Enlightening and relaxing

Editor’s

Note: This piece on Cruising the Great Lakes will serve as an introduction to the places the ship stopped and for the next six months those destinations will be highlighted.

Greencroft Community Center Tours

Cruising the Great Lakes is just as enjoyable as doing the Caribbean or the Mediterranean. In fact, it has some advantages that make it very attractive.

For starters, it’s closer to home. Then, it’s less crowded because ships only carry around 200 people. And, they stop at familiar places like Niagara Falls, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Detroit, Mackinac Island, the Soo Locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and Holland, Mich.

Along the way, it docks in places most people have probably never heard of or would probably never go to, like the world’s deepest natural freshwater port at Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, the 30,000 islands of Georgian Bay or Midland with more than 30 beautiful murals.

The Great Lakes are pretty much taken for granted by Midwesterners. On board the Pearl Seas Mist, passengers learn how important they are to the health and welfare of

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Upcoming Tours

Feb. 6 – Jayco

RV Factory Tour, Middlebury, IN

Feb. 27 – Studebaker Museum/SB Chocolate Factory, South Bend, IN

Mar. 6 – Shopping in Shipshewana, IN

Mar. 22 – Fair Oaks Farm, Fair Oaks, IN

Apr. 12 – Gerald Ford Museum & Chaffe Planetarium, Grand Rapids, MI

May 4 – Sauder Village & Quilt Show, Archbold, OH

June 13-15 – Chicago

June 23 – Biblical Gardens and Warsaw Glass Co., Warsaw, IN

For full information on any of these tours, or to make a reservation, please call 574-537-4090

1820 Greencroft Blvd. Goshen, IN 46526 www.greencroft.org

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