1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,659 Mike Del's World number four nineteen 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:06,980 for 11/13/2025. 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,380 I think it's time for Mike Del's World. 4 00:00:35,429 --> 00:00:36,329 There it is. 5 00:00:36,950 --> 00:00:39,670 Some people say that under that hat, Mike 6 00:00:39,670 --> 00:00:41,530 Dell has a chip in his head. 7 00:00:41,829 --> 00:00:42,329 Unfortunately, 8 00:00:42,869 --> 00:00:43,770 it's a Dorito. 9 00:00:45,054 --> 00:00:47,615 And I don't even like Doritos. Anyway, good 10 00:00:47,615 --> 00:00:50,975 morning, good afternoon, good evening, whatever the case 11 00:00:50,975 --> 00:00:52,975 may be. Today, I'm gonna be talking about 12 00:00:52,975 --> 00:00:54,034 Clinch Park 13 00:00:54,414 --> 00:00:55,715 in Traverse City. 14 00:00:56,335 --> 00:00:59,215 And Clinch Park, I I I guess the 15 00:00:59,215 --> 00:00:59,715 definition 16 00:01:00,094 --> 00:01:00,594 isn't 17 00:01:01,750 --> 00:01:02,250 super, 18 00:01:03,109 --> 00:01:03,609 intuitive. 19 00:01:03,989 --> 00:01:06,229 I I guess that's the right way of 20 00:01:06,229 --> 00:01:07,049 putting it. 21 00:01:08,790 --> 00:01:10,170 But according to 22 00:01:11,670 --> 00:01:12,969 the Brave Browser 23 00:01:13,349 --> 00:01:13,849 search, 24 00:01:14,454 --> 00:01:17,015 Clinch Park is a public park located along 25 00:01:17,015 --> 00:01:19,814 West Grand Traverse Bay in Traverse City, offering 26 00:01:19,814 --> 00:01:22,474 a large beach, a splash pad, concessions, 27 00:01:22,775 --> 00:01:24,715 and access to the city's municipal 28 00:01:25,334 --> 00:01:25,834 marina. 29 00:01:26,270 --> 00:01:28,909 The park is traversed by the TART Trail. 30 00:01:28,909 --> 00:01:31,250 That's the Traverse Area Recreational 31 00:01:31,549 --> 00:01:32,450 Trail System, 32 00:01:33,069 --> 00:01:35,790 making it a popular destination for walking, biking, 33 00:01:35,790 --> 00:01:37,730 and waterfront viewing or 34 00:01:38,189 --> 00:01:39,010 year round. 35 00:01:39,605 --> 00:01:42,645 It also features a well maintained grounds, shaded 36 00:01:42,645 --> 00:01:43,145 public 37 00:01:43,525 --> 00:01:46,745 picnic areas, a clean restrooms, and a shallow 38 00:01:46,805 --> 00:01:48,984 swimming area suitable for children. 39 00:01:50,805 --> 00:01:52,885 Yeah. So, anyway, I'm not gonna go into 40 00:01:52,885 --> 00:01:55,680 the ratings of the park, but Clinch Park's 41 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,319 always been kind of the focal point of 42 00:01:58,319 --> 00:01:58,819 the 43 00:01:59,439 --> 00:01:59,939 downtown, 44 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:01,460 waterfront 45 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,799 area of Traverse City. It's on West Grand 46 00:02:04,799 --> 00:02:05,780 Traverse Bay. 47 00:02:06,895 --> 00:02:08,895 Of course, I said that in the beginning, 48 00:02:08,895 --> 00:02:09,395 but 49 00:02:10,175 --> 00:02:12,034 I remember it as the zoo. 50 00:02:12,895 --> 00:02:14,814 You know, when I was a kid, there 51 00:02:14,814 --> 00:02:16,175 was a zoo there. 52 00:02:16,895 --> 00:02:18,435 The Clinch Park 53 00:02:18,735 --> 00:02:19,235 Zoo, 54 00:02:19,949 --> 00:02:21,569 you know, had an aquarium, 55 00:02:22,110 --> 00:02:24,050 had, you know, animals 56 00:02:24,909 --> 00:02:27,729 pretty much just, you know, local to 57 00:02:28,349 --> 00:02:28,849 Michigan. 58 00:02:29,709 --> 00:02:32,189 They didn't have, you know, like elephants and 59 00:02:32,189 --> 00:02:35,069 monkeys and zebras and all that stuff. It 60 00:02:35,069 --> 00:02:35,569 was, 61 00:02:36,004 --> 00:02:37,625 you know, buffalo, deer, 62 00:02:39,525 --> 00:02:41,385 you know, different birds, different, 63 00:02:42,885 --> 00:02:46,745 you know, different rodents and whatnot that were 64 00:02:47,525 --> 00:02:49,844 local to Traverse City, but the zoo is 65 00:02:49,844 --> 00:02:51,365 always kind of the, you know, a cool 66 00:02:51,365 --> 00:02:53,050 place to go when we were little kids 67 00:02:53,050 --> 00:02:53,550 and, 68 00:02:53,849 --> 00:02:55,610 you know, even a little later on, it 69 00:02:55,610 --> 00:02:56,990 was it was quite 70 00:02:58,169 --> 00:02:58,669 interesting. 71 00:03:00,569 --> 00:03:02,650 But one of the things that the, you 72 00:03:02,650 --> 00:03:03,949 know, the the park 73 00:03:04,514 --> 00:03:06,914 started, like, in the early thirties or at 74 00:03:06,914 --> 00:03:07,974 least that's when 75 00:03:08,594 --> 00:03:11,074 things started happening there. I believe the zoo 76 00:03:11,074 --> 00:03:13,334 was started in 1930 77 00:03:13,394 --> 00:03:14,134 or so. 78 00:03:14,914 --> 00:03:17,334 I'm kinda looking through some of my factoids 79 00:03:17,634 --> 00:03:18,134 here, 80 00:03:18,754 --> 00:03:19,254 but 81 00:03:20,159 --> 00:03:20,659 they 82 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,900 also had a thing called the Miniature City, 83 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:27,139 and that started in 84 00:03:27,599 --> 00:03:30,020 the early thirties, it says, but, 85 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:32,800 it had the park place. And the park 86 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,300 place was built in 1930. 87 00:03:36,614 --> 00:03:37,094 But, 88 00:03:37,495 --> 00:03:39,275 let's see. Where's the Miniature 89 00:03:39,655 --> 00:03:40,155 City 90 00:03:40,694 --> 00:03:42,614 on my list of stuff? Yeah. The idea 91 00:03:42,614 --> 00:03:45,254 for the Miniature City, sometimes called the Mini 92 00:03:45,254 --> 00:03:47,275 City or Miniature Traverse City, 93 00:03:47,814 --> 00:03:48,875 was in the early 94 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,920 nineteen thirties. It was largely driven by Con 95 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:53,420 Foster, 96 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:55,099 and he was a local 97 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:57,099 booster and civic leader 98 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,360 who wanted to create a distinctive attraction for 99 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:04,014 Clinch Park, partly as a way of providing 100 00:04:04,314 --> 00:04:06,175 work during the Great Depression. 101 00:04:07,275 --> 00:04:09,854 And my piano teacher and 102 00:04:10,794 --> 00:04:13,055 and for a short time violin teacher, 103 00:04:13,435 --> 00:04:16,069 Mozelle Bennett Sawyer, and she was in her 104 00:04:16,069 --> 00:04:17,910 nineties when I, you know, when I was 105 00:04:17,910 --> 00:04:19,129 a kid in the seventies. 106 00:04:20,149 --> 00:04:21,209 But her father, 107 00:04:21,750 --> 00:04:24,810 actually built a lot of these miniature buildings. 108 00:04:25,750 --> 00:04:26,389 There were, 109 00:04:26,954 --> 00:04:27,935 let's see. Construction 110 00:04:28,314 --> 00:04:29,995 began in 1931, 111 00:04:29,995 --> 00:04:31,294 city workers building 112 00:04:32,074 --> 00:04:34,414 scale replicas of downtown buildings. 113 00:04:35,435 --> 00:04:37,854 Many of the models were quite detailed, 114 00:04:38,235 --> 00:04:39,854 built from original blueprints 115 00:04:40,490 --> 00:04:43,209 of the full scale structures. The miniature city 116 00:04:43,209 --> 00:04:45,069 included around a 100 pieces 117 00:04:45,529 --> 00:04:46,029 buildings 118 00:04:46,569 --> 00:04:47,069 according 119 00:04:47,610 --> 00:04:48,110 to 120 00:04:48,730 --> 00:04:50,110 the source. Now 121 00:04:50,730 --> 00:04:53,370 the miniature city was there, I wanna say, 122 00:04:53,370 --> 00:04:54,589 into the eighties. 123 00:04:54,889 --> 00:04:55,870 I don't remember 124 00:04:56,384 --> 00:04:56,884 when 125 00:04:58,865 --> 00:05:00,625 it when it let's see here. Let's, 126 00:05:01,264 --> 00:05:03,264 look a little more on my factoid sheet 127 00:05:03,264 --> 00:05:03,764 here. 128 00:05:04,545 --> 00:05:07,585 The original installation was near Clinch Park at 129 00:05:07,585 --> 00:05:10,199 the Southern shore off of Grand Traverse Bay. 130 00:05:10,439 --> 00:05:11,639 1953, 131 00:05:11,639 --> 00:05:14,279 when the Grandview Parkway opened, the mini city 132 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,920 was moved to another section of the park 133 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:20,199 to accommodate the new infrastructure. Yeah. Grandview Parkway, 134 00:05:20,199 --> 00:05:21,340 by the way, is a, 135 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:23,180 divided 136 00:05:24,345 --> 00:05:26,845 boulevard, I guess, would be or a parkway. 137 00:05:27,144 --> 00:05:27,884 Yeah. I guess, 138 00:05:28,264 --> 00:05:28,925 that that, 139 00:05:30,024 --> 00:05:30,925 that makes sense. 140 00:05:33,865 --> 00:05:34,365 But, 141 00:05:34,745 --> 00:05:35,245 it 142 00:05:35,625 --> 00:05:36,685 kinda separates 143 00:05:38,310 --> 00:05:38,810 downtown 144 00:05:39,110 --> 00:05:40,089 from the waterfront. 145 00:05:40,870 --> 00:05:41,610 It wasn't 146 00:05:43,110 --> 00:05:45,670 that way originally. It was all part of 147 00:05:45,670 --> 00:05:46,490 the thing, but, 148 00:05:46,870 --> 00:05:49,610 yeah, the Grandview Parkway now cuts through 149 00:05:50,115 --> 00:05:50,514 between, 150 00:05:50,915 --> 00:05:52,774 the Boardman River and downtown 151 00:05:53,154 --> 00:05:54,855 and and the waterfront. 152 00:05:56,274 --> 00:05:56,774 But, 153 00:05:57,154 --> 00:05:59,154 so, yeah, it was moved. The mini city 154 00:05:59,154 --> 00:06:02,055 ceased operations in 1973. 155 00:06:02,274 --> 00:06:03,654 Jeez. I think 156 00:06:05,430 --> 00:06:07,590 I think I've been there after that, but 157 00:06:07,590 --> 00:06:08,569 I don't know. 158 00:06:09,189 --> 00:06:11,270 Maybe it was that long ago because, yeah, 159 00:06:11,270 --> 00:06:12,569 it's been a 160 00:06:12,870 --> 00:06:13,850 long time. 161 00:06:14,470 --> 00:06:17,270 And after removal from Clinch Park, the collection 162 00:06:17,270 --> 00:06:20,250 of models was sold for or or transferred. 163 00:06:21,345 --> 00:06:22,384 In 1983, 164 00:06:22,384 --> 00:06:24,865 the city sold the collection to the Music 165 00:06:24,865 --> 00:06:27,764 House Museum in Acme. The Music House Museum, 166 00:06:29,584 --> 00:06:31,904 has some of the original buildings from the 167 00:06:31,904 --> 00:06:32,805 Mini City 168 00:06:33,819 --> 00:06:34,319 and 169 00:06:34,699 --> 00:06:37,740 some are stored and, a few are displayed. 170 00:06:37,740 --> 00:06:39,500 I've been out to Music House in a 171 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:40,000 while. 172 00:06:40,939 --> 00:06:44,220 But, for example, the original Saint Francis Church 173 00:06:44,220 --> 00:06:47,920 and the Pere Marquette Railroad Station models are 174 00:06:48,139 --> 00:06:48,879 are shown 175 00:06:49,524 --> 00:06:52,245 at the Music House Museum. You have to 176 00:06:52,245 --> 00:06:53,704 go out there. I haven't been out 177 00:06:54,164 --> 00:06:56,664 to Music House in quite a while. 178 00:06:57,444 --> 00:06:59,444 That's a whole another thing I could talk 179 00:06:59,444 --> 00:06:59,944 about. 180 00:07:01,730 --> 00:07:03,730 But anyway, it's it. That was kind of 181 00:07:03,730 --> 00:07:06,689 a neat thing. Another neat thing was a 182 00:07:06,689 --> 00:07:07,189 train, 183 00:07:08,129 --> 00:07:10,949 and the the train was a little miniature 184 00:07:11,089 --> 00:07:11,990 steam train. 185 00:07:12,449 --> 00:07:12,949 And 186 00:07:13,745 --> 00:07:15,585 I guess I'm tied to it a little 187 00:07:15,585 --> 00:07:17,685 bit because I worked for 188 00:07:18,944 --> 00:07:21,345 a printing company here in Traverse City, and 189 00:07:21,345 --> 00:07:24,064 one of the magazines we printed was live 190 00:07:24,064 --> 00:07:24,564 steam, 191 00:07:25,105 --> 00:07:26,064 and that's for, 192 00:07:26,545 --> 00:07:28,004 hobbyists that build 193 00:07:28,529 --> 00:07:29,750 real steam engines. 194 00:07:30,529 --> 00:07:32,930 And this train, I don't believe I don't 195 00:07:32,930 --> 00:07:34,149 believe I know when 196 00:07:34,449 --> 00:07:35,830 exactly the train 197 00:07:36,930 --> 00:07:37,430 was 198 00:07:37,970 --> 00:07:39,589 built or put into 199 00:07:41,084 --> 00:07:43,485 use, but you could get a train ride 200 00:07:43,485 --> 00:07:46,125 around the Clinch Park Zoo. They had little 201 00:07:46,125 --> 00:07:48,764 miniature train tracks. I mean, not miniature. It 202 00:07:48,764 --> 00:07:51,564 was big enough for kids to ride on 203 00:07:51,564 --> 00:07:52,704 and even adults 204 00:07:53,629 --> 00:07:55,789 and like four or five cars and and 205 00:07:55,789 --> 00:07:57,169 all that stuff. And 206 00:07:57,870 --> 00:07:59,550 and it was really neat. You get a 207 00:07:59,550 --> 00:08:01,569 little thing. So, you know, some of the 208 00:08:01,709 --> 00:08:02,769 city employees 209 00:08:03,470 --> 00:08:03,970 were 210 00:08:04,909 --> 00:08:05,729 steam engine 211 00:08:06,430 --> 00:08:07,329 train engineers. 212 00:08:09,435 --> 00:08:09,935 And, 213 00:08:10,475 --> 00:08:12,555 let's see. I'm trying to think I think 214 00:08:12,555 --> 00:08:14,875 I had this on my, on my sheet 215 00:08:14,875 --> 00:08:15,375 here. 216 00:08:18,875 --> 00:08:19,375 Anyway, 217 00:08:19,915 --> 00:08:20,814 no. Don't 218 00:08:21,519 --> 00:08:24,899 don't have that in there. I don't think 219 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,039 but, anyway, the the train was pretty cool, 220 00:08:29,039 --> 00:08:31,300 and that was taken out, 221 00:08:31,759 --> 00:08:34,179 I believe, in 2007. 222 00:08:35,294 --> 00:08:36,274 And it was, 223 00:08:37,054 --> 00:08:38,595 brought out to the 224 00:08:39,615 --> 00:08:41,075 Steam Engine Showgrounds 225 00:08:41,534 --> 00:08:43,774 in Buckley, Michigan. They have a big steam 226 00:08:43,774 --> 00:08:46,115 engine show every year in the summer, 227 00:08:46,575 --> 00:08:48,575 and I guess you can still, 228 00:08:49,054 --> 00:08:50,174 ride on the, 229 00:08:50,990 --> 00:08:53,309 what used to be the city of Traverse 230 00:08:53,309 --> 00:08:55,149 City, I think was the name of the 231 00:08:55,149 --> 00:08:55,889 the train. 232 00:08:56,350 --> 00:08:58,110 Anyway, you can still ride on it out 233 00:08:58,110 --> 00:09:00,990 there at the, Buckley Steam Engine Grounds during 234 00:09:00,990 --> 00:09:02,850 the steam engine show 235 00:09:03,549 --> 00:09:06,274 every year. But, yeah, it was 2007 236 00:09:06,274 --> 00:09:07,654 when that was taken out. 237 00:09:08,434 --> 00:09:11,815 Clinch Park is also the, marina, the municipal 238 00:09:12,274 --> 00:09:14,054 marina for Traverse City. 239 00:09:14,595 --> 00:09:16,514 So, you know, there's a lot of boat 240 00:09:16,514 --> 00:09:18,995 slips in there, plus there's some transient boat 241 00:09:18,995 --> 00:09:21,429 slips. So if you're cruising around the Great 242 00:09:21,429 --> 00:09:22,490 Lakes in your 243 00:09:23,110 --> 00:09:24,330 yacht or your, 244 00:09:24,950 --> 00:09:27,049 you know, sailboat or whatever, 245 00:09:27,509 --> 00:09:30,309 sometimes you can get a mooring there at, 246 00:09:31,190 --> 00:09:32,730 at the Clinch Park Marina, 247 00:09:33,554 --> 00:09:35,394 and you can get fuel and, 248 00:09:35,875 --> 00:09:37,254 you know, they have a clubhouse 249 00:09:37,634 --> 00:09:38,134 and 250 00:09:38,595 --> 00:09:41,075 and, you know, we, those that live there 251 00:09:41,075 --> 00:09:43,235 or or not live there, but have a 252 00:09:43,235 --> 00:09:45,794 boat slip there, you know, also have access 253 00:09:45,794 --> 00:09:46,455 to power 254 00:09:46,835 --> 00:09:48,889 and and sewer and all that stuff that, 255 00:09:49,210 --> 00:09:50,190 you do at marinas. 256 00:09:51,290 --> 00:09:53,370 So it's and it's still a going thing. 257 00:09:53,370 --> 00:09:55,610 In fact, they expanded it not too many 258 00:09:55,610 --> 00:09:57,610 years ago and put up a new brake 259 00:09:57,610 --> 00:09:58,110 wall. 260 00:09:59,529 --> 00:10:01,049 But, yeah, a lot a lot of big 261 00:10:01,049 --> 00:10:02,250 yachts come in there. 262 00:10:03,035 --> 00:10:05,835 If they don't come in completely, they moor 263 00:10:05,835 --> 00:10:06,335 outside 264 00:10:06,715 --> 00:10:07,934 in the bay and 265 00:10:09,115 --> 00:10:10,415 and come in by dinghy. 266 00:10:12,715 --> 00:10:14,795 But again, you know, there was a zoo 267 00:10:14,795 --> 00:10:17,054 there. And then, you know, more more recently, 268 00:10:17,195 --> 00:10:18,894 they took out the zoo, 269 00:10:19,409 --> 00:10:21,909 and I believe that was also in 270 00:10:23,330 --> 00:10:24,690 2007. 271 00:10:24,690 --> 00:10:25,429 Let me, 272 00:10:28,370 --> 00:10:29,990 alright. So yeah, the 273 00:10:30,610 --> 00:10:31,110 1930s 274 00:10:31,904 --> 00:10:32,805 could try a small 275 00:10:33,185 --> 00:10:35,205 zoo and aquarium and other attractions. 276 00:10:37,585 --> 00:10:39,585 Let's see what else is in here for 277 00:10:39,585 --> 00:10:40,245 the zoo. 278 00:10:40,945 --> 00:10:41,764 There's a few. 279 00:10:43,185 --> 00:10:44,965 Yeah. The the zoo also, 280 00:10:45,825 --> 00:10:48,360 got taken out in 2007. 281 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:49,799 I don't know what they did with all 282 00:10:49,799 --> 00:10:51,799 the animals. I can't imagine they just opened 283 00:10:51,799 --> 00:10:53,500 the cages and let them go, but 284 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:55,580 you never know. 285 00:10:56,919 --> 00:10:59,480 But the zoo is no longer there and 286 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:01,340 the aquarium is no longer there, 287 00:11:01,995 --> 00:11:04,235 But, what they did do is they put 288 00:11:04,235 --> 00:11:05,134 in a 289 00:11:05,595 --> 00:11:07,995 splash pad. What do they call it? The 290 00:11:07,995 --> 00:11:09,134 park's waterscape. 291 00:11:10,154 --> 00:11:11,934 And, you know, it's right on the beachfront, 292 00:11:12,075 --> 00:11:13,855 and it's it was just one of those 293 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,279 concrete pads with water shooting up and kids 294 00:11:18,279 --> 00:11:20,139 run through it. Kind of like the sprinkler 295 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:20,940 or whatever. 296 00:11:21,639 --> 00:11:21,879 The, 297 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:24,060 kind of the the funny 298 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:27,800 thing about the splash pad is they had 299 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:29,580 a whole lot of issues. 300 00:11:30,654 --> 00:11:33,615 In July 2013, the splash pad had to 301 00:11:33,615 --> 00:11:36,675 be shut down after a sewer pump station 302 00:11:36,815 --> 00:11:37,315 failure 303 00:11:37,774 --> 00:11:40,675 caused sewage to back up into the underground 304 00:11:40,975 --> 00:11:42,915 reservoir feeding the water feature. 305 00:11:44,014 --> 00:11:44,514 Diversion 306 00:11:45,379 --> 00:11:48,740 The diversion system that was supposed to protect 307 00:11:48,740 --> 00:11:50,200 the facility failed 308 00:11:50,580 --> 00:11:52,519 and the construct or the 309 00:11:53,860 --> 00:11:54,360 contamination 310 00:11:55,139 --> 00:11:55,639 potentially 311 00:11:56,980 --> 00:12:00,174 exposed children to human waste. That's not great, 312 00:12:00,174 --> 00:12:01,554 but in 2014, 313 00:12:01,615 --> 00:12:03,315 they got it figured out, but 314 00:12:03,855 --> 00:12:06,095 they figured out that there was 18 major 315 00:12:06,095 --> 00:12:09,794 design flaws and construction flaws, and 316 00:12:10,335 --> 00:12:12,754 and, they did get that 317 00:12:13,580 --> 00:12:15,840 good, you know, they got that all set 318 00:12:16,300 --> 00:12:18,720 in early twenty sixteen, a settlement 319 00:12:19,420 --> 00:12:19,920 discussion 320 00:12:21,340 --> 00:12:22,320 around a lawsuit 321 00:12:23,179 --> 00:12:25,455 and all that. So and and there's a 322 00:12:25,535 --> 00:12:27,934 store here in Traverse City called Roy's General 323 00:12:27,934 --> 00:12:29,715 Store. I think I mentioned it before. 324 00:12:30,174 --> 00:12:33,054 And the sign lady puts out funny signs, 325 00:12:33,054 --> 00:12:33,554 and 326 00:12:34,415 --> 00:12:36,335 and I believe there was something in there 327 00:12:36,335 --> 00:12:36,735 about, 328 00:12:37,375 --> 00:12:39,659 if you need any plumbing parts such as 329 00:12:39,659 --> 00:12:42,460 to fix your splash pad, you know, come 330 00:12:42,460 --> 00:12:45,019 to Roy's or something like that. It was 331 00:12:45,019 --> 00:12:47,039 quite funny and made 332 00:12:48,139 --> 00:12:50,779 made the local news and a lot of 333 00:12:50,779 --> 00:12:53,514 social media around it, but that was back, 334 00:12:53,514 --> 00:12:54,975 like I said, 2013, 335 00:12:55,035 --> 00:12:55,855 2014, 336 00:12:57,674 --> 00:12:59,294 stuff like that. But 337 00:12:59,595 --> 00:13:02,335 but Clinch Park's still quite the thing. And 338 00:13:02,394 --> 00:13:03,855 now, you know, when they took 339 00:13:04,475 --> 00:13:07,535 they took out the, Morgan McCool plant there 340 00:13:07,830 --> 00:13:08,330 at, 341 00:13:09,350 --> 00:13:10,250 at that location 342 00:13:10,550 --> 00:13:11,050 and, 343 00:13:11,750 --> 00:13:14,149 came up with the open space. I guess 344 00:13:14,149 --> 00:13:15,450 that's part of the park. 345 00:13:15,830 --> 00:13:17,750 And then later on, they took down the 346 00:13:17,750 --> 00:13:21,190 coal fired electric plant and expanded the open 347 00:13:21,190 --> 00:13:22,410 space. So, 348 00:13:22,884 --> 00:13:24,424 you know, Clinch Park's quite 349 00:13:24,884 --> 00:13:27,125 a quite quite a thing and, you know, 350 00:13:27,125 --> 00:13:28,644 it's kind of fun to walk out on 351 00:13:28,644 --> 00:13:30,184 the break wall. You can 352 00:13:30,725 --> 00:13:32,424 you can go out there and 353 00:13:32,884 --> 00:13:35,044 check that out. Like I said, there's a 354 00:13:35,044 --> 00:13:35,784 boat launch 355 00:13:36,539 --> 00:13:39,259 there as well and parking for your boat. 356 00:13:39,259 --> 00:13:40,459 If you wanted to put your boat in 357 00:13:40,459 --> 00:13:41,919 the water there, you can. 358 00:13:43,740 --> 00:13:45,600 So it's kind of a a nice 359 00:13:45,980 --> 00:13:46,480 attraction. 360 00:13:46,860 --> 00:13:49,100 There's also a museum there. There was a 361 00:13:49,100 --> 00:13:50,674 museum there, the Con 362 00:13:51,054 --> 00:13:54,595 Foster Museum. You remember Con Foster from also 363 00:13:54,654 --> 00:13:56,274 pushing for the miniature city, 364 00:13:57,695 --> 00:14:00,174 but he had a a museum there. And 365 00:14:00,174 --> 00:14:01,235 that building, 366 00:14:02,335 --> 00:14:04,355 when it ceased to be a museum, 367 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:06,660 turned into 368 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:07,820 a 369 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:09,460 little independent 370 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:10,660 movie theater 371 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:13,139 called the Bijou by the Bay, 372 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:16,399 and that was all part of the Traverse 373 00:14:16,399 --> 00:14:17,540 City Film Festival, 374 00:14:18,715 --> 00:14:20,095 which is no longer. 375 00:14:21,274 --> 00:14:21,774 But, 376 00:14:22,794 --> 00:14:24,554 so now I just heard on the news 377 00:14:24,554 --> 00:14:26,634 tonight they're looking for a new use for 378 00:14:26,634 --> 00:14:27,534 the Kahn Foster 379 00:14:27,914 --> 00:14:28,975 Museum building, 380 00:14:29,514 --> 00:14:31,274 but that's right on the edge of the, 381 00:14:31,674 --> 00:14:33,215 what used to be the zoo 382 00:14:33,740 --> 00:14:36,860 at the park proper, and then it's between 383 00:14:36,860 --> 00:14:37,919 there and the beach. 384 00:14:38,620 --> 00:14:41,440 And there's also a tunnel that goes from, 385 00:14:44,139 --> 00:14:46,959 I don't I guess I don't remember exactly 386 00:14:47,259 --> 00:14:49,504 where it goes. I think there's like 387 00:14:50,125 --> 00:14:50,865 a bridge 388 00:14:52,365 --> 00:14:54,684 over the river and then there's a tunnel 389 00:14:54,684 --> 00:14:56,684 that goes under the parkway to get to 390 00:14:56,684 --> 00:14:59,504 the park and that's still a thing. 391 00:15:00,125 --> 00:15:01,565 And when I was a kid, we used 392 00:15:01,565 --> 00:15:03,269 to ride our bikes through there because the, 393 00:15:03,509 --> 00:15:05,529 Tarte Trail, the Bark Bike Trail, 394 00:15:06,870 --> 00:15:08,090 went through the tunnel. 395 00:15:08,470 --> 00:15:08,970 And, 396 00:15:10,070 --> 00:15:10,809 it was a, you know, 397 00:15:11,190 --> 00:15:13,350 a way safer way of going across the 398 00:15:13,350 --> 00:15:14,970 parkway to get to the beach. 399 00:15:15,914 --> 00:15:18,154 But, yeah, and I'm sure I'm missing all 400 00:15:18,154 --> 00:15:20,714 kinds of things about Clinch Park, but, 401 00:15:21,514 --> 00:15:22,014 it's, 402 00:15:22,714 --> 00:15:24,235 like I said, it's kind of the main 403 00:15:24,235 --> 00:15:24,735 waterfront 404 00:15:25,195 --> 00:15:27,595 in Traverse City and, you know, a lot 405 00:15:27,595 --> 00:15:29,534 of the municipal land and 406 00:15:29,919 --> 00:15:32,419 county land and everything runs all along 407 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:36,879 that whole stretch of beach from what used 408 00:15:36,879 --> 00:15:38,639 to be the Holiday Inn, now called the 409 00:15:38,639 --> 00:15:41,299 Delamar Hotel on West Bay, 410 00:15:42,095 --> 00:15:45,394 and it goes all the way down to 411 00:15:46,894 --> 00:15:49,295 the intersection of M 22, 412 00:15:49,295 --> 00:15:50,595 M 72, 413 00:15:51,055 --> 00:15:51,955 and the Parkway. 414 00:15:53,455 --> 00:15:56,195 That whole stretch is public beach. 415 00:15:56,789 --> 00:16:00,570 And there's volleyball courts, there's, you know, swimming 416 00:16:02,149 --> 00:16:04,309 areas, and a lot of people, you know, 417 00:16:04,309 --> 00:16:05,129 in the summertime 418 00:16:05,830 --> 00:16:08,389 mow their boats right offshore along the beach. 419 00:16:08,389 --> 00:16:10,470 So there's usually a bunch of boats there 420 00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:11,370 in the summertime. 421 00:16:12,764 --> 00:16:13,264 It's, 422 00:16:13,725 --> 00:16:14,684 it's a very nice, 423 00:16:15,085 --> 00:16:17,325 nice little area, especially you don't be in 424 00:16:17,325 --> 00:16:19,504 right close to downtown like that. 425 00:16:19,884 --> 00:16:22,305 So it's easy walking distance for 426 00:16:22,925 --> 00:16:24,785 people visiting Traverse City. 427 00:16:25,279 --> 00:16:27,120 And those of us that live here, we 428 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:28,879 sort of avoid it like the plague in 429 00:16:28,879 --> 00:16:29,460 the summer. 430 00:16:30,639 --> 00:16:33,360 Mostly. Mostly. It's also the best place to 431 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:35,440 watch the air show for the Cherry Festival 432 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:36,340 because center 433 00:16:36,879 --> 00:16:39,600 center of the air show box is there 434 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,485 at the open space right next to Clinch 435 00:16:42,485 --> 00:16:44,264 Park Marina. So, 436 00:16:45,284 --> 00:16:46,184 if you can 437 00:16:47,044 --> 00:16:47,784 get yourself 438 00:16:48,085 --> 00:16:50,485 down there for the airshow, that's the best 439 00:16:50,485 --> 00:16:51,784 place to watch it. 440 00:16:52,940 --> 00:16:55,440 And with that, we'll call this a podcast. 441 00:16:55,580 --> 00:16:58,059 We'll catch you tomorrow. I'm not sure what 442 00:16:58,059 --> 00:17:00,139 I'm doing tomorrow, but I will do a 443 00:17:00,139 --> 00:17:01,120 podcast tomorrow. 444 00:17:01,820 --> 00:17:02,639 Catch me 445 00:17:03,019 --> 00:17:03,519 later.