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One of the mushroom fairy tale houses in Charlevoix, Michigan | <><>
Less windy today, actually quite calm in our little bay, but we went touring again in the rented car and waves were much higher out in Little Traverse Bay. Looks better than yesterday though. Went over to Charlevoix. On the way, we stopped in at Bay Harbor. It was developed as a luxury resort for boaters, golfers, equestrians and shoppers, it is situated in a deep man-made harbour lined with mansions. We had heard that the harbour was actually made in an old quarry. Moved on to Charlevoix, a nice town with good shopping, good restaurants. Saw houses designed and built by Earl Young in 1918 shaped like mushrooms. They are actually called fairy tale mushroom houses, and they do look like they belong in a fairy tale. Mr. Young aparently built them without blueprints, using stones that he had been collecting since he was a child. They are pretty, would have liked to seen inside them. We noted that most of the other houses that we saw in the town were built of wood. Drove through the countryside a bit, some corn fields, few working farms, a lot of land that looked like it was not being farmed. Had lunch in Charlevoix, then came back to do things like groceries etc. We hope to leave in the morning, but will wait to see the forecast.
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