Originally Posted by
debade
We actually arrived at about 10:30 AM. We waited for their 11:00 opening. Then ate a full lunch even though we were not that hungry.
Funny you say that, because I distinctly remember seeing a large number of people in the parking lot, yet it couldn't have been later than 10:30. On my day off I'd ride that way and always left early to avoid the rush, not that Northern Michigan has much traffic, but the Tunnel of Trees definitely sees a fair number of cars in the afternoon. It's a comparatively narrow road as well.
At the end of the ToT is Harbor Springs Winery, which is where I'd always go. There's a farm, market, and a wonderful restaurant with stuff from their garden. I'd sit outside and watch kids launch squash from a slingshot to to a herd of waiting goats far off in the field. They'd all run over when new a kid would come, bucket of squash in hand, to quickly scarf them up, which for some reason was satisfying to watch while I scarfed my own lunch.