Lake Michigan has approximately 88 Lighthouses along her shorelines, more than any of the other Great Lakes. Lake Michigan has sandy shorelines with thousands of acres of sand dunes from the Indiana border to the Straits of Mackinaw.

This schedule is in NO WAY set in stone, but we wanted to throw some ideas out and hopefully get some feedback. As always, weather will be a deciding factor on some activities. We're thinking of day trips to three West Michigan Coast cities: Grand Haven, Saugatuck, and Muskegon -- overnight lodging will be less expensive in the Grand Rapids/Holland areas, as I'm sure the lakeside towns jack their rentals up for the season. (We can provide accommodation information.) I've tried to provide websites and pricing information where available.

Thursday, July 8 – Grand Haven
Those able to come early afternoon -- meet at public beach
Those arriving later, meet for dinner/drinks/circulate/information
Walk the pier to the lighthouse (and get ice cream on pier)

Friday, July 9 -- Saugatuck
Dune Ride ($17) (www.saugatuckduneride.com) or Boat Cruise (www.saugatuckboatcruises.com) ($16)
Shopping/Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Saugatuck-($5)
Dinner
Lakeshore drive to Muskegon -- drive-In Movie at Getty (www.bigscreenmovies.com)

Saturday, July 10 -- Muskegon
Great Lakes Naval Memorial and Museum Exhibits ($14), with a tour of SS Silversides
(or spend the day at Michigan’s adventure)
White River Lighthouse in Whitehall (www.whiteriverlightstation.org) it’s climbable!
Scenic Cruise on Port City Princess (www.portcityprincesscruises.com) ($20)
Dinner
Berlin Raceway (www.berlinraceway.com) Late Model Summer Spectacular: Late Models-100, Pro Stocks-25, Young Guns-15, 4-Cylinders-15/20. ($12)

OR:

Silver Lake (Dune Rides/Shopping) (www.macwoodsdunerides.com) ($16)
Little Sable Lighthouse (http://www.thinkdunes.com/little-sab...-lighthouse-19)
Dinner
Berlin Raceway

Sunday, July 11 – Camp Lew, Yankee Springs, MI
11 - ?? Cookout/pontoon boat rides

Feel free to contact Lew with any questions or comments! We're excited to see you all again, and looking forward to meeting many new people!

Lew and Carolyn

 

I forgot to add in bowling ... maybe Thursday night in Grand Haven?????

 

Carolyn, sounds good. So we are talking Thursday as well? Will have to check that part out since we plan on rooming with Eric. We are up for about anything but I think we would pass on the dune rides, Michigan's Adventure, and the raceway. But then again ya never know.

 

If you're not up for dune rides, the water park, or the race track, we'll research other options and goings-on for that weekend. We have time to hone out a workable schedule/agenda! We want y'all to enjoy our part of the woods!

 

That all sounds pretty good!! Hopefully at that point I am making decent money and can get away for a weekend. It would just be cool to hang with others that like their HHR's.

 

Go with a general consensus. If that's what people want to do then do it We can find things to do with our time BTW, just looked at the dune ride and it looks fun. Didn't realize it was a bigger vehicle that would allow a large group so we may be up for this I noticed that there were dune rides and boat tours in both Muskegon and Saugatuck so I'm going to assume we would do a boat tour in one and the dune ride in the other?

 

I'm up for anything. I'll do what everyone else is doing! Oh, and I'm fine with including Thursday too. Doesn't matter to me! More days = More fun!!!

 

Caroline that looks like a cool schedule... as you said we have a lot of time to hash it out.

 

Dorothy and I are discussing what our game plan is gonna be for that weekend. I am not sure on the Thurs. thing yet, still discussing that,lol, but if we dont come up there on that day , we are planning on the fri, sat, sun part. We are talking about what we are gonna with our kiddlings,lol. Have to see if they can spend some time at G-ma's and G-pa's. Everything sounds like alot of fun, and cant wait to meet the people we have not yet met!!

 

I noticed that there were dune rides and boat tours in both Muskegon and Saugatuck so I'm going to assume we would do a boat tour in one and the dune ride in the other?
Yepper... that was the thinking! But, if we find a good winery, or casino, or other point of interest, we can certainly rearrange!