Traverse, Northern Michigan’s – July 2019

Traverse, Northern Michigan’s Magazine | JUL ’19 3

PLUS | MYNORTH REAL ESTATE

(FOLLOWING PAGE 88)

Discover more about Up North,

people, places, food and events.

50 | ROMANCING THE STONE

Beachcomb with Carly Simpson, yep, of The Daily Splash fame, and marvel

in our Great Lakes treasures.

56 | SAIL ON

Find out what it really feels like to race 333 wavy, wild miles to Mackinac

Island in the most legendary freshwater distance yacht race in the world.

64 | ROCK HOUSE RENAISSANCE

Get a brand-new obsession with Charlevoix’s quirky-cool Hobbit houses

and the man driven to build them.

70 | NORTHERN WANDERLUST

Discover the two-tracks and swimming holes of the UP through the lens

of pure young love.

78 | A WEEK WITH THE PIPING PLOVERS

Bird is the word on North Manitou Island.

82 | THE CHERRY ON TOP

Our picks for u-pick orchards, retro recipes and happy hearts as we head

smack dab into cherry harvest.

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