Category: Places
Insights about places we have visited
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Shipshewana and Goshen Indiana for Memorial Day Weekend
We went to Shipshewana, Indiana for a concert and ended up staying in Goshen for the whole Memorial Day weekend. It turned out to be the perfect blend of entertainment and discovery. Here’s a look at how our four-day adventure unfolded. Friday: A Quick Trip to IndianaWe kicked off the trip on Friday afternoon, May… Read more
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Chasing Warblers: A 5-Day Photography Trek to the Warbler Capital of the World
Every spring, a quiet magic takes over the southern shores of Lake Erie. Millions of migrating songbirds, exhausted from their journey north, drop out of the sky into a narrow strip of forest to rest and refuel before crossing the great lake. This year, we packed up our camera bags and headed to Ohio for… Read more
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Yellow-crowned Night Heron at Rabbit River Nature Trail
We had been neglecting our local nature trails. I got up on Mother’s day, after a full Saturday of birdwatching and looked at eBird to see what had been seen near our home. To my surprise a Yellow-crowned Night Heron had been sighted just down the street from our home. We had seen a Yellow-crowned… Read more
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A Thursday night walk – Bysterveld Park and Armintrout-Milbocker Nature Preserve
We decided to investigate a Nature Preserve in Allegan that we had never visited. We headed to Armintrout-Milbocker Nature Preserve and walked a little over a mile. There are plenty of trails that we did not explore. We will definitely return. Read more
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Window on the Waterfront
Window on the Waterfront is located right in downtown Holland, MI. It overlooks the windmill at Windmill Island. At tulip time, it is the home of over 100,000 tulip bulbs. The rest of the year, it is a great place to bird watch by the Macatawa River. We saw Blue-winged Teal, Green-winged Teal, Northern Shovelers,… Read more
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Stu Visser Trails A Great Place for a Walk
This is one of our favorite places to take a nature walk. The park is located about 5 miles east of the Holland State Park. These pictures were all taken in about two hours on Monday night 3/30. We will be at this site in April and May looking for the migrating warblers. We keep… Read more
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Rainbow Grill & Millennium Park
Update 4/29/2026 – The Rainbow Grill suddenly closed on 4/28. Millennium Park Beach & Splashpad opens for the 2026 season on Friday, May 22. Read more
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Hunting Northern Lights (Without Success)
Friday afternoon I saw that there was a possibility of Northern Lights in Michigan. When Tammy got home from work, we discussed the possibility of heading north to see what we could see. We went to Wayland Hotel for dinner and formulated a plan. By the time we finished dinner Tammy had a room booked… Read more