Come for the house, stay for the lake.
Four things worth planning a fall trip around: a harvest market, a color paddle on the river, cider pressing at an orchard and a night under dark skies on the dunes.
Guests get the calendar by email
Most of it is free
On the calendar.
Food
9 AM to 1 PM
Harvest Saturday at the Market
Apples, squash and cider donuts at the Glen Arbor market, five minutes from every house.
Free
On the water
10 AM to 12:30 PM
Color Paddle on the Crystal River
A slow two-hour paddle under maples at peak color, guided by a local outfitter.
$35, kayak included
Harvest
1 to 4 PM
Cider Pressing at the Orchard
Press a gallon of cider from this year’s apples at a family orchard down the road.
$12 a gallon
Outdoors
7 to 9 PM
Dark Sky Night on the Dunes
Blankets, hot cocoa and a telescope on the dunes on the first clear night of November.
Free, bring a blanket
The places we send every guest.
Solveig’s list, tested over fifteen summers: one beach, one climb, one paddle and one drive worth a whole afternoon. The printed version with maps waits in every house.
Beach
Glen Haven, 6 minutes
Climb
The Dune Climb, 9 minutes
Paddle
Crystal River, 4 minutes
Drive
M-22 north to Leland, an afternoon
Staying with us? You get the whole list.
Every guest gets the printed guide in the house and the season calendar by email a month before arrival.