This beautiful park is located about 15 minutes east of the I-94 freeway. There is a driveway that…read moreleads to a large parking lot far enough away that one cannot hear automobiles from the adjacent road. The park hosts a large pavilion (it can be rented out) with a lot of picnic tables that are like brand new, grills, nice indoor bathrooms, a softball diamond, a large playground, a basketball goal, a sand volleyball court, horseshoe pits, and plentiful areas for picnics. During the time of my first visit, I was unable to explore the hiking trails that lead through the natural areas of prairies, woodlands, and wetlands. However, I was able to enjoy the tranquility of the surround landscape while discussing upcoming plans with friends. There were a couple family with kids playing at the playground and a man walking his dog along the edge of the manicured lawn and prairie plants. The lights are on a timer at the Pavilion and turned on at dusk. The women's restroom was clean and I did not see any spiders (this is extremely important to me.... I hope it continues to remain spider free!). After a Google search, I discovered this park was created recently to serve as a "pollinator paradise" that also slows runoff from the surrounding landscape into the Pike River. *my heart* It's everything I went to graduate school for and then some. This is an ideal place for a nature hike, meeting, taking your kids to play, picnic, family reunion, bridal/baby shower, etc. I was really impressed with the up-keep. Although it is a 35 minute drive, I plan on returning to explore the hiking trails with my pup and meeting up with friends. This is definitely a successful project that was completed by Mount Pleasant and Root-Pike WIN (with assistance from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, Fund for Lake Michigan, and other partnerships). 5 stars!!!

Van Patten Woods Forest Preserve is an excellent place for a picnic, fishing, canoeing, biking and…read morea tranquil walk. The wide gravel path is 2.5 miles around the beautiful Sterling lake. It's shady with many trees and also nice and breezy. They have nice private picnic areas right on the lake front along with a couple restrooms. It's a great fun day out for families!

Easy hike we took the Yellow Trail. Kid friendly, playground and restrooms are available. The trail…read morehad some cool wood chairs around the trail.

Thinking of going on a Lake Michigan charter? Stop waiting! I should have done this years ago…read more Fisherman Jims out of Kenosha was a great guy! As you know with any fishing trip there is no guarantee of catching fish. Going with a guide that has been doing this for almost 30 years does however put you in a great position to catch fish. We did quite well and I landed a personal best. We are not only planning our trip for next year, but we are also likely going back out next month.

Great Fishing! Had a blast with Captain Jim!read more

I been fishing with Captain Tony for over 20 years at least once a year. I believe I only caught no…read morefish once. His boat isn't the biggest but He always knows the spots, he's professional, and works hard to get you fish. I would recommend

First off, let me just say that Captain Tony is an awesome guy! This was our first charter with him…read moreand it did NOT disappoint. He was knowledgeable about where exactly to go and catch our limit, which we did in less than 2 hours. Such a fun time and will definitely be going back on another one of his charters in the future. His boat is clean and he has everything needed to catch what you're fishing for. If you want to make memories, have some laughs and catch some salmon, Diamond Ghost Charters is where you need to be. We had such a great time. Thanks again, Captain Tony!

Very pretty surroundings with a biergarden on site. Right by the beach/water. Lots of parking and…read moreappears very safe with the police close by.

Good place in Winthrop Harbor for boating and other kinds of fun. If not boating, then you can come…read morein for a few drinks and snacks. North Point Marina has plenty of places for putting a boat, but it's more than that. Also there's entertainment. There's things like banquets and live music. Came here the last time, and went to the beer garden. It has Harbor beers on tap. There's also cocktails, so you can get whatever. It's about $9 for a cocktail. The Harbor Lagoon is a good one. Could say it's a deceptively strong one, plus it's pretty cool looking. This is made with Blue Curacao, Long Island Mix, orange juice, pineapple juice, and Sprite. Also got some of the Knotty Pretzels, good with beer. There's not much in the way of food, but you can bring something to eat on the patio for sure. Have some good drinks and fun while boating. It's also close to a pretty cool nature preserve. This also has live music in the summer on weekends.

Captain Dan Keating leads the way with being top in the industry for sport fishing on Lake…read moreMichigan. A tournament champion on this side if the lake, author of 3 books and DVDs, Dan has been chasing salmon and trout on the Great Lakes for over 30 years. He works well with corporate clients to families with small children. Newbies all the way to seasonal anglers will enjoy a day on the lake with Captain Dan.

Luke is the absolute best and went above and beyond to create a truly awesome day. We took off…read moreabout 530 am, Luke was ready and waiting for us. He was funny and engaging. Took us all around the lake, had up to ten lines in the water at one point. Every time a line jiggled you'd get Luke yelling "fish on." Be ready for some fun ribbing if you loose your fish. We were out for about six hours, the boat was clean, restroom was clean and we all had a great time. Luke then prepped all of our fish for us, bagged them up, and encouraged us to book our spring trip early. Will absolutely book with them again.

I have no clue what this is all about ?…read more I wrote an extensive, very positive review and for some odd reason the "powers that be" (a ridiculous algorithm) placed it in some obscure location somewhere at the bottom of this site. I'm thinking rather that continuing reminding me to complete my review that a live human reviews the site and reloads my original extensive, positive, real review.

Offshore contacted Eddyline and changed their order with them so I could have two matching colored…read morekayaks, a Caribbean 12 FS and a Caribbean 14 FS, and delivered them to my home in Noblesville Indiana. My local Eddyline retailer was unable/unwilling to do the same. Great communication and pleasant demeanor. Highly recommend Offshore in Lake Bluff.

We spoke with Sam from Offshore, regarding repairs to our Zodiac boat…read more After much discussion with Sam his integrity became apparent in that his honest opinion was that spending additional money to repair this boat would not be worth while. He is to be commended for his honesty in appraising the return value for the expenditure for the need repairs. He took the time to honestly evaluate our Zodiac boat rather than turn just a "quick profit". We honestly would not have know the difference. He runs his business in a forthright manner to be commended in this day and age the "Quick Profit". Thank You M. Jens