Directions

It has been awhile - hope you all had a wonderful summer. This month is an anniversary for me - 10 years in Roscommon County. I have the enviable job of telling people how wonderful a place this is to live and visit.
But 10 years is causing me some trouble. I have been here long enough to forget the names of roads and when people ask me for directions my mind automatically goes to the visual.
I saw an old deed one time that included in the description of the property line "by the tree where the bear was shot." That was acurate enough for those days, but when all that pops in my head today is "down the road a bit, around the second curve, make a left, and it is just past the doggie park" I get the strangest look.
Even GPS coordinates are almost passe. Navigation on our smart phones or in our vehicle make it nearly impossible to get lost, but that still doesn't answer the question where can I go swimming or fishing or hiking or biking.
Another challenge coming up is our newly-established AuSable Birding Trail. One of the best sites to see birds is to take the trail just past the tree with the sneakers hanging on it. Oh, there I go again...take M18 to just north of the short road, no, I mean take M18  to just north of M157 and there is a seasonal road to the east, follow that (keeping to your left and watching for the signs) and you will come to the flooding and dam
But now you see my quandry - so many wonderful sights are to be found on our back roads, seasonal roads. There is a solution, though. Maps! Be sure to stop in the office, ask for our snowmobile/orv trail map, and I can point you anywhere!
It is such an exciting month for us here in Roscommon County. The Firemen's Memorial is this weekend and if you have never attended I really encourage you to come - free entrance and parking! There is so much to do for the entire family.

Monday and Tuesday following that we are very privilleged to host Michigan Cares for Tourism. This wonderful group of tourism people are actually paying to come do a clean up and restoration of the RAM Center and CCC Museum. I am sure I will have a blog next week about that event.
Today is bright and sunny and I am about to jump ship - it is too beautiful to sit here in the office and not be outside with my camera, hiking through the woods.

Wouldn't you like to join me? Be sure to visit this fall and enjoy our trails, migrating birds, and fishing at Michigan's Other Great Lakes.