Campers are given free reign of the hotel pool and hot tub, which are located indoors. Plenty of full hookup sites are available. Little River boasts one of the nicer casino RV parks in Michigan. Whether you smoke or don’t smoke, let it be noted. For those of you not familiar with Michigan casinos are the only places in the state that are exempt from the public places smoking ban. It is one of the nicer casinos in Michigan, and they have a wide array of promotions and giveaways to keep you coming. It boasts of a casino, a large hotel, an auditorium, a few restaurants and an adjoining RV park. This facility is owned by the Little River band of the Ottawa Indians. We arrived at Little River Casino before lunch. We will blog more about these places in the future, when we can get some photos to go along with the story. In the daytime, when energy usage is high, the pumps become turbines and generate electricity as the water flows back into Lake Michigan. The way it works is this: At night, when energy usage is low, water is pumped into the 27 billion gallon reservoir.

The latter is a giant reservoir built in the 1970’s. The former consists of 56 giant wind turbines dotted around the local rural landscape. It was an absolutely beautiful drive.Ī couple of things that are encountered along US 31 south of Ludington are the Lake Winds Energy Farm and also the Ludington Pumped Storage Facility. That was taken along US-31 near Pentwater. Well, we lucked out on Wednesday, as the above photo shows. Sometimes there can be a raging blizzard out there. Those familiar with lake-effect know that ‘sunny in Grand Rapids’ doesn’t always translate to sunny at the lakeshore. We chose the lakeshore route, as the sun was out. So off we went!įrom Grand Rapids, there are two routes you can take: the inland route via US 131, or the lakeshore route, via US 31. Pardon the pun, but the weather along the lakeshore can be a gamble this time of year…but Wednesday was Senior Day, and we are considered seniors now at 56 years old, at least in the casino’s eyes. We hadn’t been to a casino in a year or two, so we thought it would be fun to run up there and meet them for the day. Jim’s sister texted us on Sunday and mentioned that she and her husband were going to run over to Manistee on Wednesday to go to the casino, and asked if we wanted to meet them there.

Living in West Michigan in the winter, we tend to treat a sunny day like a kind word.

One kind word can warm three winter months.

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