Pure Michigan: Fall Break in the Great Upper Peninsula

For fall break this year, I took a trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  Having family that lives there, I have had the opportunity to travel there several times each year before, but this trip was extra-special.  The U.P. is typically ten degrees (Fahrenheit) colder than the lower peninsula of Michigan, so I was crossing my fingers that the leaves had not already dropped, as I was looking forward to seeing some beautiful fall colors along the way.   We were in luck.  The weather was perfect the whole trip and the fall colors on the leaves made the entire countryside shimmer in gold, orange, and red in the sunlight.  I mean, take a look at the highway view: On our drive over to my relatives' home,...

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Art Prize 2013

This past weekend was the last weekend of Art Prize 2013, the world's largest cash prize art fair.  $560,000 in total cash prizes are distributed to winning pieces of art ($360,000 is awarded by public vote and the remaining $200,000 is awarded by a jury).  This is the fifth annual Art Prize (the first being in 2009), and it is pretty cool to see downtown Grand Rapids come alive with people of all ages and walks of life spending time with family and friends to check out all of the exhibits scattered around downtown GR.   Sleeping Bear Dune Lakeshore (quilt); Ann Loveless; 2013 Winner Unfortunately, I was only able to spend one afternoon visiting the exhibitions, but I was still fortunate enough to be able to see many...

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