Up North Scott – a Traverse City Blog

The trail to the top of Sugar Loaf in Leelanau County has opened. The views are amazing, especially with the autumn colors, but any time of year the views would be amazing....

Hickory Meadows park in Traverse City shows off its fall colors....

And for my next trick, a walkthrough video in Las Vegas! This one takes you through the park next to New York New York, along the front exterior of the casino, and onto the south side for a view of the A's ballpark, currently under construction....

Using Google Streetview to visit Traverse City's past....

Time for another trip to Las Vegas to see Metallica at The Sphere. We stayed at Park MGM, wandered the Strip and saw The Empire Strips Back - it was a great three days in the desert....

For something completely different, I started a YouTube trivia channel called "Let's Get Quizzical Trivia" and my first video, "80s Music Trivia" is up and running. If you like trivia, if you like 80s music, if you have time to waste, it's the place to go!...

Shorts is coming to Logan's Landing in Traverse City, and I share a few pictures of the progress of the exterior....

We have a new bridge over the Fish Pass site on the Boardman River in Traverse City, a big beautiful (pedestrian) bridge. And a few photos to remind us of what it used to look like....

The wildlife is out and about in Traverse City this autumn....

And it's beautiful! OK, maybe not beautiful. But it's straight and tall, and those are important characteristics for a cell phone tower. But no! It's even taller since this picture was taken on September 25th: Still doesn't have all the dongles and doohickies and whatchamacallits that a finished cell tower has, but it's a start. That area of Elmwood Township is not particularly scenic,...