Here we are at the Bowers Harbor Inn on Old Mission Peninsula. We attended the celebration for the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy. They do a great job preserving lakeshore, land and farms in this area, including Crystal Lake.
This is Mike, Kerri Finlayson, speaker Tom Clynes, Matt our Certifed Arborist son and me.
Tom (tomclynes.com) is another UM grad, a writer, adventurer, photographer. He told some great stories about people stepping up to save natural resources worldwide. Kerri teaches at North Central Michigan College and is an adventurer in her own right. Check out her blog on her bike trip across Africa at tda2008.blogspot.com. She is a UM grad too! It is always fun to meet people with interesting lives who work at what they love.
And they served bowls of fresh cherries :)