Talking about Traverse City and northern Michigan.
It is good to take the time to appreciate what is here. Where else is there a city with a downtown lake that hosts loons, buffleheads, red fox, and bobcats? Where else is there a downtown where can you fish for so many different fish species? Where else can you start on a downtown trail and hike to the North Country Trail? Or bike for hours? Where else is there such a density of craft fermenters and high-quality restaurants?
And this list is just a start. I love this place. It is why I am here.
A few more things that I have recently come across:
-the previously mentioned wine scene.
-Gary Fisher came to the Iceman Cometh race which is an indication of how this race is seen nationally.
-Local writer Keith Schneider writes about The Commons in the NYT: From Ex-Mental Hospital to a New Mixed-Use Life
-and statewide, here is a remarkable statistic via MLive: Michigan leads nation in rail-to-trail conversions
Thanks to everyone who makes this place so special.
