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 [...]

Little Muskegon River

The Little Muskegon River has it’s headwaters in Mecosta County and winds it’s way through three Michigan counties. The river begins as a shallow stream and increases in width and depth as it flows thru Montcalm County and then into Newaygo County, where it becomes a tributary of the Muskegon River at the Croton Dam.
Much [...]

New in Newaygo

Recently I found a new blog that caught  my interest.  Naturally Newaygo is a site that promotes tourism in the Newaygo area. I love the articles and the photos on their site. Brent Vanderstelt and team have done a wonderful job making this an interesting and attractive site.
For me, the Muskegon River is the starting [...]

First Day of Fall

I can’t believe it.
Today is the first day of fall. Where does time go?
It seems just like yesterday I was out admiring the daffodils and hyacinths, the first flowers that bloomed in our garden this spring.  And now I am seeing signs of fall colors in some of the trees.
 I took this picture last fall overlooking [...]

A Friendly Livery!

Livery: Webster’s online dictionary defines livery as: a concern offering vehicles (as boats) for rent.” One interesting livery is located on Water Street, just off M37 in downtown Newaygo.
At a recent visit by Waterland Living to Wisner’s Canoes on the Mighty Muskegon,  we discovered that this family business of 39 nine years had humble beginnings [...]

Croton Pond

I Love the Croton Pond.
Croton Pond is hardly a pond. Webster defines a pond as “a body of water usually smaller than a lake”.  Webster also defines a pond as “an artificially confined body of water”.  The body of water behind a dam is termed a pond, but many would consider it a lake. Croton [...]

Hardy Dam

Hardy Dam, located in central Newaygo County, is one of those special Michigan places.
Located on the Muskegon River, Hardy Dam was completed in 1931. The Spanish Colonial Revival style architecture of the powerhouse and the intake tower is outstanding. The dam is listed on the National Register of Historical Places.The Hardy Dam backwater boasts of [...]

Loda Lake

There are many treasures located on Michigan’s back roads. While driving in western Michigan, you will come across just such a treasure, just off the corner of 6 Mile and Fletch in Newaygo County.
The Loda Lake Wild Flower Sanctuary is one of our recommendations to explore.
Loda Lake, formerly known as Bass Lake, was at one [...]

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