Can you imagine teaching a group ranging from pre kindergarten to eighth grade? (Some of you probably can with our virtual learning this past spring.) Wendy Spray has taught on the remote island of Bois Blanc for over 15 years. One year her one room school had a population of […]
Monthly Archives: August 2020
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Grand Island is one of the newest assets in the National Forest Service inventory. It was added in the early 1990s. It was formerly a private game preserve and privately owned. Today, one can explore the miles of roads, trails and many beaches. I joined an excursion of the Fortune [...]
In the quaint village of Gergei, Sardina is Mario Cesare’s cottage tucked between stone walls, which was our housing for one night. Mario had been an artist who painted and drew portraits of locals capturing their character. His scenes were of village life. He didn’t reach for fame, but rather […]
Da Viking takes the Zodiac Thor across the lower St. Mary's River to Harbor Island for an evening with our "yachting friends" in a remote anchorage. We will see a forward section of a freighter that is a summer cottage near DeTour and a freighter that has been laid up [...]
We take a couple of days to visit a place removed from the modern world - Bois Blanc Island. We visit John Dillinger's alleged hideout, old industry, a lighthouse, an almost 200 year old survey stone, and more. Bois Blanc is a quiet place. It has always been in the [...]