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Ardiss Missaukee District Library ~ Lake City .........................14Barnes Park ~ East Port ..................................................... 2, 23Boon Grocery ~ Beautiful Downtown Boon ........................... 10Bostick’s Drug Store ~ Manton .............................................. 21Cadillac Area Land Conservancy .............................................13Cadillac Automotive ~ Cadillac ................................................ 7Cadillac Family Pharmacy ~ Cadillac ...................................... 16Camp Cadillac Campground & RV Park ~ Cadillac ................. 23Cardinal Creations/Cardinal Nest ~ Lake City .......................... 9Catholic Churches Visited in RV ~ Everywhere! ..................... 21Chandler Hill Campground ~ Boyne Falls ............................... 23Culver’s ~ Cadillac, Gaylord, Traverse City ............................... 3Dew Drop Trailer ~ Cadillac ..................................................... 2DNR ~ Everywhere! ..................................................Back CoverEllen’s Corners ~ Mesick .........................................................12Everflowing Waters Campground ~ Williamsburg ................. 23Horizon Books ~ Cadillac, Traverse City, Petoskey ................... 4Houghton Lake Travel Park ~ Houghton Lake ........................ 23Interlochen RV ~ Interlochen ................................................... 2Kampvilla RV Park ~ Bear Lake .......................................... 2, 23Korner Gem ~ Traverse City ................................................... 18KP Get Away Rentals ~ Lake City ............................................ 2L&J Meat Market ~ Lake City .................................................12Lake City Chamber of Commerce ~ Lake City ...........Back CoverLake City Women’s Club ~ Lake City ...................................... 22Latitude 44 ~ Manton ............................................................ 22Main Street Spectacles ~ Lake City .........................................17Michigan Back Roads ~ Everywhere! ...............................19, 21MI News 26 ~ Cadillac & Everywhere! .................................. 21Missaukee County Parks ~ Lake City ................................. 2, 23Northern Exposure Campground ~ Mesick ............................ 23Northern Hearth Quilting & Sewing ~ Cadillac ........................ 9Northland Trailers ~ Cadillac ................................................... 7Primos BBQ ~ Cadillac ........................................................... 22Rapid River Campground & Cabins ~ Kalkaska ....................... 2RV for Sale! ~ Allegan ........................................................... 22Silent Observer ~ Cadillac .......................................................14Third Day Farm ~ Lake City .....................................................11Twin Oaks Campground & Cabins ~ Wellston ................... 2, 23

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Camper Sudoku .............................................3Michigan Summer Reads ...............................4Big Rigs & Small Towns .................................5Quilting Campers ..........................................8Fun in the Sky ...............................................9Cookin’ Campers .........................................10Campin’ Kids ...............................................13Word Search ...............................................14Crossword ...................................................15Campground Critter ....................................16Vegetation Station .......................................17Got Rocks....................................................18Michigan Back Roads ..................................19Festivities ....................................................20Meet Ya There! ............................................23

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©Whether you are spending a rainy day inside or a sunny day at the beach, a good book is always your best friend. Here are a few titles for your next great summer read. These are notable Michigan books, written by a local Michigan authors. These are a few of our favorite fiction and nonfiction books. We’ve even included a couple travel titles to help spark some ideas for your next adventurous vacation.

• Bad Optics, by Joseph Heywood - Mystery• The Lake Michigan Mermaid, Linda Nemec

Foster & Anne-Marie Oomen - Poetry• The Orphan Daughter, Cari Noga - Fiction• The Russian Five, Keith Gave - NonFiction• Beautiful Music, Michael Zadooran - Fiction• The Sleuth Sisters, Maggie Pill - Mystery• Meals from the Mitten, Gina Ferwerda -

Cookbook• The Lake Michigan Cottage Cookbook

Amelia Levin - Cookbook• 100 Things To Do In Traverse City

Kim Schneider - Travel• 100 Things To Do On Mackinac Island

Kath Usitalo - Travel• A Thousand Bones, P.J. Parrish - Mystery/

Suspense • The Recipe Box, Viola Shipman - Fiction• 12 Strong, Doug Stanton - NonFiction• Waterfalls of Michigan, Phil Stagg - Travel • Murder on Old Mission, Stephen Lewis -

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Michigan Summer Readsby Tereesa Smith

Motorhomes and RVs come in all shapes and sizes; huge long Class A’s with multiple slide-outs towing a matching vehicle, or short tiny teardrop trailers with the barest necessities. One thing they all have in common: wheels. They are designed to move. However, sometimes for the huge rigs it is not that easy to maneuver in the larger cities, so they choose the smaller towns finding the true treasures of America.

My sister Sue, who I lovingly refer to as a “gypsy,” is living a dream most Americans only talk about. She and her husband, Garry, have a home on wheels; a 2015 Class A Winnebago Vista with three slide outs and a bike carrier on the back, stretching to a whop-ping 40 feet in length. In four years, they have put 31,000 miles of beautiful country on that vehicle. They drove through Canada to Alaska and stayed four months, then to the deserts of Arizona, and everything in between before returning to Michigan. Wherever their travels take them, they seek small town America. Sue refers to it as the “heartbeat of America.” (continued on page 6)

Parking such a long vehicle is challenging in small communities, but large lots, or closed businesses makes for ideal spots. They usually drive through the town once and scope out the parking situation, plan-ning ahead whether they will have room. A sign that states “No RV or overnight parking” is a definite “keep driving” signal. These cities will receive no revenue from them or other big rigs—news that can travel fast in the RV community.

Driving such a big rig through large cities makes it practically impossible to stop and park downtown with low-height parking garages, narrow roads, and turnarounds. The small towns offer friendly people, unique shops and the best “Mom & Pop” diners.

Her advice is to download the app “Roadside America” on your cell phone to find the upcoming attractions unique to that city. The app will also have information about RV friendly parking areas and

Just passing through ~

Big Rigs & Small TownsBy Carol MacGillivray

Homer, Alaska

with a curb can be a problem. The stairs automatically drop down when the door is opened and will hit the curb, unless the jacks are raised. With this situation, finding large parking lots with pull-through spaces is very important.

Luckily small towns are just that—small! Everything is usually within walking or biking distance and allows for the oppor-tunity to meet new people, hear amazing stories, and even learn about the community.

It seems the gypsy life is the dream of many people, at least that is what Sue and Garry are told by most when talking to real people in small town America. Riding in the comforts of home seems to be a sweet deal if you can make it happen! l

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overnight parks, museums, and local history includ-ing fun facts. They found that Douglas Wyoming has the largest jackalope, and made it to the Balloon Fest in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Never miss an oddity or conversation starter again.

Just imagine—you can almost plan your weather, too! If the weather channel forecast is rainy, windy and stormy, but you could drive north a few hours and miss it completely, wouldn’t that be wonderful? Always sunny in your world—well—almost!

Once they find a place to park, walking around the town and talking to friendly merchants is the best way

to find out which restaurants to avoid and which make the most delicious hot roast beef sandwiches with the best gravy dripping off the bread. Sue mentioned “a smile will go a long way when you are a stranger in town.” Be prepared to listen for more information than necessary, but that is what gives the town character.

On the road, following billboard signs can some-times be deceiving. “Most Delicious Pies Ever” brought them to a restaurant just before noon, that was empty except for the owner. This should have been their first clue, but giving her the benefit of the doubt they soon found out why no one was eating there. “She was the rudest person ever.” They made an excuse and left without ordering and went to the next nearest restaurant only to hear that “Yes, we have heard that before.” They had pleasant con-versations, a good meal, and redemption for the reputation of the town.

Occasionally with such a large rig parking on the street

Casper Wyoming, the animals are just everywhere!

Sue & Garry’s big rig in a small town.

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Largest Jackalope!Douglas, Wyoming

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Happy 2018 Campers! Are you ready for this year’s mystery quilt? Well, perhaps the biggest surprise is that it isn’t a quilt at all. I decided that you all might want to have the chance to show off your quilting ability by decorating around your campsite. Credit goes once again to my friend Patty who helped me come up with some of the ideas this year. AND, if you remember the quilt from 2015, you might remember some of these elements.

This first month we will start out easy—but very small with some mug rugs. You will not need much fabric for any of these—blues and golds will yield more traditional-looking stars but using other colors would also be fun. A few fat-eighths or perhaps a pack of fun charm squares would be good choices. You will be able to use some of the leftovers for later projects. My logic in using stars for these is that they sit above the placemats we will be making later, so they could continue the theme of the items. I prefer to use Insul-Bright® rather that a regular batting, as it adds another layer of protection. You may want to make several of these as you don’t want a visitor to feel left out. You can mix up the colors, mix up the patterns, make them all the same—you choose. The size of pieces for my three star pattern choices are given below and will result in a 4 inch “rug”. Quantities are for one “rug” to allow you to make your own choices on patterns and colors. You could bind them or make them without by layering the right sides of the front and back together and adding the bat-ting on the top of the front (star). Then stitch around leaving a small opening for turning. I would trim as much of the batting from the seam allowance area after stitching and before turning if you are us-ing this option and hand-stitch the opening closed or add an edging of topstitching. You could even use a decorative stitch if topstitching.

I am assuming that you have a favorite way to make half-square triangles, but if in doubt head over to one of our advertisers for some help. I make mine a bit oversized and then trim—in this case that would mean trimming to 1½”—before sewing your rows. Press alter-nating rows in opposite directions to allow the seams to nest when sewing your rows together. Give it a good pressing and then finish as discussed above.

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Flying machines can be fun to watch. When camping in Michigan, you are not far from one of the Great Lake state’s 234 public use airports or landing fields. While only 16 of these airports have control towers, and 18 have scheduled air carrier service, nearly all of them offer special events or attractions that can be en-joyed by non-flying campers and the public.

Many smaller airports host an annual fly-in break-fast, often called a “Dawn Patrol”. At these events, local pilots and flying enthusiasts host a meal for the public – whether they fly, drive, walk, or bike to the start of the chow line. Prices are reasonable for these “all you can eat” breakfasts. Pancakes are the most popular entrée. But, there are exceptions, like Ojibiwa’s (near Weidman, June 2) steak and eggs, Bannister’s fly-in lunch (June 17), Watervliet’s steak dinner (June 30), and Bois Blanc Island’s lunch (July 21).

Besides plenty of food and a variety of smaller air-craft, fly-in events have other attractions like antique cars, generous door prizes, remote controlled aircraft and vehicles. Many of these events are part of local celebrations like car shows at Linden (May 12), East-port at the north end of Torch Lake (June 9), St. Helen (June 16), and Mt. Pleasant (September 15). Other community-oriented fly-ins include Big Rapids (June 30), Northport (August 4), Sparta (August 10-11), and

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Oscoda’s Air Museum fly-in at the former Wurstmith air force base (August 11-12)

Traverse City’s Cherry Festival Airshow on July 4th features our country’s best military flying teams. Gay-lord’s airshow on June-16-17 is a weekend of fun, and the annual “Splash-in” on nearby Otsego Lake offers a unique airplane parade on a weekend in June. Lake City’s Home Acres Airport’s

fly-in breakfast will unofficially start the northern Michigan summer flying season for the 56th time on Memorial Day Sunday (May 27). Fowlerville’s Maple Grove airfield hosts a popular two-day fly-in on the weekend after Labor Day (September 8-9) that often attracts show planes to unofficially wrap-up the season.

On June 20-21, Cadillac will be a checkpoint and fueling stop for the national Air Race Classic women’s air race. Over 50 aircraft will visit Cadillac as part of this annual cross-country race that started in the 1920’s with Amelia Earhart and her peers. This is its only Michigan stop.

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• 1 lb. bacon• 1 pkg Lil’ Smokies (small sausages) • 1 stick butter• 2 cup brown sugarPreheat oven to 375F. Cut the bacon into thirds and wrap each smokie and place in a single layer baking dish. Melt the butter and 1 cup brown sugar and stir well. Pour the mixture over the wrapped smokies. With the rest of the sugar sprinkle evenly over everything.Bake for 20 minutes at 375F then turn the heat up to 400F and bake 5-10 minutes until the bacon looks crispy. Remove and let set 5 minutes to let the butter mixture stop boiling. Enjoy.

~ Carol MacGilvary, Lake City Women’s Club

BACON WRAPPED LIL SMOKIES

• 1/4 c. olive oil, divided• 2 yellow onions, sliced• Kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper• 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced• 2 sprigs fresh thyme• 2 medium yellow squash thinly sliced, divided• 2 tbsp. Dijon mustard• 1 tbsp. pure honey• 1 lb. dried white beans, such as navy, Great North-

ern, or cannellini, soaked overnight and drained• 4 c. chicken stock• 1 bunch scallions, trimmed•1 tbsp. cider vinegarPreheat oven to 300°. Heat 2 tbsp. oil in a Dutch oven or large oven-proof pot over medium-high heat. Add onions & season with S&P. Stir often until brown, 8-10 minutes. Add garlic, thyme, & 1 squash. Stir occasionally until soft, 8-10 minutes (add up to 1/4 cup water if pot starts to get too dark). Stir in Dijon & honey. Add beans, stock, & 1 cup water. Cover & transfer to oven. Bake until beans are nearly tender, 1 1/2 - 2 hours.Meanwhile, toss scallions, remaining squash, & 2 tbsp. oil in a bowl. Season with S&P. Uncover pot, stir in vinegar, top with squash & scallions. Bake uncovered until beans are tender & liquid is reduced & thickened, 1 - 1 1/2 hours. Turn oven to broil. Broil until scallions & squash are golden & lightly charred, 4-6 minutes.

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bunches green onions, 4 large tomatoes• 2 cups Hellmann’s Mayonnaise (Important!)• 8 oz. jar sweet picklesUsing a large rectangle dish (Lasagna dish is perfect), break up cooled corn bread on bottom of dish. Pour all beans with juice over corn bread. Begin to layer with veggies beginning with green and red peppers, then cover next with diced onions and tomatoes. Finish with crumbled bacon.Mix 2 cups of mayo with juice from sweet pickles. Mix until smooth and then pour over salad (do not mix!). When serving, make certain all ingredients are served for the full flavor.

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CORNBREAD SALAD

• 1 large eggplant• 2 eggs, beaten• 1 1/2 c. seasoned dry bread crumbs• 1/4 c. olive oil• 3 c. spaghetti sauce• 1/2 lb shredded mozzarella cheese• 1/3 c. grated parmesan cheeseArrange layer of eggplant slices in colander. Sprinkle generously with salt. Continue layering & salting all slices. Let stand 30 minutes. Rinse & pat dry. Dip each eggplant slice in beaten egg; dredge with breadcrumbs.Heat oil in heavy skillet. Over medium high heat fry eggplant in hot oil, 2 minutes per side until golden. Drain on paper. Preheat oven to 350. Arrange half eggplant slices in bottom of baking dish sprayed lightly with nonstick spray. Spread half sauce over top. Sprinkle with half the mozzarella and half the Parmesan. Repeat layers. Bake 20-25 minutes or until mixture is bubbly.

EASY EGGPLANT PARMESAN

Preheat oven to 350º. Lightly grease a medium baking dish. In skillet over medium heat, cook ground beef until evenly brown. Drain juices. Mix onion, green pepper, carrots, garlic, and tomato sauce into skillet. Season with oregano, basil, salt & pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 10 minutes until vegetables are tender.In bottom of prepared baking dish, layer 1/2 zucchini strips. In bowl, beat together cottage cheese and egg, and spread over zucchini. Scoop 1/2 beef mixture over cottage cheese and egg mixture, and sprinkle with 1/2 mozzarella cheese. Layer with remaining zucchini, beef mixture, and mozzarella. Top with Parmesan cheese.Bake 45 minutes. Allow to sit 10 minutes before serving.

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• 1/4 cup beer• 1/4 cup prepared steak sauce• 1-1/2 pound s ground beef• 4 crusty rolls, split• 4 slices sweet onion (2-1/2 inch)• 4 slices swiss cheese (1 oz. each)Combine beer & steak sauce in glass measure. Cover & microwave on high 1 min. or until bubbly. Shape ground beef into four 3/4-inch thick patties. Place patties in center of grid over medium, ash-covered coals; arrange onion around patties. Grill, covered, 11-15 minutes until 160º, turning occasionally. Season with salt. 2 min. before patties are done, brush with sauce; top with cheese. Serve burgers & onions in rolls with lettuce and sauce.

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• 8 oz. Bar Cream Cheese• Small Jar of Apricot Marmalade• Crushed Pecans• CrackersPour Marmalade over cream cheese. Sprinkle pecans on top. Spread on crackers.

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APRICOT CREAM CHEESE DIP


• 1-9x13 brownie mix, bake as directed on boxWhen done, top with mini marshmallows & return to oven 3-5 minutes or til puffed. Set aside to cool.In a medium pan melt together:• 2 c. Milk chocolate chips • 1 c. Peanut butter chips• 1 c. Peanut butter • 1 Tbsp. Butter Add:• 1-1/2 c. Rice KrispiesSpread over marshmallows, cool til set. May refrigerate.

~ Marcia Zimmerman, Lake City Women’s Club

BROWNIE BARS

Spray large bowl & bundt pan with Pam. Measure & set aside:• 2 micro bags of popcorn (popped) • 2 c. m&m’s• 2 c. dry roasted peanuts Combine & stir over medium heat till melted & smooth:• 25-30 caramels or 3/4 c. of the caramel bits• 1/4 c. Butter• 1/4 c. Oil• 10 oz. bag of mini marshmallowsPut 1/2 of popcorn in the bowl, pour 1/2 of the melted mixture over & quickly toss til coated. Add m&m’s & peanuts. Toss gently & quickly, then add remaining popcorn & melted mixture, quickly toss til coated.Spoon in bundt pan & pack gently. Invert on plate & slice. Note: for added color put some m&m’s in the bottom of the bundt pan. Can also use a cookie sheet, press mixture & cut into bars. Popular with kids & adults!

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• 1 Cup Light Corn Syrup• ¾ Cup Sugar• 1 ¼ Cup Peanut Butter• 4 Cup Rice Krispies• ½ Cup Milk Chocolate Chips• 5 regular size Reese Peanut Butter cups • 1 cookie scooper (or 2 spoons will also work)Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or wax paper.In large microwaveable bowl combine corn syrup, sugar and peanut butter. Microwave 2 minutes, stir and cook 30 seconds more until hot.Stir in Rice Krispies. Mix well. Add chocolate chips and mix well. Cut the Reese cups into small chunks and add to mixture. Mix well. Scoop out and shape into balls and place on lined cookie sheet to cool.

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CAMPIN’ KIDSSuper Easy Scavenger Hunt

Do you ever have a hard time keeping your pre-schoolers engaged in walking on nature trails? Try this easy to make scavenger hunt made with the materials you have on hand. It is amazing how this simple game motivates them.

For each child use an 8 ½ X 11” white paper with their name on top. Make a grid with as many blanks as their attention span allows. Use their crayon box to make a different colored circle within each box of the grid. Bring a pen and pail or plastic grocery bag and start your walk. Have them gather an item for each color on the grid and you write down what it is. Place the item in the bag. They will run everywhere looking for the colored items.

Besides color identification, it can be a learning les-son if much of what they gather is man-made trash that has no place in nature. Also the gathering of natural materials should be small items so as not to disturb nat-ural habitat. The color palette that represents nature will inspire awe over the beauty that surrounds them.

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This morning, one of the first things I did was to look out the living room windows, to see what the weather was doing (it was wet and gloomy, but not actually raining, at least not right then). But what caught my attention was not the weather, but something in one of my trees. It appeared to be a bird, and it was huge. And it had a white head.

My first impulse was to grab my digital camera and get a picture, which I did. Zoomed in as close as I could get, the bird appears to be a dot: a dark, fuzzy, elongated dot with a white head. I decided to get a better look, so I grabbed my binoculars, which I keep on the coffee table for occasions like this. It took a bit of fumbling around to get all the lens caps off, and just as I was bringing the binoculars up to my eyes, the bird turned around and looked back toward me, spread its wings, and with-out appearing to be in any particular hurry, glided out of view.

What I realized at that point was that this was a seriously big bird. Just sitting there, on the branch, it was big. Then, as it began to un-fold its wings, it was enormous. In fact, it couldn’t get its wings all the way open on the branch, and that was a good-size branch.

Its body was a bunch of different shades of a gray-brown color which, in men’s overcoats, is known as taupe (and for reasons I’ve never understood, is pronounced so that it rhymes with “hope”). I think it had some black feathers, too. Its head, as I’ve said before, was white. It had a bright yellow beak. And that’s really all I remember.

Now, my first thought was, “There’s an eagle in my tree!” But I’ve heard various neighbors talk about ospreys, which appar-ently look a lot like eagles. So I started wondering, what is the difference between an eagle and an osprey? And which was this?

First of all, if the bird in my tree was an eagle, it would have been a bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) – they’re the ones with the white heads. If it was an osprey, it would have Pandion haliaetus – the only species of osprey. The two belong to differ-ent families (Accipitridae and Pandionidae, respectively) but

to the same order (Accipitriformes, which includes hawks, eagles, and other daytime-flying birds of prey).

Bald eagles and ospreys are both large birds, but eagles are bigger (6.6 to 14 pounds for the eagle, 2.0 to 4.6 pounds for the osprey). Both birds have white heads, but the osprey also has a white belly. The eagle has a yellow beak, while the osprey’s beak is more of a brown. Young bald eagles don’t get their white heads until the age of approximately five.

Both eagles and ospreys eat fish, but eagles also eat birds and mammals, while ospreys eat fish almost exclu-sively. In fact, another name for osprey is fish hawk. Bald eagles are capable of killing and eating ospreys, but more often they are kleptoparasites, stealing

fish that ospreys have already caught. Eagles have also been seen feeding on gut piles and carcasses of white-tailed deer.

Both birds nest near water. Eagle nests are huge, sometimes as much as 8 feet across and weighing as much as a ton. Osprey nests are also large, up to 6 feet across and weighing as much as 300 pounds. Pairs of both birds mate for life. Eagles, in par-ticular, exhibit an interesting mating behavior. According to Wikipedia, “bald eagle courtship involves elaborate, spectacular calls and flight displays. The flight includes swoops, chases, and cartwheels, in which they fly high, lock talons, and free fall, separating just before hitting the ground.” I can’t help wonder-ing: do they every get carried away and crash?

Bald eagles are found in most of Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. Ospreys are found throughout the world, on ev-ery continent except Antarctica. North American ospreys spend the winter from the southern US to as far south as Argentina.

From what I read, eagles and ospreys are somewhat simi-lar, although eagles are definitely bigger. But ospreys have one interesting characteristic that eagles lack: reversible outer toes. Ospreys can turn their outer toes in order to grasp prey with two toes in front and two in back. This trait is particularly use-ful in grasping slippery fish.

So, based on the white head and brown body, as well as the yellow beak, I’d say that the bird in my tree was a bald eagle. But now that I’ve read about them, I’m curious about ospreys as well. Recently, I heard about an osprey nesting site over by Houghton Lake. I’m thinking it might be worth a trip over there one of these days to check it out. l

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Lilac ~ When the publisher of this magazine suggested the lilac as a possible subject for the Vegetation Station, I was a little surprised. Lilacs, I was pretty sure, aren’t native to Michigan or even to North America, and I don’t have any growing in my yard. But they seem to have adapted to this part of the world, and there is even a lilac festival on Mackinac Island. So I figured, why not?

We had lilacs in our yard when I was a kid, but they never bloomed. Someone, possibly an aunt, said that they took several years – pos-sibly seven – to bloom after they were planted. Anyhow, even though we lived in that house for roughly a decade, the lilacs never bloomed, not even once. Some-time after we moved, we were driving by the old house, and there were the lilacs, in full bloom. I must have said something, because my mom commented that the reason they never bloomed was that my father was always cutting them back. In retrospect, I’m not surprised. My dad was a big believer in ease of mowing. Anything that stuck out or got in his way got chopped off.

The house where my mother lives now has a couple of lilac bush-es, and these days, I’m the one who cuts them back. Lilac bushes, left to their own devices, get huge. Every summer, I hack and chop and drag branches off to the brush pile, and by the following year, the bushes are just as big as ever.

Lilacs are actually native to the Balkan peninsula, where they grow on rocky hills. The scientific name is Syringa vulgaris. The species name, “vulgaris,” doesn’t mean that lilacs are vulgar. It just means that they are common (or rather, that this is the most common species). Lilacs belong to the olive family, Oleaceae. Besides the olive itself, other members of this family include the ash, jasmine, privet, and forsythia. Interestingly (to me, at least) the invasive autumn olive that I wrote about a few years ago is a member of a different family, the Elaeagnaceae or oleaster family.

Lilacs are large, deciduous shrubs or small, multistemmed trees. They can grow as high as 20 feet if nobody like my father comes along to trim them back. A lilac sends up shoots called suckers from around the base, which over a period of years can become a small thicket. I’ve seen this, where all that remains of an old house is the foundation, now surrounded by overgrown lilacs.

The leaves of a lilac are smooth, green, and heart-shaped. The bark is gray and smooth on young plants, rough and furrowed on older ones. But it’s the flowers of a lilac that get all the atten-tion. Typically, they range in color from light purple to medium purple, sometimes pinkish-purple, and occasionally white.

They’re arranged in what one source calls “dense, terminal panicles” – big clusters at the ends of stems. The individual flowers have a tubular base and an open, four-loved apex – basically a long, narrow tube with four petals at the end.

The flowers appear in late spring or early summer, typi-cally after spring bulbs have finished, but before roses and other summer flowers start to bloom. The clusters of purple flowers are hard to miss, but the other thing for which lilacs are known is their fragrance. Their scent has been described as “deeply and

richly floral, reminiscent of rose with hints of vanilla.” I’ve smelled lilacs plenty of times, and I can’t say that I was reminded of roses or vanilla. What I can say is that the smell of lilacs is distinctive, and once you’ve smelled it, you won’t forget it.

After they’re done flowering, lilacs produce seeds in dry, smooth brown capsules. In late summer, lilacs can be attacked by powdery mildew, a fungus, which makes the leaves look as if they’re covered with white dust. Once they’ve flowered, the bushes are rather non-descript, since the leaves don’t change to bright colors in the fall, and the seed capsules aren’t attractive. But even without colorful leaves or berries, lilac bushes can lend a kind of stateliness to the landscape.

Even though they’re non-native, lilacs have become well established in North America. The lilac has been selected as the state flower of the state of New Hamp-shire, because it “is symbolic of that hardy character of the men and women of the Granite State.” And if they can survive in New Hampshire, they can surely survive in Michigan, a state with its own share of hardy character as well. l

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Editor’s Note: It’s back! Our “Got Rocks” series is from the Lake Michigan Rock Picker’s Guide, a must-have for all rock hounds. This year we start with one of my favorites, Leland Blue. Rock on and keep picking!

Leland BlueThe rich blue stones found along the shoreline near

Leland are actually pieces of slag produced by the smelt-ing of iron ore. In 1890, most of the smelters along the lake shut down and never reopened. Thus, slag found along the lake is more than 100 years old!

The rich blue pieces of glass will be rounded like a rock but will have holes or pores in them. Near this area you can also find a lot of blue chert that looks the same, but it will not have the holes or a glass-like look. Many people pick up both, think-ing it is the same stone, but one is a stained chert. The color is only on the surface, caused maybe by some type of stain from its host rock. It also could be the result of weather-ing or might have something to do

with the smelting process that stained the nearby chert. When one is cut open, the inside is brown.

When the rock is dry, you can separate your chert from the true Leland Blue. The chert will have a grayer look when dry. The water will dry out of the holes in the slag (Leland Blue) and the holes will be more visible.

Lightning StoneThese consist of clay

cemented into an iron mineral called sider-ite. These concretions form in part through bacterial activity. They become highly frac-tured and the frac-tures fill with calcite brought in by ground water. The result forms lightning-like patterns on a dark background.

In July, we’ll have more “Got Rocks”featuring Marcasite and another one of my favorites, the everloving “misfit!” If you’re in the Traverse area, be sure to stop in and say “Hi” to Kevin and crew at Korner Gem. Ask them to show you what they can do with the Leland Blue! l

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The exceptionally clean, clear body of water is Crystal Lake and the charming lake side town is Beulah. Beulah beach offers hundreds of feet of soft, sandy shore with excellent swimming and it is just 1 block from all of the cool downtown shops. The beach area also has a beach house, tennis courts, a playground and parking. The Cold Creek spills into Crystal Lake adjacent to the beach and provides another avenue for swimming enjoyment.

Crystal Lake measures approximately 2.5 by 8 miles and has a maximum depth of 165 feet. At 9,854 acres, it is Michi-gan’s ninth largest inland lake. The watershed that feeds Crys-tal Lake is very small, leading to the exceptionally clear and beautiful water that gives this Michigan attraction its name.

With that beautiful lake at hand, it is no wonder that there are festivals going on throughout the year. Music in the Park happens every Thursday at 7:00 pm in July and August There are the Fourth of July celebrations featuring the fireworks display over Crystal Lake. There is Art In The Park in July, the Crystal Lake Team Marathon in August, the Cold Creek Bridge Walk in Beulah on Labor Day, Fall Fest in October, a Hallow-een Maze and Christmas Magic.

Some people arrive here on the Betsie Valley Trail. The trail is built on the bed of the former Ann Arbor Railroad. It has 22 very scenic miles long and extends from Frankfort through Elberta and Beulah to Thompsonville. From Beulah to Frank-fort it is non-motorized. All of it is excellent for bicycles and pedestrian use. Downtown Beulah has a full range of dining and lodging options. A local favorite is the Cold Creek Inn. The main street has gift shops, a photography shop and outfitters.

At the top of the hill, you will know which one, is the Benzie Historical Museum housed in an 1887 church building. The museum has exhibits of artifacts pertaining to Benzie Coun-ty’s history, including exhibits on Bruce Catton, a native of Michigan and Pulitzer Prize winner, Carferries, Logging/Agri-culture, Railroads, Gwen Frostic and more. The museum also maintains the 1891 Drake School building in Honor, Michigan.

Not far away on the other side of the lake is the the oldest standing structure in Benzie County, the Point Betsie Light-house, built in 1858. The lighthouse stands adjacent to a public beach, consequently, it is easy to get to and has become one of the most photographed lighthouses in America. The lighthouse is positioned at the southern end of the Manitou Passage and remains in use as a navigational aid. The lighthouse is open for tours on weekends from Memorial Day to Columbus Day.

Betsie Point and the Betsie River were named the Sawbill or Merganser by the Indians. The lighthouse was built in 1857-58. The light first shone on October 20, 1858 and has been in

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continuous service for more than 150 years. The structure sits 52 feet above the lake and has a range of about 15 miles. The original lens, and its 1891 replacement, were of the fourth-or-der Fresnel design. The current light system features a modern acrylic lens from New Zealand.

This area has something else rare and wonderful in its his-tory, the Mistake On The Lake. If not for a small miscalcula-tion, those beautiful sandy beaches might not exist. Up to, and through the American Civil War years, Crystal Lake was known as “Cap Lake”. That name was due to the frequent whitecaps visible on its surface. The surrounding area was heavily forested with steep hills. Then in 1873, Archibald Jones had an idea. He wanted to improve his shipping business. He decided to open a channel, to connect Crystal Lake to Lake Michigan, just a few miles away. This would greatly facilitate the movement of com-modities to the Great Lakes shipping ports.

The mistake Mr. Jones made, it has even been called the “Tragedy of Crystal Lake”, was that he failed to recognize the differences in water levels of the two bodies of water. The lake level of Crystal Lake was higher than the level of Lake Michi-gan. The channel was dug according to plan. When the Crystal lake end was opened, the lake water poured into the channel, and the water level in Crystal Lake dropped. Although the proj-ect was a failure, the lowering of the lake level uncovered sandy beaches, including the current public beach at Beulah.

They like to have fun in northern Michigan, and festivals are fun. So they celebrate “Archibald Jones Day” at the Village Park every year. Activities for all ages include a walking tour of Beulah, and the waterfront area, as well as a wide variety of “Victorian era” games. There is a simulation of the lowering of the lake, as well as hearing Mr. Jones tell his side of the story. Following Mr. Jones speech, there is a sing-along and a birthday celebration, in honor of his birthday l

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