Count Your Irish Blessings on a GLB Island

Mar 14, 2016 | Great Lake Islands Escapes

You may find yourself at some point this week wishing to be Irish. At least for a day. What’s not to like about the yeasty smell of a still-warm round of Irish Freckle Bread full of dried currants and covered in sparkle glaze? Or the taste of two fingers of...

Are YOU dreaming of an island escape?

Mar 7, 2016 | Great Lake Islands Escapes

Look outside your window. What weather are you seeing today? The view from my study on Saturday, March 5, 2016 was not inspiring (and this is not a sepia print!). What’s one to do in a Midwest March? My solution is to book an island getaway for the near future. And...

136 Great Lakes Basin Islands . . .

Mar 7, 2016 | Great Lake Islands Escapes

  . . . Accessible by Ferry or Bridge Yes, at least 136 Great Lakes Basin islands really are accessible by ferry or bridge!   Lake Superior    Isle Royale, MI (accessible from MI/MN) Madeline Island, WI Grand Island, MI St. Marys River  “The Island” (Sault Ste....

A Taste of Honey Harbour Islands

Jun 10, 2013 | Great Lake Islands Escapes

One recent May Friday afternoon, amid the sweetness of much laughter, my friend Val and I put our bikes on my car and prepared to head to the Honey Harbour area of Ontario, one of the major gateways to the Georgian Bay’s 30,000 Islands. The Quest We were on a quest to...

The “Non-Island” of Catawba Island

Jun 9, 2013 | Great Lake Islands Escapes

Maybe “un-island” would be a better term.  Like “undone,” meaning: something that once was but is no longer . . . The Saturday morning of Memorial Day Weekend 2013, my friend Susan and I stopped at New York Bagel on Woodward Avenue, just three...

Great Lakes Island Season 2013!

Jun 8, 2013 | Great Lake Islands Escapes

Have you had any Great Lakes island adventures in 2013 yet? Here’s where I’ve gone exploring recently: Three islands in Lake Erie’s Western Basin–Canada’s Pelee Island twice, just before the May migration, and two Ohio islands during...