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Article: Michigan's Grand Traverse Resort: this brilliant gem has long been recognized as one of the Midwest's finest year-round resort hotels.(RESORT OF THE MONTH)(Grand Traverse Resort and Spa)(Buyers Guide)
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- Travel America
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- May 1, 2005
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THE RAIN FELL ALL WEEK. OUR EAGERLY awaited family vacation was in danger. Our dreams of nature hikes, canoe trips, and beaches were turning to mud. Fortunately, we were heading to Grand Traverse Resort and Spa in northern Michigan, where rain does not fall on the indoor pools and indoor tennis courts. Where spa-goers remain warm and dry in their secluded sanctuary. And where golfers just don't care when it rains--or pours.
Golf is a primary activity for many of the guests at this retreat situated six miles northeast of Traverse City, not far from Lake Michigan's East Grand Traverse Bay. Its three 18-hole championship courses--The Bear, designed by Jack Nicklaus, ...