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It's Good Not to Be Home

Get off your couch and go find something extraordinary.

Madison Fox
Jan 26, 2017
Flint, Michigan
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It's Good Not to Be Home
Madison Fox

As mundane as life can become, being away from home is reviving. Whether your travel consists of a gap year, going up north, visiting family, or driving minutes away from home, it has a restorative quality. From a creative perspective, it enhances my creativity by being exposed to new people and environments. Being in unfamiliar locations can be challenging and disorienting. However, I never fail to find interest, beauty, and a spiked curiosity when in a new landscape. Going just a meager hour away allows me to break normal routine and take in new inspiration. As young as I am, I haven't see a mere fraction of what the world has to offer. But even going an hour away to Ann Arbor, Michigan, I become filled with excitement and curiosity. I can get a glimpse of what opportunities remain undiscovered. Below are some of my favorite places in Michigan to escape to. I never fail to find something new and an abundance of natural beauty in these locations.

Flushing Township Nature Park in Flushing, Michigan

Downtown Flushing, Michigan

Flushing Township Nature Park in Flushing, Michigan


Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan

Fountain Street Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Largo Springs in Oscoda, Michigan

Largo Springs in Oscoda, Michigan

Gladwin, Michigan

Houghton Lake, Michigan

West Branch, Michigan

Downtown West Branch, Michigan


Traverse City, Michigan


Tawas, Michigan

Roast & Toast in Petoskey, Michigan


Petoskey Breakwall in Petoskey, Michigan




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