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Where’s Tyler? The Holland Peanut Store

Oct 22

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For over 100 years, the Fabiano family has run the Holland Peanut Store.  The store has almost every candy imaginable and is as close as you can get to a Willy Wonka experience.

The Peanut Store has been a staple in my life, just like Captain Sundae is.  Each trip downtown isn’t complete unless I step in the Peanut Store to smell the chocolate covered candies and get something sweet to eat.  Children will go nuts when they walk in, overwhelmed by the sheer amount of tasty deliciousness on the shelves.  As well as factory packaged candies like m&m’s, skittles, suckers, etc. they also have chocolate covered nuts, fruits, and more.  True to the name, they also have fresh roasted peanuts that are sure to hit the spot.

The Holland Peanut Store is open year round and is located at 46 East Eighth Street, in downtown Holland.

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Where’s Tyler? The Outpost

Oct 15

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The Outpost of Holland is a premier outdoor specialty store in downtown Holland.  They carry anything you would ever need to get out and enjoy the beautiful world we live in.  From men’s and women’s clothing to backpacks to kayaks.  The service is outstanding and everyone who works there truly loves the outdoors and they love to see others enjoying it.

The Outpost also carries Stand Up Paddleboards (SUPs).  They are the only store in the area that I’ve found that carries them.  A Stand Up Paddleboard is a long board, very similar to a surf board that you stand on and paddle around on the water, it looks like you are walking on the water.  It is a lot of fun to paddle down the many rivers and lakes during a nice, sunny day.  I’ve purchased 3 paddleboards from The Outpost and am very pleased with all of them.  I highly recommend SUPs for anyone looking for a new activity to pick up.  They run $600-$1500 a board but if this is too much to spend, Macatawa Boat House rents SUPs by the hour.

The Outpost is located downtown Holland at 25 East Eighth Street.
They are open:
Monday and Thursday: 10 – 8
Tues and Wed: 10 – 5:30
Fri: 10 – 9
Sat: 9:30 – 5:30

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The Week in South Haven

Aug 5

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Exciting things are happening in South Haven this week!  The National Bluebery Festival kicks off tomorrow and runs through Sunday, and on top of that replicas of the Nina and the Pinta are moored in the South Haven Harbor until Sunday.

The Blueberry Festival is an annual event in South Haven that attracts large crowds to the city in order to celebrate everything blueberry!  There are blueberry cook offs, concerts, a pancake breakfast, pageants, and so much more.  Friday is kids day, so be sure to bring them along for a carnival, blueberry tasting, the Curious Kid’s Museum, and best of all…a blueberry pie eating contest!!!

Over 500 years ago, Christopher Columbus sailed across the ocean with three ships and discovered the Americas. Two of these ships, the Nina and the Pinta, have been replicated and these replicas are moored at the Michigan Maritime Museum as I write this.  Tours of the ships are offered until Sunday, so be sure to stop by and check them out while in town for the Blueberry Festival.

Go exploring like Christopher Columbus and find something new in South Haven!

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Kayaking on Lake Michigan

Jul 20

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Lake Michigan
Well, this past Saturday was a chilly, windy, occasionally rainy day. So a friend and I decided to skip the Venetian festival and go kayaking (that makes perfect sense, right?). We were planning on dumping the kayaks in Lake Michigan two miles south of the South Haven channel and then kayaking up the channel. So we took the two kayaks out of storage and carried them down to the beach. The waves were 3-5 feet and we both looked at each other like we were crazy. And yes, we were. We dumped the kayaks in the water and hopped in. 30 minutes later the kayaks were completely full of water, and we were no closer to the channel then when we started. This is when we realized that kayaking on Lake Michigan in 5 foot waves is a bad idea.

Emptying the water from the kayaks proved very difficult. Every time we’d get close a wave would come and refill any progress we had made. Half an hour and many bruises later, the kayaks were emptied and sitting on the beach!

Moral of the story: Don’t kayak on Lake Michigan when there are 5 foot swells.

p.s. A great place to go kayaking is on the Black River through the Bangor/South Haven Heritage Water Trail.

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