Craving cool days and warm apple cider? A town steeped in food and farming culture, Traverse City offers incredible opportunities to connect with your food – even to the point of picking it yourself! These three fall afternoon trips are perfect for finding bright foliage, perfect sips, and great
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Winter Wine-Touring on the Old Mission Peninsula
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 2:00 AM by Traverse City Tourism
By MIKE NORTON
It was a beautiful weekend on the Old Mission Peninsula. Blue skies were punctuated by an occasional flurry of snow, and Grand Traverse Bay was frozen solid: a sheet of unbroken white, bordered on
Tourists: Why I Love Them (And Why You Should, Too!)
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 3:00 AM by Traverse City Tourism
By MIKE NORTON
Saturday was the final day of the 2013 National Cherry Festival – the day traditionally set aside for the enormous Cherry Royale Parade, where 150 floats, bands and marching units file past
Fall cycling (and leaf-peeping) on the Old Mission Peninsula
Monday, October 8, 2012 3:00 AM by Traverse City Tourism
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