It was very blustery and chilly this morning with intimidating white caps on our sweet Big Glen Lake so it was a good day to explore the Leelanau Peninsula just east of Glen Arbor.
We started with Suttons Bay, which was a pretty place albeit a bit touristy. Tried to visit Tandem Cider for some hard cider but it was closed. Dropped by the Black Star winery to try some cheese and found we had to pay $1 for a tiny plastic container of about seven 1/4-inch size cubes of racellette. Not impressed. They could learn a thing or two from the cheese places in Oregon – including Rogue River creamery near Medford which are far more generous with the samples, friendlier and a result we bought cheese from them!
We drove on M22 north to yes, Northport, a slightly more real-feeling town, and just north to the lighthouse – which looked more like a house with an observation tower atop. For five of us, it was too expensive to go in at $4 per person plus the $8 to get into the park where the lighthouse sits but we walked around the rocky point where the waves were ferocious.
Onto Leland – at a good light whitefish sandwich at The Bluebird, walked around Fishtown, the collection of old fishing shanties that now have some shops including Carlsons where i got more smoked whitefish and a tile place with UP-themed tiles (yes, i bought one.)
Also bought a warm cherry and raspberry pie at Covered Wagon Market bakery en route to Suttons Bay- smells good and better taste great for price $13.99. They know a “fudgie” (the name my friend who has a summer house here calls tourists…although we haven’t gone to a fudge shop yet) when they see one.
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