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UPDATED INFORMATION Traverse City/Sleeping Bear MCC Photo Outing Second Planning Meeting 31-Aug-2016

Your Planning Team ●

Roger Bohl

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Tom Clark

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Nancy Nickerson

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Ed Sederlund

What the Outing “Isn't” ●

MCC Photo Outing is not an arranged tour. Participation is voluntary –

Each individual photographer will be responsible for: ● ● ● ● ●

Travel Lodging Meals Selection of sites to photograph Equipment and Personal Safety

What the Photo Outing “Is” ●

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An opportunity to photograph nature, buildings, learn history, learn more about photography, and have fun Team up with other like minded photographers from the MCC and explore Sleeping Bear Dunes and Traverse City area Post your best outing photos on a Flickr Group setup for this outing: Click Here -> MCC Sleeping Bear Outing

Itinerary Overview ●

Travel itinerary –

Monday October 10th – travel to Traverse City with a suggested stops at the Jordan River Valley area and Old Mission Point Lighthouse, Chateau Chantal

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Tuesday October 11th – Sleeping Bear Dunes, Glen Arbor area

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Wednesday October 12th – Sleeping Bear Dunes

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Thursday October 13th – return home with proposed stops at Betsie Point Lighthouse, Frankfort N Pier Head Light, Joshua Covered Bridge, High Rollaway Overview.

Review Proposed Itinerary ● ●

Review updated itinerary Form groups and decide on what to view and photograph –

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Based on interest and physical capability

MCC Google planning map, proposed points of interest: (Click Here, Google Planning Map)

Other Itinerary Suggestions From: Kerry Kelly Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 9:03 AM To: Ed Sederlund Subject: Re: Sleeping Bear Midland Camera Club Photo Outing Hi Ed, Good to hear from you again! I think the choices you've made are good ones. These are all park-owned properties and you can go on the property, wander around, up close, etc. A lot of people photograph these farms, but don't know that they can walk around the property, so they only get photos from a distance. Feel free to explore. The same is true of the other suggestions below. Since you will be in the Port Oneida area, I would also recommend the Ole Olson farm, Schmidt farm, and Martin Basch farm They are near the Basch Road / Kelderhouse Road intersection. The farms are old and buildings unimproved. I also think that some of your group would like to photograph some of the oldest log structures in the Park - light North Unity School, Kraitz cabin, Shalda cabin. These are all either in or very close to Port Oneida. Directions to these are in my Port Oneida booklet or in the Farms and Cabins booklet. http://friendsofsleepingbear.org/projects/booklets/ Kerry Kelly Chairman of the Board Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes

Places to Eat ●

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Empire, Joe’s Friendly Tavern on the corner of W Front St and S Lake St. Great hamburgers and other items Glen Arbor, Anderson’s Market, M22 and S Manitou Blvd, Home made soups and great deli sandwiches for takeout Traverse City, too many to mention, but the Grand Traverse Pie Company has great pie by the slice and a selection of sandwiches

Places to Stay ●

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Suggest Grand Beach or Sugar Beach hotel at 1683 US 31 North in Traverse City. These hotels a adjacent to each other and managed by the same company. –

Standard room rates in the October 10-13 start at $99 for a non beach view and $119 for a beach view plus tax, other fees for an additional 15%

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Link: Grand/Sugar Beach Hotels

Some individuals have indicated they will stay with friends or in their own condo

Additional Information ●

Star Trail Photography –

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Friends of Sleeping Bear Publications –

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Software and tutorials on star trail photography: (Click this link: Star Trails) (Click here: Friends of Sleeping Bear Booklets)After link opens, click on item 3; “Farms and Cabins 20160316” for an overview of several farms we plan on photographing

Sunrise and sunset and direction calculator for the “golden hour folks”: (Click Here: Sun Calculator)

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