Nothing like starting your day off with a sunrise on the east coast of Michigan at the Tawas Point State Park beach.

The world famous D.H. Day barn near the Sleeping Bear Dunes. This has to be one of the most recognizable barns in Michigan, if not the country, so had to post a pic of it.

While I was in Owosso I went for a walk downtown and I would rather walk down sidewalks in the fresh air looking at storefronts of locally owned businesses then go to the mall. Owosso has so many beautiful old historic buildings it was sad to see that a lot of them are empty. This old mural caught my eye and I like how you can see a couple of different faded murals in it.

It’s amazing how many spooky old houses I find traveling back roads. you always hear about urban blight but not much about rural blight. This house is north east of Wolverine I am not sure if it’s haunted, do the spirits leave after the roof collapses.

The sign going into Omer says “Michigan’s Smallest City,” but according to Wikipedia Omer has 313 residents and it’s actually the second smallest city in the state as of the 2010 census. The smallest city is now Lake Angelus, with a population of 290, but Omer could always kick a few people out of town a reclaim the title.

I was not sure what to post from today so I thought I would start at the beginning with a pic of the harbor in East Tawas. It was nice getting some pics of the sunrise side of Michigan, it seems like most photos I see on Pure Michigan are of the sunset side on Lake Michigan.

I was in Vassar and it is such a nice little town, it was sad to see all the empty buildings. I don’t get the same feeling walking into Walmart and those big chain stores like I do going to a small family owned business.

I found this shack north of Cadillac near an exit for 131. it looks like a face with the two windows for eyes and the two white boards for a nose. it’s just sitting there watching cars go by wondering if anyone will notice it.

Downtown Wolverine. I love old buildings with old faded “ghost murals”. I always wonder what they used to say. how come it’s rare to see a new advertising mural on a building these days. not everything needs to be hi-tech digital signage. sometimes old fashioned hand painted stuff is more noticeable and more appealing.

I saw this old car near a garage in Hale I think it’s a 55 Ford Fairlane. This isn’t some exotic sports car or rare classic it’s just a 4 door working class car, but someone saw value in it to keep it around and not melt it down for scrap. I bet in its day it made several trips to the store to by food for the family and then once a year the family loaded it up and went of to take a family vacation, probably to Mackinaw Island, I bet it even rode the ferry over to the U.P.