Yesterday Ed, Zaph and I piled into the car and headed south and a little bit west then north a little more than we had driven south. Would have been a lot shorter if Lake Huron wasn't in the way. You never know what questions you'll get when you cross the border and today was a perfect example.

Border guard: Where are you going?
Ed: Wolverine, Michigan
Border guard: How do you know someone in Wolverine?
Ed: Texas
Frances: Winter Texans
Border guard: oh....

Wolverine is just off I75 about 36 miles south of the Macinack bridge. If you drive east you will run into Lake Huron, if you drive west you'll run into Lake Michigan if you drive north you run into the Straits of Mackinac join Lake Huron to Lake Michigan. Today we toured west. Harbor Springs has a lot of expensive beautiful old cottages and lots of boutique stores.

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St. Ignatius Church in Middle Village. The church was built in 1889

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A real fixer upper.

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The Legs Inn in Cross Village. The roof edge is lined with stove legs.
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The inside is filled with many types of art

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The restaurant is known for it's superb Polish food. We had the "lunch platter" which included three types of pirogies (best I've ever eaten), a cabbage roll and some Hunter Stew. If you ever find yourself near Cross Village stop and have a meal at the Legs Inn.

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The Legs Inn is also know for it's gardens and view of Lake Michigan.

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Just down the road from the Inn is this stone church.