📍Whiting Forest of Dow Gardens 📷 @michigan_made98 Deep crimsons, burnt oranges, and warm-honey golds: autumn sweeps Pure Michigan in color you have to see for yourself. And the only thing better than a slow-winding drive through it all? Heading straight here to the Great Lakes Bay for a…
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📍Whiting Forest of Dow Gardens 📷 @nrupalikulkarni If there’s one thing that’s abundant around here, it’s the opportunity to get outside and explore! Chances to paddle or pedal through town (wind in your hair, and maybe even a brew in-hand), all here . The longest canopy walk in the U.S. (that…
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📍Whiting Forest of Dow Gardens 📷 @blackmarkmedia Really, a rich life seems to be all about perspective. When the Canopy Walk at Whiting Forest of Dow Gardens opened in Midland a year ago, architect Alan Metcalfe described the ‘perceived risk’ embedded in many elements of his design:…
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📍Dow Gardens 📷 @calvinmarteen Just being in the great outdoors is a magical experience all its own. But, exploring the longest canopy walk in the country, ecotouring through a National Wildlife Refuge, or trekking close to 100 miles of scenic trails? That's next-level connection with…
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The young Mike Whiting explored the forests, fields and ponds of his family's property in Midland, Michigan, sometimes eyeing it from aloft in its trees. Once, he said, he even tumbled out of a mature white pine. The grown Macauley (Mike) Whiting, Jr., president of the Herbert H. and Grace A…
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Every Saturday, I have breakfast at 6 a.m. at a local eatery. Almost every Saturday morning, Val Trabucchi of Midland joins a friend at an adjoining table. Naturally, we chat. Val is a birder, what some call a bird-watcher, who has traveled far and wide — to the southwestern U.S., Canada…
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📍Whiting Forest of Dow Gardens 📷 @mrsbrookebeyer "Take a hike!" was once a phrase used to send someone on their way. Today, in the Great Lakes Bay Region, it's a friendly invitation. More accurately, it's lots of invitations, for the region abounds in pathways and trails — paved and…
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