Northern Michigan is hopping in the summertime - and we hopped right into the hoppiness. Much to Kendall's delight, a few days after we arrived, Cheboygan, on the shores of Lake Huron, was hosting a car show. Much to my delight, one of my favorite runs (from Indian River to Topinabee on the North Central State Trail) was out that way. So I was more than happy to go to a car show if it meant I could make part of the trip on foot! It turned out the car show was in an absolutely gorgeous location, right on the shore of Lake Huron with Mackinac Island and the Mackinac Bridge off in the distance - and the show was quite manageable in size as the cars lined a fairly small circle drive.
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| As soon as I saw the artwork on the restroom of the car show park, I knew this would be an O.K. event! |
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| What's that toy dog doing to this spiffy car? |
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| Kendall describes this McCormick Farmall as the "Batmobile - if the Waynes were billionaire farmers" |
Now we come to Kendall's favorite car of the show. Imagine his surprise when the owner invited him to sit in it!
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| He looks pretty good in it, eh?! |
A week later, we went to the Bay Harbor car show - which, for some reason, attracts an astounding array of eye-popping cars. Being close to Petoskey, this time I got to run the entire wayto the car show.
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| A Pierce |
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| Packard row |
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| Austin Healey row |
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| An Avanti |
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| Ford GT row |
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| Historic Soap Box Derby cars |
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| Apparently, Bay Harbor car shows call for fancy hats! |
Taz's favorite car was the Thomas Flyer - it offered the most shade!
Fortunately, there is more than just car shows to keep us entertained Up North!
For example: Petoskey hosted a Pride Parade again this year!
A wide variety of folks attended - including several churches with welcome rainbow signs and folks wearing an eclectic assortment of clothing choices
Flag waving ensued just prior to starting the parade to People's Park where we all gathered and cheered for all of the drivers who honked and waved as they passed by.
And of course there was the Fourth of July celebration - which started a day early with fireworks from Bay Harbor, followed by Petoskey's Fourth of July July 4th festivities including a parade, concert, and fireworks over the Bay - both sides of the Bay in fact as Harbor Springs and Petoskey decided to run their shows simultaneously this year. Lots of head swiveling going on.
July 3 sunset and fireworks:
Petoskey's parade
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| Crooked Tree Art Center - with paintings almost as big as the car! |
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| Petoskey High School Steel Drum Band PHS Marching Band members start the parade then run back to the Steel Drum Band truck that finishes the parade |
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| Parade watchers Paula & Connie |
PHS Steel Drum Band concert in the park
Happy days all!
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