Traverse City Travel Blog

There’s a saying up here in the dune country. The sand gives, and the sand takes away.

Planning your next fly fishing adventure? Take the advice from a local fisherman and you will not be disappointed! Learn about which lakes are best to fish on and what species you are likely to catch in this guest blog post from Dan Shepler. 

Looking down the road past the Old Mission Congregational Church

By MIKE NORTON

Ahh! It was a perfect fall weekend: cool dry air, warm sunlight, a bright glitter on the bay, a hint of color in the leaves – and the water just warm enough to do a little swimming for those brave enough to make

My front yard view -- how could I NOT get a boat?

By MIKE NORTON

I first came to Traverse City to be near the water. That’s not surprising, I guess; so do thousands of other people.

Water, after all, is what defines this place. It’s the beautiful backdrop for our family photos, the sparkling

By MIKE NORTON

They told us we weren’t going to have any fall color this year. The summer had been too hot and too dry, they said, and when autumn arrived the leaves would all just curl up, turn brown and fall off the trees. As usual, they were wrong. Why do I ever listen to “experts?”

Honestly, I

By MIKE NORTON Local wits like to say that if you don't like the weather in Traverse City, all you have to do is wait five minutes. This past Thanksgiving weekend was certainly a good illustration of that. Thankful is what we

By MIKE NORTON Sometimes I wonder if we Traverse City folks get so caught up in all of our town's great food and wine, entertainment and shopping that we start to forget what brought us here in the first place: the sheer