M22 Lakeshore Trail

WE WERE STANDING ON THE FRONT BALCONY of our Birch unit overlooking Lake Michigan chatting about our guest’s future wedding plans. To our delight, we noticed...

LAST YEAR I HAD THE PLEASURE OF CORRESPONDING with the past president of the Society of Golf Course Architects, Mr. Greg Martin. This was shortly after I beg...

THINGS ARE STARTING TO POP IN THE WOODS. In early May, I find many automobiles parked along M-115 and M-22 with no one in them. Are they abandoned? Hardly, t...

RIGHT IN OUR OWN BACKYARD in NW Michigan is our wonderful farm distillery named Iron Fish. They are located three miles from Crystal Mountain and are best fo...

IT TOOK A LATE WINTER OUTING to remind me how nice the new clubhouse is at Arcadia Bluffs South Course. The entrance to the new compound is 2 miles south of ...

2020 IS QUITE A MILESTONE FOR OUR REGION as Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a national park. It is anticipated ...

THE VILLAGE OF BEULAH has become the home to two downstate entrepreneurs that dreamed of making craft beer in northern Michigan. In 2019, they found the perf...

IT WAS SATURDAY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, Nancy and I had just finished previewing a couple homes for clients over by the college when a jolt of unbridled energ...

IT HAD BEEN SIX YEARS since my last visit to the Western Ave Grill in Glen Arbor. The idea of having a dinner get together came from an invitation by a Trave...

FLY FISHING HAD PASSED ME BY FOR MOST MY LIFE. But late this fall, after reading a couple books and watching an Orvis video, I was inspired to begin consider...

My daughter-in-law, Liz, is a lifestyle blogger and she just posted a two-year snapshot of her experiences along our wonderful M-22 scenic highway. This is "...

Six Favorite Courses Along M 22 That Won’t Cost You an Arm and a Leg Bob Adams, golf enthusiast. Frankfort, MI If you haven’t ventured out for a while it is ...

IT WAS JUNE, 1961, I had just turned twelve and did I ever have the Golf Bug. The expression was coined by my mom and it was meant to describe the mesmerizin...

DAD TAUGHT ME SO MUCH about the game of golf. Where do I begin? Athletic skill was important, no question. But more important was the positive mental attitud...

NANCY AND I DECIDED TO POP INTO one of our wineries last Saturday on the Leelanau Peninsula. What a delightful experience we had at Brengman Brothers up on t...

PINECROFT IS THE DEFINITION OF "UP NORTH." It is laid back, relaxed, and of a minimalist constitution. The hilly terrain abounds with evergreens whose pitch ...

WHEN I FIRST PLAYED CHAMPION HILL fifteen years ago, little did I know, I would someday work part-time at the course. I greet members and guests helping them...

BAHLE FARMS GOLF COURSE is blessed with magnificent topography joined by first-class bentgrass greens. The course is carved out of Leelanau County’s hilly te...

IN ITS TWENTY YEARS, ARCADIA BLUFFS has received thousands of accolades from golfers world wide. It is quite a tribute to the impressive development that was...

AS THE EARLY NOVEMBER SNOWFLAKES fill the air it reminds me of my fondness for log fires and little cozy spots along the M22 Lakeshore Trail. I’m preparing f...