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What comes to mind when you think of Michigan? Snow? Cars? Football? How about summer vacation? Tucked away in the northwest corner of Michigan's Lower Peninsula are some of the country's best-kept secrets: white sandy beaches, turquoise lakes, towering dunes and a premier training center for young musicians, dancers, artists and actors...
This summer, take it in from a perch on your bicycle seat (or on your Burley trailer, for those too young to pedal) with Michigan Bicycle Touring's Interlochen/Lake Michigan Sightseer. The family friendly outfitter offers three five-day tours (departing June 28, July 12 and Aug. 23), each blending art with moderate aerobics to create a unique family learning experience...
...faculty performances. You may also get to hear one of the international artists who play at Interlochen each summer (past performers include Yo-Yo Ma, Marvin Hamlisch and Itzhak Perlman). The last night of the trip is spent at the Crystal Mountain Resort, a luxury property adjacent to Michigan Legacy Art Park, a 30-acre sculpture gallery actually built into the forest. Bike-tour rates are $809 a person for a double room. Discounts for children are available...
After the bike tour, you can continue your Northern Michigan visit at Sleeping Bear Dunes, a few miles to the north. (For lodging, extend your stay at Crystal Mountain or move to the Homestead, another top-of-the-line family facility in nearby Glen Arbor. If you're primarily interested in taking in more performances, you can book a room in the guest lodges at Interlochen. Keep in mind, however, that the fairly rustic accommodations have no air-conditioning or television.) With 30 miles of lakeshore and massive dunes towering hundreds of feet over Lake Michigan, Sleeping Bear...
Roger & Me, for those of you who were not treated to it in your AP Economics class, is a thorough documentary about the rise and fall of Flint, Michigan according to the whims of General Motors. Moore focused on the human effects of unemployment, showing broken families and auto-workers turned rabbit skinners. The entire film builds to a single question: "What right does GM have to close its factories in Flint, ruining thousands of lives, all for the sake of corporate profits...