Monument Road. There is skiing to fill a few hours or an entire weekend! DOWNTOWN Unlike many Northern Michigan destinations, the East Tawas downtown Area does not close-up when the temperatures drop. The area offers a variety of restaurants to choose from year around, and most of the quaint downtown shops also stay open year around. The downtown is comprised of 3 blocks of a variety of different stores to choose from. The local movie theatre is also downtown, has two screens and has nightly showings of the newest releases. EVENT Tawas is home to the wellknown “Perchville USA” festival that takes on the first full weekend in February every year. After having to cancel the festival in 2021 the Tawas Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to bring the event back to the community. The 2022 festival, being held on February 4th and 5th, will be the 71st year for the event. Perchville USA, which brings about 4,000 spectators out, has a variety of different events. The pre-Perchville activities begin the Saturday before the event with a coronation breakfast where the Perchville Royalty is crowned, the following Thursday the Royal feast is held. The weekend of the celebration includes a parade, family fair, chili cook-off contest, ATV races, fishing tournament, polar bear swim cornhole tournament, and a hospitality tent with live entertainment. If you’re lucky you might even spot the Perchville mascot, Nanuk who is a polar bear, walking around town! •
Iosco County, Tawas and Sand Lake for you next snowmobile or ORV trip
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have rode many places across lower and upper Michigan since I began riding many years ago. When I think of loading up the sleds or the ORV my first thought is to head North of the Bridge. As our kids got older we started looking for places closer to home to ride and discovered the Sand Lake trail head in Iosco County. The trail head is very well maintained throughout all of Michigan’s seasons and has lots of room to park larger trucks and trailers. The trails are groomed for both sled and ORVs, in order to offer you a day of great riding. When you start your riding adventure, you head north for about 8 miles until the trail comes to a tee. At this point you can go either East or West. East will take you towards Oscoda and offers a 19 continued on page 36
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