Lake County Museum Open House

 The Lake County Historical Society has been working on a huge master plan since these two Craftsman houses were donated to them about ten years ago. These were the offices for the National Forest Ranger Station in Baldwin. They were moved down the street and became the basis for the Museum.

Since then, they added a boat room (maybe I'll talk more about that another day), and the final piece is a research room. Today was the open house to celebrate the grand opening of this part. In addition to what you see in this picture, there are more shelves, and desks and a research computer that anyone can use, free.

Bruce (I went kayaking with him and his wife a week ago) is the Historical Society President. The lady with him here is Jill Engleman, the curator. They thanked everyone, and reminded us that there are rotating displays, so it's worth stopping by occasionally to see the new things. They had advertised refreshments, but the food was extraordinary (not just cheese and crackers from Walmart).

There was a good turnout, and the space was packed. One of the houses is primarily a meeting room, and not everyone fit. You can see some of the period decor behind Bruce and Jill.

On the way, I stopped at Timber Creek and hiked south instead of north. Nice color.

This is the section that experienced a microburst in 2018. The trees were just broken and piled. The Forest Service did a salvage logging operation. You can see how it looked in 2019 at the link below. Really bare. Here's how it is today. Filling in with berry bushes, and an occasional red pine poking up.

Worked on computer stuff mostly, except for the above.

Miles walked in 2024: 495.7. NCT miles hiked in 2024: 154.5.

North Country Trail, Lake Co, MI, Timber Creek south to Wingleton Rd and back

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