July 2011 Free © northerncamper.com Pine, Muskegon, & Manistee Take Me to the River Recipes Festivities Puzzles American Legion Post 300 Open to public July 1-2 With Ron on Oneal July 1 Small TOWN 8 -11 p.m. Marshue’s Tantastic Boutique Tanning, Body Wraps, Gifts Bait Shop North 231-839-TANS 231-839-FISH “Where you are brown year ‘round” Stops Full Line of Bait & Tackle Beach Supplies, Pop, Snacks The Coffee Cup See Ad Below Baldwin Wood Products 231-839-0042 The Missaukee Sentinel Special Orders Taken Missaukee County News Source Open 7 Days a Week, 7 - ? Copy/Fax, Office Supplies, Dry Cleaning 231-839-5400, missaukeesentinel.com Cadillac Mortgage 41 N. Morey Rd. The Town Pump 231-839-0600 See Ad Below www.cadillacmortgage.com Videos North Curves of Lake City Mon. - Thurs., Noon - 9 p.m. 57 N. Morey Rd. (Across from McDonald’s) Fri. - Sun., Noon - 10 p.m. 231-839-6889 105 South Main Street 30 Minute Workout, Fun/Fast/Safe WhiteTail Realty In The North! 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I swear I read somewhere that Jimmy Buffet refused to do an MTV video when other WhiteTail Realty musicians where doing nothing but. This always made me “like” him and made me even more of a “fan.” Falling in Love Now, I find myself a little disappointed as I with Northern Michigan? was hoping “not” to find him on Facebook. Come see us for cabins, Rick Lantz cottages & recreational properties! I still like him, but I’m not going to sign up on Facebook to tell him. What could be a real kick is to send him a copy of The Northern Camper. I bet a mailed copy of this paper magazine would have a better chance of getting past his “people” and directly to Carolyn Lantz him than any comment I could make on Facebook. I understand there is marketing potential and most of our sponsors have a Facebook 231-839-8142 • 877-212-1405 page. I’m not saying “we’ll never . .” as I www.LakeCityMiRealEstate.com don’t like to eat my words. But I’m going to Jeff Marion 101 S. Main St., Lake City wave off the bandwagon a little longer. I’d still believe in reaching you, the reader, with something that you can dog-ear the page from and come back to it when you want. No Have a Nice Day! signing up. No logging on. 9&10 News ................................................................................ 27 B.C. Pizza ~ Lake City ............................................................... 24 Go ahead and grab the magazine from the Bob Evans ~ Cadillac & Traverse City ........................................ 21 rack in the diner, and you’ll have something Boon Grocery .............................................................................11 Cadillac Family Pharmacy ......................................................... 21 to bide the time with while you’re waiting. Cadillac Wexford Transit Authority ............................................19 Pick up a copy on your way into the grocery Coffee Cup................................................................................... 2 Coolwater on the Pine ............................................................... 32 store or farm market as there may be a recipe Coyote Crossing ..........................................................................18 you need ingredients for. Ask the Welcome Culver’s ~ Cadillac, Gaylord & Traverse City .............................. 8 Dry Shade Camper Canopy Companion ..................................... 9 Center host to recommend a good camp area Dublin General Store .................................................................10 or weekend festival and they’ll hand you The Ebels General Store ....................................................................11 Interlochen .................................................................................13 Northern Camper. Kestelwoods ............................................................................... 27 Korner Gem .......................................................................... 22-23 I know we’ll never get away from our Little River Casino ....................................................................... 4 iPhones or computers, but isn’t camping one Loomis Landing ......................................................................... 32 MINews26 ................................................................................. 21 of the few activities left that provides a good Missaukee County Parks ............................................................ 32 reason to leave them off? Try “connecting” Missaukee Paddle Sports ............................................................15 Pine River Paddlesports Center ..................................................15 to the people you are sitting around the fire Ranch Rudolf ............................................................................. 32 with. I bet you find your own fan base at camp River Country Campground ...................................................... 32 Shay Station ................................................................................. 7 and that if you just listen, people are telling TCRV .......................................................................................... 23 you they like you all the time. Timber Ridge RV & Recreation Resort.............................12-13, 23 Town Pump Saloon ...................................................................... 2 Twin Oaks Campground & Cabins ............................................ 32 ~ Kathy Salvatore, editor/publisher Whipple’s Market & Snack Shack ................................................ 9 WhiteTail Realty .......................................................................... 3 © V O L u M E 7 I S S u E 2 J u L Y 2 0 1 1 Take Me to the River ........................5 Almanac Rack ..................................8 Sudoku .............................................8 Camper’s Gadget ..............................9 The Cookin’ Camper ...................... 10 Camper’s Choice ............................ 12 Camper’s Word Search ................... 14 Headlocks & Hotdogs ..................... 15 Festivities ....................................... 16 History Corner ............................... 18 Small Town Stop .............................20 Park ‘n’ Play Got Rocks? .....................................22 Nestled in the Victorian port city of Manistee, Campground Critter .......................24 Little River Casino Resort is one of Michigan’s Camper’s Crossword ......................25 premier entertainment destinations. Our spacious Northern Waters ............................26 luxury RV Park features 45 full service sites and 50 ecomomy sites, which offer the perfect Campground Directory ..................28 way to relax after a road trip. We have three The Northern Camper is distributed May though October in delightful restaurants to suit any taste, or budget. Wexford, Missaukee, north Osceola, west Roscommon, west Grand Traverse, north Leelanau, south Antrim, and Manistee counties and And you can try to fill ‘er up with cash on one Michigan Welcome Centers including Clare, Monroe, Dundee and of over 1,500 slots and a variety of table games! New Buffalo. Come play and stay with us, make your reservations The Northern Camper is published by S.S. Signals Marketing now at 1-888-568-2244. More excitement, in Lake City, Michigan. Entire contents copyright 2011 by S.S. Signals Marketing. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use more adventure, more things to see and do… of content in any manner is strictly prohibited. The Northern Little River is truly more fun than ever! Camper is a registered trademark and its use is prohibited. S.S. Signals Marketing reserves the right to refuse advertising not deemed acceptable by the publisher, Kathy Salvatore. Published by Advertising Information (231) 394-1549 or (231) 920-2569 [email protected] PO Box 14 Lake City, MI 49651-0014 ©2011 www.northerncamper.com The Northern Camper 5 Pine, Muskegon, & Manistee Take Me To The River by Natalie Davis The river has a way of weaving around your heart the staff of Pine River Paddlesports Center (PRPC) to just as it winds its way across the landscape—across tailor the boat to their client. “We are uniquely posi- grassy meadows, through narrow valleys, under the tioned to match guests with boats that provide them canopy of towering trees. In Northwest Michigan, we the best experience on the river,” explains Miltner. have an abundance of rivers, each with their own per- PRPC offers trips of varying length and difficulty. sonality, just waiting to captivate you. For people new to the sport of paddling or to the more challenging water of the Pine, the PRPC staff provides PINE RIVER a paddle primer