MOGA Travel Bug

Quiet summer here at Kits Kitchen Komfort Inn, time to get out and do some traveling. These COVID days have kept us all at home and travel must be done safely. So I am joining all my hotel quests in this travel adventure. Going to see the northern territory of Michigan, they call it the UP. A Penisula filled with many waterfalls, copper mines, mountains and adventures. The highlight will be a visit to Lake Kitch-iti-kipi, which legend has it was named after a young chieftain whose girlfriend got the best of him. He told her he loved her far above the other dark-haired maidens dancing near his birchbark wigwam. "Prove it," she insisted. As a test of his devotion, she declared that he must set sail in his canoe on the pool deep in the conifer swamp. He was to catch her from his canoe as she leaped from an overhanging bough. His canoe tipped over as he was looking for her, while she was back at her village laughing with the other indian maidens about his silly quest.
According to legend the Spring was named Kitch-iti-kipi in memory of the young chieftain who went to his death in the icy waters in an attempt to satisfy the vain caprice of his ladylove.

THe history of this magical spot is:This beautiful quiet spring was discovered deep in the lush wilderness by John I. Bellaire, a Manistique businessman. He enjoyed looking down into the deep crystal clear pool and watching as the big spring presented untold wonders and fish swam deep in the water. John Bellaire could have purchased the property for himself, but he wanted the spring preserved for all to enjoy. In 1926 he contacted Frank Book of the Palms Book Land Company and the purchase of almost 90 acres of land by the State of Michigan was arranged for $10. The deed requires the property "to be forever used as a public park, bearing the name Palms Book State Park." Additional land has been acquired by the State on Michigan so the park now encompasses 308 acres and the dream of John Bellaire and the many legends of Kitch-iti-kipi, the Indian chieftain, and the magical waters of the big spring live on.