Need any and all ideas for things to see and do in Michigan

I appreciate all of the information y'all have posted. We are going to begin our Michigan tour at Holland, Michigan May the 6th, for the Tulip Festival. My Mom who would be 102 years of age worked at the festival as a young girl as a dancer in wooden shoes. For years it has been on my bucket list to go where my Mom had been. From there we are going up the west coast, stopping wherever there is something of interest. Across the bridge and spending much of out time in the UP. We have a relative in Crystal Falls who we visit yearly. So many places that have been recommended, we've been to over the years. Copper Harbor is high on our list to see for the first time. Can't do the Royal boat trip ($$$) Love seeing places recommended that we've been to because it sounds as if we made good choices. Thanks y'all.

The best campgrounds are state parks on the lake. They fill almost immediately for weekends as soon as they are available. We are now booking into August.
The father north you go into Michigan, the less populated it will be. Once you cross over the bridge to the UP, it's completely different.
Not knowing your ages or what you like to do, I'll suggest state parks to visit on the Great Lakes. Maybe work around the mitten starting in the southeast.
Go to Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum. This will take two days. Then head to do the lake tour.
Skip Lake Erie, don't waste your time. Compared to the others it's dirty and insignificant.
On Lake Huron, go to Tawas State park.
Then move on up to Petoskey. Then stay at Straights state park to visit Mackinac. Move up to the UP. Visit Tahquamenanon Falls state park to explore part of the area including Pictured Rocks and White Fish Point for your first taste of Lake Superior. Then move to Porcupine mountains to experience Lake Superior even more.
Travel down through the UP back to the LP and stop en route at Kitch-iti-kippi to view the springs. Cross back over the bridge coming into the LP and visit Wilderness state park on Lake Michigan. Then head south to Traverse City. While there, visit Sleeping Bear Dunes. Go further south to Ludington. If you get a campsite in the state park, you should buy a lotto ticket as well because that's the most difficult park to get into. If you enjoy ORV parks go to Silver Lake Sand Dunes, also on Lake Michigan. If you're traveling with kids, go to Michigan Adventure Amusement park in Muskegon.
Head further south and stop at Grand Haven, also on Lake Michigan.
You're probably beached out by now, head on home.

Type in Michigan travel guide in You Tube, you should get quite a few hits

A place that is a winner in our book is going north out of Petoskey is a winding narrow road (don't do it in your unit), I think the locals call it the tunnel road because the trees make it seem like a tunnel. It goes up to Cross Village. In this little place is the "Leggs Inn" restaurant. Open during the summer for lunch and dinner. Famous for their Polish cuisine but they have a great menu also absolutely delicious. If you stay at Mill Creek CG it is maybe a 20 to 30 min trip to have dinner. We did the road during daylight then went back for dinner in the evening from Mill Creek CG. We really enjoy Mill Creek. Be aware that in Michigan State Parks if you're in a motor home with a towed, they charge a fee daily for the car and the motor home even though the MH never moves from it's spot. They don't do it to trailers. Michigan is full of great private CGs Another of our favorite is Sleeping Bear federal campground but make reservations now.

We lived on the west side of MI. Partial to that area. Travel up the west side as suggested earlier.

We have a great lake too. Lake Okeechobee. We think it is GREAT.

dverstra wrote:

Matt_Colie wrote:

dewey02 wrote:

crasster wrote:
Go see both great lakes. :) In south eastern Michigan cross the border into Indiana and there are a bunch of Amish there JUST past the border (2 miles?).

Both Great Lakes? How about THREE Great Lakes! Superior, Huron and Michigan

You both need some geography lessons.
Four Great Lakes - We count Erie.

Matt

Yup, the only Great Lake that we do not border is Ontario. It truly is the GREAT LAKE State!!

Well, Lake Champlain was a Great Lake for a month or so back in 1998. And then...just as quickly, it wasn't. More of Congress' infinite wisdom! :h

Some great ideas have been suggested.

Missing is one of the biggest tourist draws in SW Michigan. The Craft beer industry. The communities from Kalamazoo to Grand Rapids have become hot beds for the craft beer industry which was started in the area abut 30 years ago by Larry Bell in Kalamazoo.

More information about "Pure Michigan" can be found at www.michigan.org

Matt_Colie wrote:

dewey02 wrote:

crasster wrote:
Go see both great lakes. :) In south eastern Michigan cross the border into Indiana and there are a bunch of Amish there JUST past the border (2 miles?).

Both Great Lakes? How about THREE Great Lakes! Superior, Huron and Michigan

You both need some geography lessons.
Four Great Lakes - We count Erie.

Matt

Yup, the only Great Lake that we do not border is Ontario. It truly is the GREAT LAKE State!!

I was not living in Detroit when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank.. but my daughter's Godfather was. Downtown too. he tells me when they rang that bell (The Old Mariner's Church) the is not question in anyone's mind what it means
(Gordon Lightfoot slightly upgraded the church to a Cathedral)

Friend of mine on facebook linked to an article.. Seems the following site was just declared "Most beautiful" by some magazine or outfit or another. having been there.. I believe it.

www.sleepingbeardunes.com