I am a science teacher who lives with my family in Ann Arbor. In the 70's I was a counselor and lived at Camp Innisfree (now Camp Kohahna, I think), on Port Oneida Rd. I have loved the Leelanau Peninsula since I was a child, and have spent many a happy day camping, biking, birding, and shooting photos there (also eating cherry pie at Cherry Republic and eating burgers and drinking beer at the Friendly Tavern in Empire!).
    For many years, my friends and I camped out over New Years at D. H.
Day. This tradition has now moved to the Platte River Campground (in Benzie County), because D.H. Day is closed in the winter.
    One of my many memorable Leelanau experiences was biking from the Empire Public Campground, at the south end of the county, to the tip of the point and back in one day! I rode a mountain bike, and because of meandering, my distance total at the end of the day was 117 miles.

Dan Ezekiel, Ann Arbor, MI

When my brother and I were kids our family spent summer vacations in one of the Peppler's cottges on Glen Lake. Sleeping Bear Dunes and the Glen Lake area of Leeanau County are my favorite places in Michigan.

Nancy Robertson, North Branch, MI

Everywhere one looks in Leelanau, there is beauty. Here are two photographers at work, striving to capture precious moments of perfect light just before sunset along a pristine stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline near Glen Arbor. These two could be anyone, anywhere, within our unique peninsula; its charm is pervasive and altogether worthy of the art it inspires. That charm simply must be conserved for future generations.

Dixie and Michael Davis, Traverse City

Even a picture of my socks drying is a work of art in Leelanau.

Fred Miller, Elburn, IL and Lake Leelanau

    For me, the Leelanau Peninsula is about family, about respite from the telephone and computer, about my childhood memories and making the same for my grandchildren. This is why I support the Conservancy. Photo: The Beach in front of Jolli Lodge, summer 2006. Where 4 generations of my family have enjoyed the sun, the sand, the peace…

Anne Slater,

Leland & Ardmore, PA