Take This Amazing 2-Day Getaway In Michigan If You Need A Break From It All
By Serena Maria Daniels|Published April 24, 2016
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Serena Maria Daniels
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Serena Maria Daniels is an award-winning freelance journalist in Detroit, by way of Chicago, by way of the West Coast. She writes about Michigan for OIYS. Serena enjoys learning about language and culture and taking road trips with her beagle Ralph.
When we are in search of a quick getaway, what we’re mostly after is a chance to recharge. Maybe it’s been a busy week at work or you’ve lost that certain focus you gain only when you’ve hit the road for a couple of days. Maybe you don’t even need a reason other than to unwind.
We’ve shared with you many kinds of excursions that can be had here in Michigan, from the adventurous to the relaxing, from trips in the many towns and cities, to remote destinations.
But where would you go if you were in need of getting those creative juices flowing again? Maybe a place where someone of legendary talent once ventured off to when in need of inspiration. Maybe that some place is the quaint, coastal community of Petoskey in Northern Michigan.
Here’s why.
1. Petoskey was the longtime summer home to legendary author and journalist Ernest Hemingway, dating back to the turn of the 20th century.
Pictured here, Hemingway in July 1904, fishing in Horton's Creek. (Photograph in the Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston)
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3. The town's Gaslamp Shopping District still maintains the same charm it did when the icon strolled the streets.
7. Hemingway's spiritual presence in the Petoskey area is so strong that the newly opened Hotel Walloon is planning its first-ever weekend getaway special in his honor.
Its three-day "Walloon Lake: The Last Good Country, an Ernest Hemingway Occasion" event is to take place April 29-May 1. Booked guests will get to explore the famed author's boyhood stomping grounds, learn about his life in Michigan, and try Hemingway-inspired food and drink.
8. The best part about this unique trip is its proximity to the soothing waters.