Newaygo Horseless Carriages

“Honey Bug: This is not because I sold a machine but because I thought you might want to see of the  horse-less carriages which they have here. dad dad”  Postmarked Newaygo, Mich. July 17, 1909.
It looks as if the card was written by a salesman dad to his son in Battle Creek. The card is [...]

Along the Loda Lake Trail

I had thought the time for pink ladyslippers was past, at least in the woods if not in the bogs. But a few late bloomers gave Lisa and me a pleasant surprise earlier this week along the trail at Loda Lake.
Dave has already written about this remarkable backwoods wildflower sanctuary in a previous post, but [...]

Great White Trilliums

Have you noticed? The trilliums are in bloom.
Where they grow thickest, you can often see broad stretches of rich, open maple and beech woods carpeted with white, as if someone had strewn popcorn through the hardwoods. Of all the spring wildflowers, the great white trillium is the icon of this time in the northwoods when [...]

Where the Stream Winds

Where I grew up as a kid on the outskirts of Cascade, Michigan, it was a quick scramble from my backyard across the Rainbow Bridge to the woods behind our house. From there, the forest stretched for hundreds of acres all the way out to the Thornapple River and the expressway. It was a green [...]

Newaygo County Visitor Guide

If you are in the Newaygo County area, you may consider picking up the 2009 Newaygo County  Visitors’ Guide. It is just off the press and is free! Full of good information and ideas of what to do.
If you are not in the Newaygo County area, you can view them on line and begin making [...]

Hardy Pond

Michigan’s Hardy Pond is one of my favorite places. The other day as I drove across the Hardy Dam, the water was lower than normal. My eye caught the point by the marina and it reminded me of being in the U.P. somewhere.

Transmission Towers

Transmission towers, or as Wikipedia describes them, “electricity pylons” are scattered all over Michigan. Everyone has seen them and most people find them reprehensible.
This week I was talking with an engineer from the power company in Newaygo County. He said that many of the bases of these towers actually came out of the Sears Roebuck [...]

Conover Lake

Conover Lake is located in Newaygo County’s Ensley Township. Just north of Baptist Lake and Englewright Lake, this lake is privately owned and is completely fenced off. The Conover Lake property is adjacent to the Pilgrims Run Golf Course.
I can understand that a property owner desires his property to be secure and wants to discourage [...]

Bills Lake

Bills Lake is located in Croton Township in southern Newaygo County. Well located just south of M82, this popular all sports lake has reported depths of 60 feet and covers 204 acres.
Fishermen report catches of Bluegill, Black Crappies, Yellow Perch, Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed, Rock, Small and Largemouth Bass. To put your fishing skills to good [...]

Englewright Lake

Englewright Lake is located in Ensley Township, just ½ mile south of Baptist Lake in southern Newaygo County. This quiet Michigan lake consists of 54 acres of surface water, with reported depths of 60 feet.
The DNR has a public launch site on Englewright Lake , just off Butternut Road.
Often times on the smaller, lesser known [...]

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