Just returned from a late fall visit to our condo in Charlevoix , MI
The weather sucked but for a great sunny Sunday. Charlevoix
was having its Fall Festival where all the apple growers of the region gather
to show and sell their produce. You would not believe the variety of apples
that are grown here.
My favorite from a few years back are HONEY CRISP APPLES.
They are the best I have ever eaten and they taste just like the name implies,
sweet and crisp. I did find out why they are so expensive…they are “club
apples”, apples that were “invented or created” by someone who now collects a
royalty on those apples; growers have to pay the creators for the right to grow
them…they are worth the extra cost.
There was another apple people were talking about and it had
the word “tango” in its name but none were available because the growers
refused to pay the $10,000 fee to grow them…I still wished I could have at
least tasted one.
Anyway, the weather was great (a bit too windy for my
tastes) and downtown Charlevoix was jumping. We drove to Petoskey along 31 and
all the way to Harbor Springs which was deserted. Lake
Michigan was alive with white caps all over…
This time of year up North is bitter sweet as stores close
for the winter with signs in the window saying “Had a great summer, see you in
the spring”.
Snow fences going up, cottages being shrink wrapped as well
as boats…
BUT my nephew and his family will be up at the condo during
the Christmas break, hoping there is a lot of snow to goof around Mt. McSaba (hill actually) very near the condo and my
niece’s family is a skiing family so they may be up later in the year but for
us…see you in the spring.
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