Sally Ryan

Essays: Summer in Saugatuck

Only a two-hour drive from Chicago, visitors from the Windy City can reach Saugatuck, Michigan on less than a tank of gas. With rising gas prices and a downturn in the economy, smaller resort towns are fast becoming the vacation spots of choice for frugal travlers.

Americana, Coca Cola, Coke, fountain, counter, soda, checker, tile, stools, bar, drinks, t-shirts, clock, menu, hawaiian shirt, straw hat, tourists
   
Mt. Baldhead, trees, couple, outlook, scenic spot, river, water, green, boats
   
kids, signs, ferry, boat, water, saugatuck, tourists, chain, lawn, ride
     
  
boat, water, green, inner tube, hat, straw hat, summer, tourist, archway
   
bar, bikers, americana, beer, toast, cheers, drink, patio, outside, summer, happy hour, lunch, restaurant
   
kids, sidewalk, ice cream, cone, lick, family, dessert
     
  
books, bookstore, bank, portrait, seller, piles, stacks, crowded
   
musicians, guitar, fiddle, cowboy hat, cowboy, cowgirl, sing, western, redhead, tattoo
   
tent, americana, Huck Finn, bandana, back pocket, chairs, audience, straw hat, chambray shirt
     
  
neon, dog, tourists, hotel, motel, summer, night
   
bride, friends, table, pool, restaurant, friends, wedding, groom
   
cowboy, fiddle, evening, cowboy hat, pistol, music, musician