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  Watching your kids splash in the cool blue water while you sit on the warm sand, shoving mouthfuls of tart and sweet freshly picked cherries in your mouth, or huddling around a smoky campfire as you watch the light reflect on the dark water. It doesn't get much better than a Michigan summer. OK, I'm a little biased since I grew up just an hour from Lake Michigan ... Read More

Topic: Bloomington Indiana, Midwest Travel with Kids Every year I look forward to our big week-long vacations. The couple of times a year where we load up the van and embark on epic road trips to far-away places and pack every moment with new discoveries. But those trips are also a ton of work! (Moms, you know!) So sometimes I want the excitement of a new place, the ... Read More

I'm not going to lie, most of my food memories from our many trips to South Haven involve grilling out in the backyard, roasting corn or asparagus from our morning trip farmers market, and a huge bowl of freshly picked blueberries or cherries. With food as local and fresh as this, it's hard not to feast at your own dinner table. But there's also plenty of times when the ... Read More