Flags, Freighters, Festivals, and ... Movies

Patriotic Bluffton.

Well, Muskegon, for Flag Day, I went on a little adventure around town to see what kinds of flags I could find - both patriotic and otherwise. I found lots of fun things I was looking for as well as some nice surprises, like a Great Lakes freighter...

Before I get to the pictures, I have to recommend this way of exploring your town. Pick something you'd like to see or an area you'd like to go, then just go ... It's such a fun way to not only explore your own city, but to see it in a new light. If you do it on foot or by bike, as I did, you're creating your own, natural exercise machine - and it beats the heck out of the gym, especially in this beautiful weather...

One other thing: Today, yet again, is full of fun things to do around the area. For starters, the Muskegon Heights Festival in the Park at Rowan Park and the Miss Michigan Pageant at the Frauenthal Center continue through Saturday. The Heights Festival will feature one of Muskegon's favorite pastimes: a beer tent, from 1 p.m.-2 a.m. This one will have a DJ (DJ Ray J) and host a stepping contest. The celebration also will feature a concert, All White Jazz with Sunshine Anderson, at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the concert are $15... 

Around the same time (5-9 p.m.) in Hackley Park in downtown Muskegon, the weekly Parties in the Park will feature the Buster Blues Band... 

And at sunset at Pere Marquette Park, the inaugural Movies on the Beach Muskegon event will kick off with the classic "Back to the Future." The viewing is free, but donations will be accepted to offset the cost and, the organizers hope, to put on future movies on the beach. Also, MOTBM will be collecting nonperishable food and personal hygiene items for the Muskegon Rescue Mission at a time of year when donations go way down...

If you'd rather be on the water to watch a movie, the LST 393's "Movies on Deck" will show "Run Silent, Run Deep" starring Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster at 10 p.m. on the ship. "Movies on Deck" is in the same situation as Movies on the Beach Muskegon: Free, but in need of donations to keep it going...

I hope you take advantage of at least one of these awesome options, Muskegon, and if not, I really hope you have something better planned. It's summer in Muskegon (or wherever you are). Don't take it for granted.

See ya out living the good life...

--Imaginer

United Nations.

Something for all of us...

Scandinavian pride.

No sails? No problem. There's still colorful flags...

Gone to the beach...

At the beach...

Sparty on...

Hail to the victors...

Lakers on the lake...

Celebrating our Heritage (Landing).

Big ship, small sailboat...

Why, hello, Ohio!

Comin' through!