You kind of have to, right? Archived Message Posted by Sounder on March 11, 2025, 16:11:23, in reply to "Hell yeah *" It's like going to Hawaii and bringing back chocolate covered macadamia nuts. Previous Message Previous Message Previous Message Previous Message I was there for senior curling nationals. Northern Michigan is pretty cool, I'd really like go back there in the summertime. We got to hit a few awesome breweries and went to Sleeping Bear Dunes. Message Thread: | This response ↓ I spent last week in Traverse City - Sounder March 11, 2025, 15:42:23 Photos - Sounder March 13, 2025, 12:14:35 Is the bottom of the broom / brush (?) foam? * - haighter March 13, 2025, 12:37:56 It's foam with a nylon fabric covering - Sounder March 13, 2025, 12:40:22 that area is one of the finest places in North America during the summer. I used to think I'd end up - cpsteine March 12, 2025, 11:27:12 Does it get insanely croweded though?* - Sounder March 12, 2025, 11:29:23 TC is busy, yeah. but if you've got a house near the lake it's bliss. petoskey is great. the beaches - cpsteine March 12, 2025, 11:31:28 Co-sign…and really all of Michigan is fantastic in the summer * - PapaDels March 12, 2025, 19:13:35 Not to shit on Illinois - Sounder March 12, 2025, 19:18:52 Water helps * - ATL March 13, 2025, 12:35:33 No argument from me * - PapaDels March 12, 2025, 20:16:04 I remember thinking Sleeping Bear Dunes were the coolest thing when we went when I was 5.* - DT March 11, 2025, 17:32:21 Me in visor there: - JeffFrank March 12, 2025, 11:31:33 Cool dancing, Jeff* - Taz March 12, 2025, 12:48:34 Where the hell is Matt?* - complainant March 12, 2025, 13:10:00 I try to go once a year. at least to the dune climb that faces east.* - Nobster March 11, 2025, 17:37:43 I had a group who used to ski at Boyne Mountain in the 1990’s* - JeffFrank March 11, 2025, 17:20:37 my cousin got married in Charlevoix in mid-June 2016 - Sammich March 11, 2025, 15:45:42 We went to a brewery that was rated the second best beer garden in the country - Sounder March 11, 2025, 15:47:17 I’m going to a wedding this summer and the couple is having the reception there - Nobster March 11, 2025, 17:44:45 It's a great place, but seeing how busy it was on a Sunday in March - Sounder March 12, 2025, 11:28:15 love those two places. i hear the dunes are not as accessible now due to erosion?* - torinese March 11, 2025, 15:44:34 We hiked a mile to a viewpoint - Sounder March 11, 2025, 15:45:59 I'd really like to do a tour around Lake Michigan. Quite a few places I'd like to see!* - DiamondDazzle March 11, 2025, 15:44:03 Ah, the family vacation memory of my youth...did it twice, once each way* - RSMBob March 13, 2025, 12:27:55 Also, hate to admit it, but Ann Arbor is a top tier college town - Sounder March 11, 2025, 15:45:24 you dipshit. i woulda let you stay at my place - Nobster March 12, 2025, 13:39:43 ANN ARBOR IS A WHORE!! - Tuscy March 12, 2025, 12:51:20 Hate to admit it also: but I gotta agree. :'-/ - osklister March 11, 2025, 17:15:12 Real Seafood Company?* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes March 11, 2025, 16:01:46 a Cuban burger place called Frita Batidos - Sounder March 11, 2025, 16:10:34 zingerman's, like ann arbor, is $$$ but great* - torinese March 11, 2025, 17:47:13 yeah, I was a little taken back by the prices - Sounder March 12, 2025, 11:28:55 it is, but it's also about enough for two (no-galoot) people.* - Nobster March 12, 2025, 13:41:52 Did you return home with 15 pounds of dried cherries ?* - assassin March 11, 2025, 15:42:52 LOL, two bags, one chocolate covered and the other plain dried* - Sounder March 11, 2025, 15:43:42 Hell yeah * - assassin March 11, 2025, 16:06:02 You kind of have to, right? - Sounder March 11, 2025, 16:11:23 I’m a dried cherry fiend. Can’t get enough. * - assassin March 11, 2025, 16:13:02 There is a fantastic place at Pike Place called Chukar* - Sounder March 11, 2025, 16:19:58   Searching