Around Michigan

UPPER PENINSULA

LANTERN LIT SNOWSHOE WALK - Last of the season – Friday - March 16, 2018 Champion, Michigan - Van Riper State Park

ICE OUT HAS BEGUN – get those man caves off the ice end of each day. LOWER PENINSULA FAMOUS ST. PATRICK'S - Clare Irish Festival – Cops & Donuts
42nd Annual Clare Irish Festival Parade. Saturday, March 18th Noon.

NOT SO FAMOUS ST. PATRICKS – Conklin – Shortest Parade in Michigan Conklin - March 17, St. Pats Day conklin The music is something to see. Last time I made it, there were more than 30 musicians in one room all playing at the same time. There were fiddlers, tin whistles, bases and some instruments I couldn't identify.

MAPLE SYRUP TIME – OPEN HOUSES AT FARMS SOUTH OF US 10
farms are the first to have the sap running. Tour and the first taste of this year's maple products One open house tour is at Haigh's Sugar House Farm - Bellevue

REMEMBER THE BELLEVUE DRIVE IN – CAR HOPS – ROOT BEER IN FROSTED MUGS, BEST ONION RINGS IN MICHIGAN

LOOKING AHEAD March 20, first day of spring
Easter egg hunts
Fishery Tours
Catch and Cook Charters soon