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Mackinac Island Featuring the Tulip Time Festival

As the saying once goes, April Showers bring May owers. As we enter into the month of May where the foliage is blooming all around us here in New England, this month is a prime time to visit Michigan. Last month, we featured the infamous Floriade horticultural festival taking place this year in 2022. If you are not able to secure a ticket, we have a taste of that experience right here in America at Mackinac Island.

is classic Midwestern tour features Michigan, Illinois and is the best time to catch the tulips. In Dearborn, experience the inspirational Henry Ford Museum and view historic homes at Green eld Village including the famous American workshops of omas Edison, Henry Ford and Robert Frost. en venture over and visit the Bavarian-in uenced town of Frankenmuth. explore the architectural artistry of Alden B. Dow’s Home & Studio during a guided tour. is legendary 20th century architect designed his home to be the peak of MidTwentieth Century Modern Architecture, and since its construction has been declared a National Historic Landmark.

en, board the ferry that will take you back to a simpler time and savor two incredible nights amid the luxury of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. Both your hotel and the island itself are National Historic Landmarks. e island is a natural gem with over eighty percent of its land preserved by Mackinac State Park, a woodland paradise accented with limestone formations and ringed by Lake Huron.

Listen for how the neighs of horses replace the roar of engines as there are no motor vehicles on the island and enjoy a horse and buggy tour of Mackinac Island. Savor some time to enjoy all of Mackinac Island’s quiet pleasures. Enjoy brilliant views while sitting on the front porch of the Grand Hotel or take a walk downtown to visit the shops and buy some fudge, a favorite item on the island. See quaint Charlevoix’s unique stone “mushroom houses.” View extraordinary owers in bloom at Holland’s Tulip Time Festival, only taking place for this month! Explore the wonderful city of Chicago with a local guide, Highlights of your tour include famous Michigan Avenue, the “Magni cent Mile,” the Wrigley Building, the Loop, the Lakefront, and a walking tour through Millennium Park. ere is no better place to enjoy the beginning of spring and take in the aroma of fresh blossomed tulips then this touring here in America’s heartland.

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Shop In RI Selects Sugarbush Resort, Vermont as their #1 Skiing Getaway on the East Coast!

Sugarbush is an overlooked gem among its peers, with many skiers heading to nearby Killington, Stowe, or Mad River Glen over this double mountain resort. So why shouldn’t you do the same? To put it simply, Sugarbush o ers practically everything that those more popular ski areas boast, minus the crowds. So if you fancy schussing down a freshly groomed slope without queuing for a lift or dodging snowploughers this could be just the place for you!

Terrain: The resort is made up of two interconnected mountains, Lincoln Peak, where the majority of trails are, and Mount Ellen. Other lower peaks include Castle Rock, Gadd Peak and North Lynx. For the type of gnarly terrain you would expect from Mad River Glen, just hop aboard the Castle Rock Double chair to Castle Rock. From the top at 3,812 ft, you’ll have the steep double black chutes of Lift Line and Rumble to get stuck into. If clocking up maximum vertical drop is more your thing then you’ll find the slopes here laid out much better for top-to-bottom shredding than at Killington. Even if you ski all 111 trails here, there’s also 2,000 ac of backcountry to explore in the Slide Brook Basin area!

Town: If all that wasn’t enough, Sugarbush is generally a notch cheaper than pricey Stowe, but not at the sacrifice of luxury. For lavish lodgings, look no further than Lincoln Peak Village. For these reasons and more, when it comes to the most practical ski destination in Vermont, Sugarbush is a fantasic choice for a winter weekend getaway!