Wednesday, August 3, 2011

If you seek some wooden shoes...

                           From a postcard folio:  West Michigan, The Water Wonderland State,
                           Dexter Press, West Nyack, N.Y., c.1960.

                  Wearable Wooden Shoes website has a variety of shoes for you to order!
                  The shop is located in Nelis' Dutch Village in Holland, Michigan.

                 shopping.dutchvillage.com/dvwearablewoodshoes/dvwoodshoeshop.htm


                               Holland, Michigan:  Nelis' Tulip Farms, from a postcard folio:
                               West Michigan, The Water Wonderland;  Water Wonderland
                               Card Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, c.1960.

                          Nelis' Dutch Village, Theme Park and Shopping in Holland, Michigan:

                                                        www.dutchvillage.com

Visit the city of Holland, Michigan!  The downtown is listed in the National Register
of Historic Places, and has a beautiful park, and wonderful shops and restaurants.
Heated sidewalks and streets in the downtown retail district make your wintertime
shopping excursions a lot easier!  The world-famous Tulip Time Festival is in May.

Summer visitors enjoy Lake Macatawa, and nearby Ottawa Beach, on Lake Michigan.
Click on the link to the website of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for
information on Holland State Park, and related recreational opportunities.

                www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/Details.aspx?type=SPRK&id=458
                                       
NOTE:
The Michigan Secretary of State's office included this notice with the drivers license renewal.
The Recreation Passport has replaced the state park sticker.  Read all about it below, and be
sure to check the "Yes" box on your license plate renewal notice when you get it in the mail,
or visit your local Secretary of State office, or click on the link below for further information.

 
                                                                                                                                                       
                                            www.michigan.gov/recreationpassport
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Visit our other postcard blog to see a vintage 1912 postcard from Volendam, Netherlands.

         Pat's Postcard Postings:  My Favorite Postcards from 50 Years of Collecting

                                       www.patspostcardpostings.blogspot.com
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                        CIRCUMSPICE MICHIGAN:  Postcards of a Pleasant Peninsula                                                    

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