Monthly Archives: June 2010

Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery spent the winter of 1803-1804 near where the Missouri River flows into the Mississippi. They built a fort near the River Dubois (Wood River) where they trained and gathered supplies. No evidence … Continue reading →

It was time to pick up our daughter from her two-week stay with relatives. We were meeting halfway — near St. Louis — at noon on Sunday. My wife and I decided to make a mini-vacation of the trip and … Continue reading →

We kept an eye on the western sky as we drove south. Finally, we couldn’t take it any more. We looked at the map and searched out a spot where we could access the lake shore. We ended up at … Continue reading →

We wandered around the shores of Lake Macatawa for a while before finally finding Holland State Park, the best place from which to view the Holland Harbor Lighthouse. We weren’t the first to find it — there was a traffic … Continue reading →

The people who own the Dog n Suds in Montague opened a new one in Norton Shores in 2007. Unlike most locations, this one has an eat-in diner. It wasn’t busy at 3:15 in the afternoon, and the few customers … Continue reading →