22-mile route along historic Au Sable River named Michigan’s most scenic drive
Updated Apr 22, 2021;
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IOSCO COUNTY, MI – A leading travel publication has identified the most scenic drive in Michigan.
Big Seven Travel released its list of the of the most scenic drives in each state this week and selected the River Road National Scenic Byway, which travels westward from Lake Huron into the Huron-Manistee National Forests, as Michigan’s best for 2021.
“With the road itself running parallel to the historic Au Sable River, there’s plenty of outdoor activities to enjoy along the route, as well as lush forest and breathtaking vistas from the many scenic overlooks,” author Sarah Clayton-Lea wrote.
2 hours ago Share The award-winning event, Spoonbills & Sprockets Cycling Tour, is an example of a byway best practice that has grown through the cycling community s support and has developed a reputation for excellence.
from: the National Scenic Byway Foundation
The A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway is a winner of the 2021 National Scenic Byway Foundation s Byway Community Award for its eighth-annual Spoonbills & Sprockets Cycling Tour – Crazy 8 s event. In its 10th year (2021), the Spoonbills & Sprockets Cycling Tour won in the Event Category. It introduces the byway to new participants while challenging our returning riders to see the byway with fresh eyes through requiring eight selfies of their time along A1A to win prizes.
Apr 21, 2021 7:18 AM Ormond Beach, FL - It was originally slated for the development of 76 new homes but now a plot of land in the Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail will be preserved, thanks to the efforts of a local grass-roots organization. The Volusia County Council made the unanimous decision Tuesday (April 20) to buy the 36-acres of land from local land developer Parker Mynchenberg after nearly 40 minutes of comments from the public. Council was presented with a proposal to buy the land for $988,000, which is well below the original asking price of $1.37 million. Among those watching the vote were members of Dream Green Volusia, a group that was instrumental in helping convince Mynchenberg to sell the plot of land that fronts the west side of Old Dixie Highway in Ormond Beach, just north of the entrance to the Plantation Oaks subdivision. A petition drive spearheaded by Dream Green Volusia also garnered 71,000 signatures. I personally feel that this purchase is one of the b
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The scenic byway offers a lot more than just the way to Santa Fe.
April 15, 2021
This article is part of On the Road Again: A Texan s guide to road trips in Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.
Before my first trip to New Mexico, for a writing conference when I was 24, I mistakenly imagined the Southwest to be one large desert. After flying from Houston to Albuquerque and embarking on the two-hour-plus drive to Taos, I couldn’t really comprehend the scene unfolding before me as I left one pueblo and entered another, the spaces between gloriously free of Targets and PetSmarts and Best Buys. The pink mountains rolled into silvery ones covered in pine trees, with mesas and gorges scattered between. I stayed outside Taos in the village of Arroyo Seco, where I spent too much money on a silver ring that held a piece of turquoise in its prongs and not very securely, as I’d find out.