I was on Facebook the other day and noticed that an old friend from MSU had a pretty cool idea. He and his wife decided to make it their mission to see every lighthouse in Michigan. He actually started a blog about it and it provides some good information. Here is his blog:
http://marksmichiganlighthouses.blogspot.com/
Anyways, I thought it might be something that you and Dad would be interested in...I think he mentioned that there are 162 lighthouses in Michigan and you can actually get a "Lighthouse Passport" to get stamped every time you go to a new one. Sounds pretty cool, and since you and Dad like to take drives and explore little (or big) towns, I thought it might be a fun thing to do!
In keeping with Up North stuff, I just saw this posted on Facebook - Mario Batali's favorite things to do in Northern Michigan. Mom, I think I remember you telling me about this. Here is the link to the commercial. It's pretty cool...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SJoNhmniac&feature=youtu.be