Pure Michigan

A Travel Extra

Be it cheese, ice cream, fudge, apples, wine, beer or fabric, we had numerous opportunities to sample local products.

Quilts

The Country Register is a state guide to quilting, sewing, crafts, shows and home décor. The guide is available for each of the 50 state and several Canadian provinces. To help you locate a Michigan shop, a “locator” map in the guide shows the coordinates of each city in which a shop can be found. Very helpful to us as we searched for fabric and quilts.

    
Fabric shopping

   
Diamonds in the Rough                                                                     Kit available

   
Circle Forever                                                One amazing quilt

 

Beer

    
The Great Beer State                                               Follow the arrow

Craft Beer Row-by-Row

With a Guide to the Finest Breweries in Michigan and the 281 locations on a Brewery Listing Map we were prepared for our quest to find the best porter and/or stout in the state.

    
Jim’s Birthday                                                             Dominoes and beer

   
Brickside Brewery – northernmost in the state                                   Petosky – the best burger

   
Cedar Springs – the best stout                                               Ohio has good porter also

   
Souvenirs                                                                   And a little wine tasting

All of our beer finds were excellent especially when enjoyed with a pizza, Bavarian pretzel with beer cheese, burger, popcorn or special chips.

Ice Cream

Man does not live by beer alone.

Our last stop for ice cream was at the Heavenly Creamery located in a former church in Ashtabula, OH.

    
So many flavors to choose from - All delicious!!!

Ice Cream Row-by-Row

 

Leaving Pennsylvania we spent the next few days at the Canfield river house enjoying the time to relax before returning home to prepare for our next adventure. Unfortunately, the Penguin Ice Cream shop nearby was already closed for the season.

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