Five Fun Things to do in Michigan This Weekend 6/3 - 6/5/11

The weather is heating up and summer is upon us. Here are five events across the state of Michigan that look like fun this weekend!

1. Antique Gas Engine and Tractor Show - Hudson Mills Metropark - 6/3/11 - 6/4/11. Admission is $5 to see tractor pulls, arts and crafts, petting zoo, sawmill display, and tons of activities for kids.
2. 4th Annual Breeze on Tawas Bay Kite Festival - East Tawas - 6/5/11. Free family event features stunt kites, kiteboarding, a candy drop, kite flying workshop, and more.
3. Do-Dah Parade - Kalamazoo - 6/5/11 at 11am in downtown Kalamazoo. This wacky and goofy parade has been entertaining parade goers for many years.
4. Mancelona Bass Festival - 6/2/11 to 6/5/11. Contests, carnival, crafts, games, and of course - a bass fishing contest.
5. Taste of Ann Arbor - 6/5/11 from 11am to 5pm. Local restaurants serve up their tastiest creations along with many fun things for the whole family to enjoy.

The Grand Rapids "American Pie" Lip Dub

Mainstreet.com put Grand Rapids on it's list of "America's Dying Cities" earlier this year. Grand Rapids residents responded with this "American Pie" lib dub. Just another wonderful example of Michigan residents and their ability to show everyone that we are far from dead. We're very much alive.

Five Fun Things to do in Michigan This Weekend 5/27 - 5/30

Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial kickoff to summer. Here are five fun things you can do this weekend across the great state of Michigan.

1. Stand and applaud for the Veterans in your local Memorial Day Parade. Visit a cemetery and pay your respects to those who died in serving our country.
2. Civil War Reenactment in Coldwater - 5/27 to 5/29. Battle reenactments, Civil War period wedding, dances, and more.
3. Lumberjack Breakfast at the Tahquamenon Logging Museum from 7am to 12pm - May 28th. Pancakes, bacon, eggs, sausage, and fried potatoes cooked on a wood stove. Man, wish I was in the area - that sounds great!
4. Mackinaw Memorial Bridge Race - race across the Mackinac Bridge May 28th. Call (231) 436-5664 for registration and more details.
5. Ride the Keweenaw Weekend - 5/27 to 5/29. Come celebrate the Copper Harbor mountain bike trails with guided tours, bike demos, and downhill shuttle runs. Call (906) 289-4788 for more information.

Vintage Mackinac Island Postcards

It was on the shore near Arch Rock that I proposed to my beautiful bride of 11 years. Happy Anniversary!

Five fun things to do across Michigan this weekend 5/19/11 - 5/22/11

The weather is grudgingly warming up across Michigan and along with the warmer temps come even more fun events to do this weekend!

1. Discover Michigan's maritime history before, during, and after the War of 1812 - Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Paradise Michigan. Presentation is this Friday, 5/20/11, at 7pm with a $5 admission charge for non-members.
2. World Expo of Beer in Frankenmuth - 5/20 - 5/21.
3. Great Lakes Wine Festival - Brooklyn. At the Michigan International Speedway grounds May 21, 2011 from 12pm to 9pm. Admission is $35 at the gate.
4. Zoo-de-Mackinac biking event - $65 entry fee for the 51 mile ride which begins Saturday morning at Boyne Highlands Resort and ends on beautiful Mackinac Island. No, you will need to put your bike on a ferry boat - you won't be required to bike across the watery depths of the Straits of Mackinac.
5. Pow Wow in the park - Muskegon. 5/21 to 5/22 in Hackley Park. Tribal dancing, Native Vendors, Native American arts & crafts, and more.

Why Michigan?

I love, love, love this video. No matter what happens here, I just love living in Michigan. This two-minute video helps clarify the "why" of living in Michigan better than the Tim Allen-voiceover Pure Michigan spots can ever hope to achieve. Don't just take my word for it, see for yourself -

View at the All Things Michigan blog