The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-09-02
TRIP TO THE STRAITS

Our trip to the Straits of Macki-
nae, which included weeks stay as
guests Of Mrs. Rosamond Beebe, at
her cottage at Bay View, was most
charming experience from first to
last. When boy of fifteen or there
about we spent one season as a
cabin boy on the Steamer L. S. Fax
ton, plying the waters adjacent to the
northern Michigan resorts, but we
saw at that time with eyes which re-
garded other beauties quite as much
as scenic beauties and therefore did
not comprehend the latter as fully as
we were able to do at this time. Of
course, it will be understood that Mrs.
Reed and the boys accompanied the
editor on the trip and all had most
delightful time. We went by way of
Saginaw, St. Louis, Evart, Cadillac
and Traverse City, finding good
roads most Of the way and no seem
cry of special Importance until we
reached the vicinity of Traverse City,
although we will interpose long
enough to say that we found Cadillac
a very up to date, beautiful city,
with Traverse City in the same class,
but possibly a trifle larger. At the
latter place we acme in sight of the
glistening waters of the magnificent
Grand Traverse Bay, stretching
northward to Lake Michigan, a dis
tance of forty-fve miles. There are
two of these bays, with anarrow neck
of land between, known locally as
s'the peninsula" which contains some
of the largest and finest fruit farms
in the State of Michigan. From Tray
>erse the road lay along the lake
shore nearly the entire way to the
Straits, commanding frequent views
broad valleys, majestic hills with
wooded slopes, and an occasional
farmstead, while on the one hand,
reaching away to the horizon, were
the shining waters of the Great
Lakes, and on the other hand, like
giant emeralds in magnificent set
tings, were the silvery surfaces of
an almost continuous chain of in
land lakes. We cannot believe there
is anything more beautiful than this
in the lake regions of Ireland or
Switzerland or anywhere else on the
face of this earth. Petoskey is a
beautiful little city, with many fine
homes, while Bay View, suburb Of
Petoskey, is superb. Here there are
numerous cottages, owned by people
from all over Ine OHlJeu OldIeS, a
wealth of shade everywhere, magni-
ficent auditorium in which program
of music and lectures is given each
year, ard a splendid view Of the wat
ets of Lake Michigan and Little Trav-
erse Bay. The atmosphere at Bay
View is noticeably different from
that Of the inland section of the state
and is cool and delightful. There
were no flies or Mosquitoes. While
at this point in our story we shall
pause long enough to pay tribute to
the devotion and generous hospitality
of our hostess, Mrs. Beebe, who did
everything possible to make our stay
pleasant and who was a fine compan-
ion on many of the side trips which
we took. She has beautiful sum-
mer home at Bay View which she has
occupied for many years. One of
the most interesting side trips we en-
joyed was that to Harbor Point,
where the palatial summer homes of
several Chicago millionaires and 9TH
er wealthy people are located. An
other was to Charleviox, a beautiful
resort patronized by people from
widely separated sections of coun-