{"id":28522,"date":"2022-01-23T10:17:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T15:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=28522"},"modified":"2022-07-22T06:58:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T11:58:46","slug":"thumb-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/thumb-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumb Drive, Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=28499\">first day<\/a> I stuck to my original plan. However, I needed to pivot to something different on the second day due to a storm hundreds of miles away. As an alternate, I could finish Michigan&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Thumb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thumb<\/a> with only three more counties remaining: Sanilac, Huron and Tuscola. True, it would involve backtracking along some of the same Interstate highway I drove just a day earlier. Even so, that didn&#8217;t seem to matter as much with a 75 mile per hour (120 kph) speed limit. I could cover that ground quickly. But I would have to do it solo because my road trip buddy was back at school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Second Day Loop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m58!1m12!1m3!1d743717.1581693259!2d-84.30276944383552!3d43.26933486426494!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m43!3e0!4m5!1s0x8822e875eae5abf3%3A0x3b19b3f7117ca625!2sEast%20Lansing%2C%20Michigan!3m2!1d42.7369792!2d-84.4838654!4m5!1s0x882457623f794ed5%3A0x711c9c58dbb44350!2sImlay%20City%2C%20Michigan%2048444!3m2!1d43.0247496!2d-83.0777153!4m5!1s0x88243137fc634bf7%3A0x17bf28dfaf6d2b43!2sMarlette%2C%20MI!3m2!1d43.3269685!2d-83.08022!4m5!1s0x88268eabb6b73085%3A0x313be91ad9f4ccfe!2sBad%20Axe%2C%20MI!3m2!1d43.8019592!2d-83.00077739999999!4m5!1s0x88241398542ec799%3A0x25cf48e0a6e0e43d!2sMayville%2C%20MI!3m2!1d43.3369682!2d-83.35245019999999!4m5!1s0x88246058115b99fb%3A0xce1a9c279e29f868!2sLapeer%2C%20MI!3m2!1d43.0514161!2d-83.31883409999999!4m5!1s0x8822e875eae5abf3%3A0x3b19b3f7117ca625!2sEast%20Lansing%2C%20MI!3m2!1d42.7369792!2d-84.4838654!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1642868823570!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bulk of The Thumb seemed to have a complete lack of interesting attractions. By interesting I mean to the Twelve Mile Circle audience, and specifically destinations qualifying as unusual or weird. I&#8217;m sure there are plenty of captivating locations there for normal people including miles of Great Lakes waterfront. Even so, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Atlas Obscura<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadsideamerica.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roadside America<\/a> showed nothing; I mean <em>nothing<\/em>, as in a complete void on their maps. This promised to be a really boring nonstop drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I poked all around the Internet trying to find something worthwhile. Finally I stumbled upon the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thumbquilttrail.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thumb Quilt Trail<\/a>. The Thumb obviously represented the geographic area of Michigan I wanted to visit, but what about the quilt? I had visions of blankets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actually no, it referenced <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quilt_trail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quilt Blocks<\/a>, which are painted geometric designs attached to the exterior walls of barns and other rural structures. This folk art tradition dates back to the mid\/late 19th Century when German and Swiss immigrants settled in the Northeast and Midwest. These designs have undergone something of a resurgence lately. Fortunately the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1OzEgZtZtNB8B04i3OtJAT2J9x05LHOEI&amp;ll=43.630523655468956%2C-83.13887555&amp;z=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website had a map<\/a> and I noticed several Quilt Blocks fell directly along my intended route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know what people are thinking. No, I don&#8217;t need anything else to count and I don&#8217;t intend to follow Quilt Trails in other parts of the country. I did this solely to break up the monotony of an otherwise uninspired drive. So let&#8217;s take a look at a representative sample from each of the three new counties that I added to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">county counting list<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sanilac County<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/51827677790\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51827677790_57a180109b_b.jpg\" alt=\"The Wing Barn in Marlette, Michigan. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I drove due-north on one of the more significant roads through the Thumb, on Michigan highway 53 (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M-53_(Michigan_highway)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">M-53<\/a>). It slices all the way through the western side of Sanilac County, through the town of Marlette and then proceeds into lots of farmland. I stopped at a couple of recommended places in Marlette, one at a Christian thrift store (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/51827294669\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">photo<\/a>) and one at a daycare center in a building that looked like an old school house (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/51826951961\/\">photo<\/a>). The artworks were titled &#8220;Patriotic Heart&#8221; and &#8220;Double Ohio Star &amp; Card Trick.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I drove north of town to a spot the website called the Wing Barn. It was hard to take photos of most of the barns because there weren&#8217;t many places to pull over on a swiftly-moving highway. Fortunately an access road provided a nice angle for a clear photo of the Wing Barn (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/MX3tWxqYWvB9PRkPA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>). The owners named the block on this barn &#8220;Glory Be.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Huron County<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/51827677730\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51827677730_426e05e434_b.jpg\" alt=\"Czekai Family Orchard formerly Janiks Orchard in Bad Axe, Michigan. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I continued on M-53 until I crossed into Huron County, the thumbnail on The Thumb. A few miles later I arrived at what the Quilt Trail called Janik&#8217;s Orchard (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/ii545eeM95d2bNpb8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>). According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/czekaifamilyorchard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a> it&#8217;s called the &#8220;Czekai Family Orchard formerly Janik&#8217;s Orchard&#8221;. It had a For Sale sign in front when I pulled up though. I don&#8217;t know what name it will have later so your results may vary. It didn&#8217;t really matter to me either way, I just wanted to visit a new county. The barn had an actual quilt block on a side wall but I&#8217;d have to walk through snow to get to it. So I took a picture of the pumpkin and called it good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The closest town is Bad Axe. If I lived there I know I&#8217;d enjoy saying, &#8220;<em>Don&#8217;t mess with me, I&#8217;m a Bad Axe!<\/em>&#8221; But that didn&#8217;t persuade me to buy the orchard although I did think about it for a second or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tuscola County<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/51827677480\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51827677480_fd2ff0a36e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Mayville Museum in Mayville, Michigan. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally I turned back towards the south, on various roads paralleling M-53. Soon I crossed into Tuscola County. I targeted a quilt block at the <a href=\"https:\/\/mayvillemuseum.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mayville Museum<\/a> titled &#8220;Modern Dresden&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/PhFmiEusE3j4Ugh69\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Too bad it was the middle of winter. I think I would have enjoyed the museum during its open season, with its old railroad station and vintage caboose. It also included a genealogy library, which would have interested me because that&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/genealogy\/genealogy.html\">one of my hobbies<\/a>. Coincidentally, a bunch of my distant relatives lived in Tuscola County (and neighboring Lapeer) at the turn of the last century. I&#8217;m sure I would have uncovered some interesting tidbits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bonus Afternoon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>But wait! There&#8217;s more! I plowed through the county counting in the morning and I had an entire afternoon free. My son wasn&#8217;t available for the earlier drive but he could walk around the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing with me in the afternoon (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/TYp5gCPLFQFxajUe9\">map<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MSU-Walk.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MSU-Walk.jpg\" alt=\"Walking Track through Michigan State University. Underlying map via tomtom.com\n\" class=\"wp-image-30588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MSU-Walk.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MSU-Walk-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MSU-Walk-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My GPS running watch works for walking too. So I thought it might be interesting to track my 5.3 mile path through the campus. It involved lots of poking around at a very casual pace. I had a few sites in mind, mostly in the historic North Neighborhood, the oldest part of the University. I wanted to see the Spartan Statue (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/51827674895\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">photo<\/a>) and the Beaumont Tower. Also I wanted to see The Rock (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/51826004067\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">photo<\/a>), essentially a stone billboard that&#8217;s painted with new messages every day. Everything else was a bonus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beaumont Tower<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/51827292074\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51827292074_e94c3a7560_b.jpg\" alt=\"Beaumont Tower at Michigan State University. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s not really a central point of the campus that I could determine; it just sort of sprawls all over the place. I guess that makes sense for the university that served as a model for the entire <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Land-grant_university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Land-Grant<\/a> system. It&#8217;s also a <a href=\"https:\/\/bigten.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Big 10<\/a> school so maybe the central focus is the football stadium or basketball arena. But I think one could also make a case for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.music.msu.edu\/carillon\/history-of-beaumont-tower-and-the-carillon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beaumont Tower<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tower rose here about a century ago. It&#8217;s also a carillon so music from the bells sometimes fills the area. Previously, the university&#8217;s original instructional building sat on this site, the first building in the United States devoted to teaching scientific agriculture. So it marks a particularly historic spot on an already historic campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Red Cedar River<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/51826948956\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51826948956_b221b37806_b.jpg\" alt=\"Red Cedar River through Michigan State University. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>How many universities have a river running right through campus? Michigan State does, the Red Cedar River. It&#8217;s a tributary of the Grand River which eventually flows into Lake Michigan. This is a dominant landmark of the university, complete with a paved trail that follows its banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Certainly our walk barely scratched the surface of the larger university. Nonetheless I felt like we covered most of the &#8220;good stuff&#8221; and by then we were getting cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See Also: The <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=28499\">first day of the adventure<\/a> on 12MC and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/albums\/72157633766932374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Complete Photo Album<\/a> on Flickr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the first day I stuck to my original plan. However, I needed to pivot to something different on the second day due to a storm hundreds of miles away. As an alternate, I could finish Michigan&#8217;s Thumb with only three more counties remaining: Sanilac, Huron and Tuscola. 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