The lower peninsula of Michigan is shaped like a mitten. It’s actually called a mitten, and Tawas City, where we stayed for several days is at the upper part of the hand section of the mitten near the thumb area.

Bay City is at the bottom of where the thumb joins the hand on the mitten. We drove down there one day to see the coastline and scenery. Bay City is pretty, right along the Saginaw River where it empties into Saginaw Bay. Much of the riverfront is parkland with walking trails, grassy areas etc. It’s really beautiful.

I’ve attached a map of Michigan showing where we stayed on the east Coast (Tawas City), where we took the shipwreck tour (Thunder Bay), and where we drove one day (Bay City).