On Saturday we drove about 25 miles over to Petoskey Michigan on Little Traverse Bay at Lake Michigan. Petoskey is a quaint coastal resort community with a population of about 6,000 folks. The last time we were in Petoskey was in August 2009 when we stayed at Hearthside Grove Luxury Motorcoach Resort, a very high end ownership resort. During that visit they were filming a new promotional video for the resort and asked if we would mind being in it. Of course we said yes. DUH! You can read about that visit HERE. The next January we were at the Tampa RV Supershow and saw the video playing on a TV in a 2 million dollar Prevost conversion. You can read about that encounter HERE.
The Little Traverse History Museum is housed in the former depot for the now defunct Chicago and West Michigan Railway, which served the area in the late 1800s. Unfortunately the museum was closed on Sundays. DANG!
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| We are seeing a little early fall color |
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| Downtown Petoskey |
A Petoskey stone is a rock and a fossil, often pebble-shaped, that is composed of a fossilized rugose coral, Hexagonaria percarinata. Such stones were formed as a result of glaciation, in which sheets of ice plucked stones from the bedrock, grinding off their rough edges and depositing them in the northwestern (and some in the northeastern) portion of Michigan's lower peninsula. In those same areas of Michigan, complete fossilized coral colony heads can be found in the source rocks for the Petoskey stones. Petoskey stones are found in the Gravel Point Formation of the Traverse Group. They are fragments of a coral reef that was originally deposited during the Devonian period. When dry, the stone resembles ordinary limestone but when wet or polished using lapidary techniques, the distinctive mottled pattern of the six-sided coral fossils emerges. It is sometimes made into decorative objects. Other forms of fossilized coral are also found in the same location.
Dorcas bought a set of earrings made of Petoskey Stones. I bought a small polished slab onto which I intend to attach a magnet and put on the fridge.
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| My Petoskey Stone |
Dorcas and I enjoyed some brews at Beards Brewery, close to the waterfront, then staggered back to the car and headed back to camp. The best (and only) restaurant in Wolverine is the Thirsty Sturgeon on the bank of the Sturgeon River. We had planned to stop in there for dinner, but when we arrived the wait was over 45 minutes, so we decided to head back to camp and make our own dinner. DANG!
Tomorrow we continue north to Sault Sainte Marie where we will spend 6 nights and attend an NKK rally.
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