Tucked kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kwekona kweAngland Peninsula, gungwa reMichigan rakakura kupfuura mamwe ose ndiro gungwa rinoshamisa remaira 18 kubva pakutanga, rinowanzofananidza mvura yeCaribbean. Denga revhu rebhuruu uye mvura yakajeka inozivikanwa nokubudisa mavara akasiyana-siyana, achichinja kubva pamaradhi emerald kusvika kune goridhe remoto kusvika pakadzika yakadzika. "Torch Lake haisi mufudzi, inoshamisa," anodaro Lynne Delling, anogara kwenguva refu muTorch Lake uye Realtor yemunharaunda.
"Inogona kukanganisa mumaminitsi mashanu uye iine mafungu makuru, kana kuti tete segirazi."
Kunyange zvazvo ine mhuka yeCaribbean, iyo inogara ichichinja Torch Lake inogara paD 45th Parallel uye iri chikamu chengetani yemakungwa gumi nemana anoyerera kuburikidza neAinrimrim County yeMichigan. Yakareba mazuva ezhizha, kusviba kwezuva kwakanyanya, uye nguva dzose mhepo inopisa iyo inovhuvhuta kuLake Michigan inokwezva zvizvarwa zvemhuri kumahombekombe ayo kubvira kuma1920. Vaiuya vachibva kuChicago, St. Louis, Detroit, uye Cincinnati, vachitiza moto hweguta nekuda kwehupenyu hwakanyarara, hwakarongedzwa hutachigaro padziva.
Misha yakawanda - Bellaire, Eastport, Alden, Clam River, uye Torch Lake - dzakakomba dziva rakadzika makiromita maviri, richipa mararamiro ehotera ehombekombe yakazara neresitorendi, zvitoro, uye zvekuvaraidza. Nharaunda nevashanyi pamwe chete vanounganidza kuMoka nokuda kwekofi nemafuta, vanoenda kuBuddha Pub kusvika kunonaka saizi dzepasita dzakadai sePeaches neCream, uye vanodya pazvivako zvekudya zvakasiyana-siyana seLuLu.
Uyezve mukati maro mune minda yemizambiringa yepamusoro-uye-inouya wineries pedyo neTraverse City seBrys Estate.
On and Off Torch Lake
Torch Lake yakakurumbira nokuda kwechero-sara-refu yakareba sandbar, nzvimbo inounganidza apo vafambisi vezvikepe vanokwira kuti vashambire uye vafare, uye nzvimbo yepamusoro yekucherechedza moto pamusi wechina weJuly. Vaya vanosarudza kufamba nechikepe, vanoenda kuTurch Lake Yacht uye Country Club.
Yakasimbiswa muna 1928, kirabhu yekambani yemhuri inopa zvidzidzo zvekufamba nechikepe uye purogiramu yekushanda yemasangano kune nhengo dzayo.
Avo vasina chikepe vanogona kubvarura zvinhu zvose kubva pazvikepe zvepontoon kuenda kuzvikepe zvechikepe kusvika kune jet skis kubva munzvimbo dzomunharaunda. Uyewo yakakurumbira mitambo isingatori motokari yakadai sechikepe, mhepo yemhepo, uye kayaking. Kushambira mumvura inotonhorera kumvura, iyo inoputika kusvika kuma80 degrees mukati memwedzi yezhizha, inodawo nguva yapfuura.
Zvine zvakadzika kusvika mamita 340, Torch Lake ndiyo yakadzika yeMichigan yakadzika mukati megungwa. Inofanirwa kuredza hove, vanhu vanotsvaga vachawana zvakasiyana-siyana zvehove-yakakura mumuromo wemakungwa, tsvina, pike, uye whitefish. Muna 2009, mumwe angler akabatwa 50-pound, 8-ounce Great Lakes Muskie, achiisa chikwata cheMichigan chikwata chemhando idzi dzehove.
Kunze kwechikepe, gorofu vane mapurogiramu makumi mapfumbamwe nemaviri pedyo, kusanganisira Arnold Palmer-yakagadzirirwa Dhigirii Legend uye nevamwe vatatu kuShanty Creek. Vanofamba-famba vanogona kuwana nzira dzakasiyana-siyana paGrass River Natural Area neCoy Mountain.
Kuguma kwezhizha kunoratidzwa neBlackire's Rubber Ducky Festival, mhemberero inosanganisira zvokudya, zvigadzirwa, zvishandiso, mhirizhonga, uye rudzi rweRubber-Ducky. Muna Svondo apo miti yakaoma miti inotanga kuratidza ruvara rwayo, guta racho rinopinda Mutambo Wokukohwa uye Scarecrow Extravaganza.
Munguva yemazuva akanyarara echando, vagari vanoenda kumigwagwa yekupfuura kwechikepe pasi uye nekupemberera mazororo ane Chipo Chipo uye Chiedza cheZvizororo.
Iva nechokwadi chekuita zvinhu izvi, zvakare: tora zvidzidzo zvekufamba nechikepe, enda kumhanya, kutarisa minda yemizambiringa, kubvarura chikepe chepontoon, uye urove hukama.
Kutsvaga Imba paTinch Lake
Nhoroondo uye zuva rinoparadzanisa Torch Lake's real estate scene. Kudzoka muma1920, mhuri dzakabva kumaguta akapoteredza uye dzikavaka dzimba dzemakamuri mahombekombe pamakamuri makuru kumabvazuva kwegungwa. Mazimbe eMatchi Mahesheni emazuva ano akavakwa mukati mema1990 apo kubudirira kwakawedzera nokukurumidza kumavirazuva kwegungwa.
"Dzimba dzacho dziri kumabvazuva dzinogara dzimba," anodaro Delling, uyo akatanga kutora nemhuri yake paTorch Lake muna 1947. "Vagari vemo vanogara pano nemhuri dzavo muzhizha ndokubva vapedza dzimba dzavo kune dzimwe nhengo dzemhuri. " Kurarama kumabvazuva kunouya nemafuta, kunyanya mhepo ine simba inobva kuLake Michigan, iyo inobatsira kuchengetedza utsi hwenyoka.
"Vanhu vanofarira rutivi rwekumabvazuva nekuda kwemazuva ayo akanaka," anodaro Delling. Kurutivi rwamavirazuva rweTurch Lake kunotanga kubuda kwekutanga nekupenya kwezuva. Rutivi rwamavirazuva runoisawo mvura yakadzika uye mabheji ane madombo mashoma.
Hazvina mhosva kuti ndiwe ani wamunosarudza, zvose zvinopa mikana yemikana yezororo. Kumhenderekedzo yekumabvazuva, unogona kutenga tsika yakagadzirirwa Maple Island log log ne 168 mamita emvura nekuda kwe $ 1.2 mamiriyoni kana kugadzirisa nzvimbo yakagadzirwa negorofu maonero $ 229,000.
Kune rumwe rutivi rwamavirazuva rwegungwa, imba yemazuva ano yakavakwa muna 1998, yakagadzirirwa 12 acres uye 929 mamita echikepe ichi dzinodhura madhora 1,9 mamiriyoni apo imwe nyanzvi yemapurazi yakashongedzerwa kadzimba iri pagungwa inogona kuwanikwa $ 525,000.