Something Missing

Allegan Michigan is one Michigan’s neat cities. Being the county seat of Allegan County, she has a rich history. The downtown is full of turn of the century buildings. Brick Victorian storefronts line the downtown streets.
Recently I wrote about one of Allegan’s cool buildings, the M De Wright Block located at the corner of Trowbridge [...]

Michigan Seasons Now and Then

Picture yourself standing in a beautifully landscaped garden, gazing across Gun Lake at the far shoreline. Out on the waters, swimmers dive off of pontoon boats while speed boats go whizzing by with skiers in tow. Closer to land, at the ends of the countless docks which string along the lake’s circumference like wooden beads [...]

Selkirk Lake

Selkirk Lake is located in Wayland Township in eastern Allegan County, two miles south and one mile east of the village of Bradley.  
Selkirk Lake has 94 acres of surface waters, with reported depths of 39 feet.
There is a public boat launch for the lake on the south side of Selkirk Lake, just off 125th Ave. [...]

Big Lake

Big Lake is located in Watson township in eastern Allegan Township.
Big Lake is 135 acres of surface waters with reported depths of 20 feet.
There is a public boat launch for the lake on the north side of Big Lake, just off 120th Ave. Limited parking and vault style toilets can be found at the site.
Big [...]

Miner Lake

Miner Lake is located in Allegan Township in central Allegan County, two miles north and 1 ½ mile east of the city limits of Allegan.
Miner Lake  has 325 acres of surface waters, with reported depths of 83 feet. The lake has a lake association.
There is a public boat launch near  the corner of 120th and [...]

A Good Find

As I have mentioned before, I am not a shopper. Occasionally my wife coaxes me to enter a shop and once in a while I find something there that interests me.
Such was the case recently when we visited the Thistle Gallery on Main Street in downtown Douglas. First I was greeted by Mary Glinski, the [...]

Goshorn Lake

Goshorn Lake is located along the township lines of Laketown and Saugatuck, in western Allegan County. If you like Saugatuck, this lake is in a convenient location at the end of 65th Street, just north of the Blue Star Highway.
Goshorn Lake is about twenty acres in size and boasts a sandy lake bottom.  There are [...]

Minnie Sophronas

What’s that? I know I had never heard of it, but recently on a cold, rainy morning while we were searching for a warm, dry  breakfast place, we stumbled on  “Minnie Sophronas Restaurant and Bake Shop” . And we were glad we did!
Located at the corner of Trowbridge and Locust Avenue in Allegan Michigan,  this [...]

Wetheral Lake

Wetheral Lake is located in Watson Township in eastern Allegan County, just west of the Allegan/ Martin  exit on US 131.
There must be a story about this Michigan lake, and honestly, I do not know what it is. Someone at some time gave somebody the authority to build a road directly across/ thru this lake, [...]

Lake Allegan

Lake Allegan is located in Valley Township, just outside of the city of Allegan in Allegan County. This lake of 1500 acres is actually the backwaters of the Kalamazoo River behind the Allegan Dam.
There are several things that I like about this area, one being that  Allegan County has a lot of wooded acreage to [...]