original construction in 1918 as a model farm through the art/studio and music concert eras into the present period which has won it an honored place on both the National and Historic Registers among numerous other awards.

Learn more about Castle Farms at CastleFarms.com

Exploring Sault Ste. Marie!

Well...Here we are. Friday...last day of the week. Last day to register for Sault Ste. Marie's Prize Package. So don't forget to register.

Before we close out for the week...We'll share one more thing about Sault Ste. Marie.

"The Place Where Michigan Was Born"

There are magical places on this planet that still speak to something in our hearts, places so gorgeous and diverse that they allow us to know exhilaration and peace, awe, and understanding. The Sault Ste. Marie region is one such place. Rushing waterfalls give way to majestic forests, rocky coastlines lead to picturesque lighthouses, and engineering feats of man stand side-by-side with small fishing skiffs and buckets of bait.

There you have it...just one more reason to visit Sault Ste. Marie!

Good luck...Next week, we're headed to Charlevoix!

Exploring Sault Ste. Marie!

We're still talking shipwrecks today. Yesterday, we mentioned the "Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum" and gave you a lot of detail about what you can expect to see. However...There's one thing we failed to mention...

"Explore the Haunting World of Shipwrecks"!

Lake Superior. Deceivingly beautiful, yet the big lake's unrelenting fury has earned her the reputation of being the most treacherous of the Great Lakes. Throughout the museum gallery, visitors see dramatic shipwreck legends come to life. Artifacts and exhibits tell stories of sailors and ships who braved the waters of Superior and those who were lost to her menacing waves. The bell of the famous Edmund Fitzgerald is displayed in the museum as a memorial to her lost crew. Whitefish Point marks the critical turning point for all ships entering or leaving the lake. The waters that extend west from Whitefish Point along the 80-mile stretch of rugged shoreline have earned the ominous title, "Lake Superior's Shipwreck Coast".

Don't forget to register again today. The link is up top. One more day of registering tomorrow, and we'll wrap things up talking just a little bit more about Sault Ste. Marie.