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Speaker 1 (00:10):
Good morning everyone again, Doctor John Wycoff filling in for
Michael Patrick Shields on the Michigan Big Show. It's a
privilege to be with you today. I hope you're enjoying
the show. We certainly have a number of really interesting guests.
As many of you know, I am the founder and
the CEO of the Wycoff Wellness Center in East Lansing,
just down the road from Frandor. We are a center
(00:32):
committed to integrative and functional medicine and dealing with chronic
medical problems, trying to find solutions other than maybe taking
more medications. I prescribe medications each and every day, but
oftentimes there is a different way, a different approach that
your conventional doctors may not explore with you or talk
with you. That's what I do find out more at
(00:54):
Wycoff Wellness dot Com. Our next guest is someone that
I'm very envious. I think if I had to pick
a job, I might pick this guy's job. He is
the director of the Pataski Area Visitors Bureau. I'd like
to welcome Jim Powell back to the show.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Good morning, Jim, Good morning, doctor John. How are you doing?
Speaker 1 (01:14):
You know, it's just a great day here in Michigan,
and it looks like it's going to be a beautiful
day up north too. And you must have an exciting
job that you, I would think, just have got to
be so looking forward to work every day because you
deal with such an amazing part of Michigan, a unique
area with culture and dining and golf and skiing and
(01:37):
boating and kayaking and hunting and fishing and wineries and
just all kinds of stuff. So tell us a little
bit more about the exciting stuff that's going on in
Patosky now and maybe for the next few months.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Yeah. Absolutely, And you know, talking just at teak season
is starting here up for fall color, which is always
a big hit for our friends from downstate. It's been
a little late to come this fall. We had a
wetter summer up here, and so normally this would be
our peak period right now. It's probably shifting into this
(02:10):
weekend and in the next weekend as well, but you know,
the next two to three weeks up here are going
to be pretty amazing. And there's a lot going on
around our fall color time of year up here, everything
from fall festivals at places like Pond Hill Farm to
the Highlands to a skifest ski October Festa at Boyne Mountain,
(02:32):
and a lot of other great events are going on
around the region and it's a great time to come
up here.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Well, I don't think there's ever a bad time to
go to Northern Michigan, because I mean, you have got
such natural beauty with the mountains, with the lake shore,
with the inland areas, and there's such a diversity of
things to do. It's got to be a challenge to
kind of get that all wrapped into, you know, one
package for people. And I think people have to understand, boy,
(03:01):
you know, this is a special part of Michigan if
you And it amazes me when I talked to some
of my patients, I say, well, when's the last time
you went to Northern Michigan And when's the last time
we went to Lake Michigan. And they look at me
with this like, you know, deer in the headlights, look
like what are you talking about? And and I go,
but you know when, when when I first came to Michigan,
(03:21):
I fell in love with Lake Michigan shoreline. And I
just can't imagine that you would grow up here in
Lansing and never go to see Lake Michigan. It just
amazes me, but people do.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
And yeah, that is interesting, you know. And again we
are truly at four season destination here in Patasky Harbor,
Springs and the Point Valley. You know, there is never
not a good time to come up here. There's always
something going on. Like you said, summer and ball tend
to be kind of our peak seasons. But you know, winter,
with the three resorts that we have up here, which
(03:53):
is quickly coming around the corner here, we'll be getting
our skis out and getting ready to go on. That
is a great time. And you know Spring is the
is also a great time to visit up here. It's
a little quieter. We always talk about spring as a
time of first it's your first hike of the year,
your first bike ride of the year, your first trip
to northern Michigan. So again, we do feel that we
are a great year round destination for our friends down.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Say, we're speaking with Jim Pile, the director of the
Plasky Area Visitors Bureau, and I want to touch on
the Potoski Wine Tour if you'd be so kind, and
you probably made this connection my oldest daughter, Stephanie owns
Crooked Vine Winery and as part of the Potaski Wine Tour.
Tell us more about the wine tour and how if
(04:37):
people that are interested in that, how they can kind
of plug into that tour.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Well, you know, I think the kind of one of
our little secretces is again we have this amazing, amazing
region up here with sixteen seventeen different wineries, you know,
and again this is a perfect time of year to
kind of come up here in two of those you
kind of pair that up with one of our fall
color tours around the region. You can at two or three,
it's three or four in one day, you know, certainly,
(05:04):
and again I am familiar. In fact, we did a
group event at Crooked Vine and lance And this year
and really got to explore and enjoy that one. And
certainly one of the unique things whether it's Boyne Valley
Vineyard or Macnat Trail Trail or spare Key, you know,
any of these, you know, again it's a great time
to visit is they all have something special going on
(05:24):
this time of year. And you know, again we're coming
off of a busy summer, quieter time, but you know,
certainly spending a day bouncing around the region, whether it
is Potoski, Harper Springs, while we're down into the Boyne Valley.
It's a really great opportunity to explore the region and
get all the flavors that come from our local viticultural
(05:45):
region here.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Well, it is a great place to go if you
really want that kind of the get into the vineyard,
get with the grapes and talk to the proprietor that
that's what happens in northern Michigan. And you know, really
what's happened at California has gotten to be a very
different experience where you really are kind of pressured to
(06:07):
spend a lot of money to taste some wines, and
it's really changed to focus everything by appointment, and it's
just a loss. Some of it's a loure. But boy,
in northern Michigan, you still have that small town, small
individual wineries. You can talk to the person, the people
that are actually putting their hands on getting the grapes,
(06:29):
you know, putting the grapes into a patch up with
whatever passion they have, and however they brew the wine
and put the wine together. It's really great, So Jim,
if people want to learn more about the Pataski Area. Well,
how can they do that?
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Well, I would encourage them to visit our website PATASAA
dot com. Again, you're gonna find information on every one
of the wineries. You'll also be able to pull up
our live webcams again. That way we get a good
view of what's going on with our ball color up here.
Also in restaurants and lodging properties deals that they may
be offering individually on those, but you know it is
(07:06):
that's the best location to go to get information about
this region.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Your website has just a tremendous amount of information, So
I agree, go to Potoskiarea dot com find out more
about northwest Michigan and how much joy can bring to
your life. Jim, thank you so much for coming on
the show today, have a great weekend.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Great you two, and I hope to see you up
here soon.
Good morning everyone again, Doctor John Wycoff filling in for
Michael Patrick Shields on the Michigan Big Show. It's a
privilege to be with you today. I hope you're enjoying
the show. We certainly have a number of really interesting guests.
As many of you know, I am the founder and
the CEO of the Wycoff Wellness Center in East Lansing,
just down the road from Frandor. We are a center
(00:32):
committed to integrative and functional medicine and dealing with chronic
medical problems, trying to find solutions other than maybe taking
more medications. I prescribe medications each and every day, but
oftentimes there is a different way, a different approach that
your conventional doctors may not explore with you or talk
with you. That's what I do find out more at
(00:54):
Wycoff Wellness dot Com. Our next guest is someone that
I'm very envious. I think if I had to pick
a job, I might pick this guy's job. He is
the director of the Pataski Area Visitors Bureau. I'd like
to welcome Jim Powell back to the show.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Good morning, Jim, Good morning, doctor John. How are you doing?
Speaker 1 (01:14):
You know, it's just a great day here in Michigan,
and it looks like it's going to be a beautiful
day up north too. And you must have an exciting
job that you, I would think, just have got to
be so looking forward to work every day because you
deal with such an amazing part of Michigan, a unique
area with culture and dining and golf and skiing and
(01:37):
boating and kayaking and hunting and fishing and wineries and
just all kinds of stuff. So tell us a little
bit more about the exciting stuff that's going on in
Patosky now and maybe for the next few months.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Yeah. Absolutely, And you know, talking just at teak season
is starting here up for fall color, which is always
a big hit for our friends from downstate. It's been
a little late to come this fall. We had a
wetter summer up here, and so normally this would be
our peak period right now. It's probably shifting into this
(02:10):
weekend and in the next weekend as well, but you know,
the next two to three weeks up here are going
to be pretty amazing. And there's a lot going on
around our fall color time of year up here, everything
from fall festivals at places like Pond Hill Farm to
the Highlands to a skifest ski October Festa at Boyne Mountain,
(02:32):
and a lot of other great events are going on
around the region and it's a great time to come
up here.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Well, I don't think there's ever a bad time to
go to Northern Michigan, because I mean, you have got
such natural beauty with the mountains, with the lake shore,
with the inland areas, and there's such a diversity of
things to do. It's got to be a challenge to
kind of get that all wrapped into, you know, one
package for people. And I think people have to understand, boy,
(03:01):
you know, this is a special part of Michigan if
you And it amazes me when I talked to some
of my patients, I say, well, when's the last time
you went to Northern Michigan And when's the last time
we went to Lake Michigan. And they look at me
with this like, you know, deer in the headlights, look
like what are you talking about? And and I go,
but you know when, when when I first came to Michigan,
(03:21):
I fell in love with Lake Michigan shoreline. And I
just can't imagine that you would grow up here in
Lansing and never go to see Lake Michigan. It just
amazes me, but people do.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
And yeah, that is interesting, you know. And again we
are truly at four season destination here in Patasky Harbor,
Springs and the Point Valley. You know, there is never
not a good time to come up here. There's always
something going on. Like you said, summer and ball tend
to be kind of our peak seasons. But you know, winter,
with the three resorts that we have up here, which
(03:53):
is quickly coming around the corner here, we'll be getting
our skis out and getting ready to go on. That
is a great time. And you know Spring is the
is also a great time to visit up here. It's
a little quieter. We always talk about spring as a
time of first it's your first hike of the year,
your first bike ride of the year, your first trip
to northern Michigan. So again, we do feel that we
are a great year round destination for our friends down.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Say, we're speaking with Jim Pile, the director of the
Plasky Area Visitors Bureau, and I want to touch on
the Potoski Wine Tour if you'd be so kind, and
you probably made this connection my oldest daughter, Stephanie owns
Crooked Vine Winery and as part of the Potaski Wine Tour.
Tell us more about the wine tour and how if
(04:37):
people that are interested in that, how they can kind
of plug into that tour.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
Well, you know, I think the kind of one of
our little secretces is again we have this amazing, amazing
region up here with sixteen seventeen different wineries, you know,
and again this is a perfect time of year to
kind of come up here in two of those you
kind of pair that up with one of our fall
color tours around the region. You can at two or three,
it's three or four in one day, you know, certainly,
(05:04):
and again I am familiar. In fact, we did a
group event at Crooked Vine and lance And this year
and really got to explore and enjoy that one. And
certainly one of the unique things whether it's Boyne Valley
Vineyard or Macnat Trail Trail or spare Key, you know,
any of these, you know, again it's a great time
to visit is they all have something special going on
(05:24):
this time of year. And you know, again we're coming
off of a busy summer, quieter time, but you know,
certainly spending a day bouncing around the region, whether it
is Potoski, Harper Springs, while we're down into the Boyne Valley.
It's a really great opportunity to explore the region and
get all the flavors that come from our local viticultural
(05:45):
region here.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Well, it is a great place to go if you
really want that kind of the get into the vineyard,
get with the grapes and talk to the proprietor that
that's what happens in northern Michigan. And you know, really
what's happened at California has gotten to be a very
different experience where you really are kind of pressured to
(06:07):
spend a lot of money to taste some wines, and
it's really changed to focus everything by appointment, and it's
just a loss. Some of it's a loure. But boy,
in northern Michigan, you still have that small town, small
individual wineries. You can talk to the person, the people
that are actually putting their hands on getting the grapes,
(06:29):
you know, putting the grapes into a patch up with
whatever passion they have, and however they brew the wine
and put the wine together. It's really great, So Jim,
if people want to learn more about the Pataski Area. Well,
how can they do that?
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Well, I would encourage them to visit our website PATASAA
dot com. Again, you're gonna find information on every one
of the wineries. You'll also be able to pull up
our live webcams again. That way we get a good
view of what's going on with our ball color up here.
Also in restaurants and lodging properties deals that they may
be offering individually on those, but you know it is
(07:06):
that's the best location to go to get information about
this region.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Your website has just a tremendous amount of information, So
I agree, go to Potoskiarea dot com find out more
about northwest Michigan and how much joy can bring to
your life. Jim, thank you so much for coming on
the show today, have a great weekend.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Great you two, and I hope to see you up
here soon.
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