MICHIGAN, the Great Lake State, #StateChallenge and STUDY GUIDE

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Michigan is shaped like a mitten? WOW! What do you know about Michigan? Where would you like to travel in Michigan? Let’s talk about what MICHIGAN is all about and what is cool there.

…and the GUEST HOST for MICHIGAN? @Erna_LaBeau !!!

Michigan announcement and study guide - Guest Host @Erna_LaBeau
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ALL Local Guides around the world are welcome to participate in the Michigan #StateChallenge!! Everyone is invited to participate, whether they have visited the state themselves, or are daydreaming about what Michigan has to offer. Details of the challenge are here. If you write an article, make sure to link to it in the comments of this post AND put #StateChallenge in the title!

  • Submit your article by midnight Pacific Standard Time the day before the meet-up.
  • 500 words or less is best
  • Link your article in the comments so we can add it to the #StudyGuide


THIS POST IS BOTH THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE STUDY GUIDE for the featured state MICHIGAN!

- Articles will be added here as they are posted through Friday

THIS #StateChallenge MEET-UP is September 26th! RSVP TODAY!

HERE our current posted articles

  1. Summer in Michigan – Finding Gems in Our Own Backyards #StateChallenge @Erna_LaBeau

  2. The Ultra-Modern General Motors Tech Center in Warren Michigan @TusharSuradkar

  3. Inter-terminal Tram at The Detroit Metropolitan Airport @TusharSuradkar

  4. Detroit Auto Show @TusharSuradkar

  5. The GM Renaissance Center in Detroit @TusharSuradkar

  6. The Detroit Princess Riverboat In Hart Plaza @TusharSuradkar

  7. Tahquamenon Falls State Park, Michigan @Erna_LaBeau

  8. Candlewood Suites in Warren, Michigan - A Home Away From Home @TusharSuradkar

  9. Michigan Cruises @Erna_LaBeau

  10. Doing A Meghan Markle In Detroit @TusharSuradkar

  11. The COBO Center in Detroit - Its Huge @TusharSuradkar

  12. Serving Food on Fire at the Parc in Detroit @TusharSuradkar

There are a lot of good questions hidden in these posts! Time to study up! …AND here are some fun facts about Michigan to get you started:

  1. The name Michigan is derived from the Ojibwa Indian word “meicigama,” meaning “large lake” or “large water.”
  2. Michigan is the only state in the United States that touches four of the five Great Lakes (Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Superior).
  3. Michigan has the world’s only floating post office, a boat called J. W. Westcott II. It delivers mail to ships as they are underway.
  4. The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, a highway tunnel that connects Detroit, Michigan with Windsor, Ontario, Canada, is the first tunnel in the world that connects two countries.
  5. The Kalamazoo Mall is the first outdoor pedestrian shopping mall in the United States.
  6. Michigan has about 150 lighthouses, more than any other state in the United States.
  7. Battle Creek is called the Cereal Capital of the World. It is home to Kellogg’s.
  8. In 1920, Detroit was home to the first four-way traffic light.
  9. Michigan is the only state made up of two peninsulas.
  10. In 1846, Michigan became the first state to abolish the death penalty (except for treason).
  11. In Michigan, it is unlawful to buy or sell cars on Sundays.

(Source: https://state.1keydata.com/michigan.php)

Looking for your #StateChallenge article for MICHIGAN and don’t see it? Link it in the comments below!

This post is part of the #StateChallenge organized by @Kwiksatik **and @Denise_Barlock. If you want to find out more, check out** this post. You can also find other submissions by searching the #StateChallenge hashtag

What is our #StateChallenge meet-up schedule for the next couple of months?



State

Meet-up


Michigan - Guest host @Erna_LaBeau

09/26/2020


Vermont - Guest host @Velvel

10/03/2020
Connecticut

10/10/2020
US Virgin Islands

10/17/2020
Alaska

10/24/2020
Idaho

10/31/2020
Illinois - Guest host @Erna_LaBeau

11/07/2020
New Mexico

11/14/2020
Washington, DC - Guest host @Tushar_Suradkar

11/21/2020

Want to be a #StateChallenge guest host? Or know someone who should be? Let us know!

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This is going to be another blockbuster evening/morning.

Bring it on @Denise_Barlock and @Erna_LaBeau

PS: Need to change NY to Michigan :sunglasses:

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@TusharSuradkar Fixed… Thanks for the heads up!

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Hi @Denise_Barlock

Can you please add my new article to the list in the main post:

The GM Renaissance Center in Detroit

Thank you.

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Oh… That is great…

All the best, friends @Denise_Barlock & @Erna_LaBeau .,

As rightly mentioned by our @TusharSuradkar

May this be an another ‘blockbuster’ day…

’ fun facts about Michigan’ really interesting to read**! Thanks**

Thanks to @Ewaade_3A for informing…

Regards to all.

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@TusharSuradkar Fabulous!!! You are an article writing machine!!! Thank you SO VERY MUCH for contributing!!!

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@TravellerG Thank you! Hopefully, you will be able to join @Kwiksatik @Erna_LaBeau and I at our next meet-up on Michigan!!!

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Thank you @Denise_Barlock and though would hate to be called one, that would make for a good question for the Quiz - What’s an article writing machine called… :rofl:

The deadline for the Michigan state challenge was too short, especially after the Ney York and I have a total of 12 articles to be written for that state alone.

I have posted 5 already. So need to post 2 articles daily until 9/26

Do you have something planned for Kansas? I traveled there extensively.

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@TusharSuradkar I’M SORRY!!! I’m going to have to REMOVE the specific date for the deadline! The REAL deadline is the FRIDAY before the meetup on Saturday!!! I try to build the Questions and Answers on Friday afternoon so that the guest host has some time to familiarize themselves with them. @Velvel brought this to my attention for Vermont… I’ll check the date on Michigan, but honestly, the deadline is Friday! Don’t rush!

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@TusharSuradkar Yes yes!!! Kansas is absolutely included. I only published the dates through November so far. I’ll put some more states and dates out on the next announcement and recaps.

btw… would you like to volunteer to be a guest host? We’d love to have you :slightly_smiling_face: Submit in the form.

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It is perfectly alright @Denise_Barlock I did not mean to embarrass you.

I love writing articles and just need to crank up a bit :blush:

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Do you mean hosting for Kansas - Definitely! @Denise_Barlock

Do you have the link for the Form please - it seems I have lost it in some old article that could not be found easily :blush:

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@TusharSuradkar Form to volunteer for guest hosting… and yes for Kansas or other states as well, but if you volunteer for Kansas, I’ll try to move the date up so that it’s sooner than later.

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Hi @Denise_Barlock

Kindly include my new post about Michigan in the main post:

Candlewood Suites in Warren, Michigan - A Home Away From Home

Thank you.

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@TusharSuradkar I’ve added it! :slightly_smiling_face:

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Thanks @Denise_Barlock

and also @Erna_LaBeau

Here’s one more for Michigan:

Doing A Meghan Markle In Detroit

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@TusharSuradkar done! :slightly_smiling_face:

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Thank you @Denise_Barlock

Please also add another one:

The COBO Center in Detroit - Its Huge

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@TusharSuradkar Your new article has been added to the study guide :slightly_smiling_face: We have great information to get our Q/A from. Thank you so much for your support!!!

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Thank you @Denise_Barlock

Here’s another one about the food experience at a restaurant in Detroit

Serving Food on Fire at the Parc in Detroit

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