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Autumn in Michigan: Something for Everyone

October 22, 2009 – 12:50 pm

Autumn Pathways by pentax hammer (gary syrba)
The crowds and traffic have subsided, the harvests are bountiful and the mosquitoes are few and far between. What we're trying to say is that autumn is perfect time to get out and enjoy a color tour, take in a late season festival or event, go camping or hit [...]

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Phioto Friday: Wagner Falls by Luminous Light Huntress

October 9, 2009 – 9:50 am

Luminous Light Huntress (Tamara Jacobs) says that she loves landscape photography, especially waterfalls. Also that she's a tree hugger* in a major way and aims to merge her passion for the environment with her love of landscape photography.
Judging by the photo above, she seems to be well on her way. You can see this photo [...]

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Photo Friday: the brink – tahquanemon falls by jiant@flickr

October 2, 2009 – 10:49 am

jiant@flickr (Scott Jones) took this photo with a Holga 120 at the Upper Tahquanemon Falls in October of 2006.
He doesn't have any sets, but you can check out his other Holga shots or dive right into his Flickriver.

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350 is something you need to know, Michigan

September 29, 2009 – 7:54 am

This weekend, some folks with TC 350 headed out to the Dune Climb at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore to help raise awareness about a very important number for Michigan and the rest of the world. It's set to the music of Getdown to 350 by May Erlewine. The song will probably tell you [...]

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Absolute Michigan's 2009 Labor Day Roundup

September 3, 2009 – 4:01 pm

Mackinac Bridge Walk by carolynne marie
Since1882 the first Monday of September has been recognized as a time to salute Americas workers with festivals, cookouts and parades on "a day off for the working man." With school starting after the Monday, September 7 holiday, the long Labor Day Weekend is an ideal time to squeeze in [...]

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Michigan Rated #1 in Social Media Tourism Promotion

September 2, 2009 – 1:46 pm

Travel Michigan has announced that it has earned the top-ranking amongst the 50 official US tourism office Web sites in the use of social media. In a recent study, How Social is Your State DMO (national break down pdf), How Social is Your State DMO (Michigan by city break down pdf) conducted by Gammet Interactive, [...]

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Photo Friday: Menonaqua Beach by michiganartisan

August 28, 2009 – 7:41 am

michiganartisan (Robert deJonge) says that he thrives in both the digital and natural worlds, creating images with camera and computer.
Some of his tags are sleeping bear dunes, Petoskey and Michigan (slideshow).
Dive into his Flickriver and see and purchase his work at Robert DeJonge Images.

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Photo Friday: #75,000 is Grand Portal by [JARED]

August 21, 2009 – 7:12 am

Welcome to a very special Photo Friday on Absolute Michigan, the 75,000th photo in the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr!! I can't tell you how amazingly cool it is that so many people have graciously allowed us to use their photos to help tell the stories of Michigan. Thank you, all of you.
[ JARED ] [...]

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Camping at the Sleeping Bear Dunes

June 11, 2009 – 11:12 am

This feature by former Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore park ranger Bill Herd appears courtesy Leelanau.com. It's part of a summerlong feature America's Lakeshore: A Comprehensive Guide to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. There's tons more information available at that link!
by Bill Herd
Camping is as American as apple pie—oops, I mean cherry pie. It’s [...]

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Be A Tourist In Your Own Town – Lansing, May 30th

May 28, 2009 – 2:17 pm

We wanted to draw attention to this annual event in Lansing as it is something every city in Michigan should consider emulating. It is just too easy to grow into the mind set that where you reside there is absolutely nothing to do or that you have already seen it, done it, surfed it. [...]