Super-fantastic Journeys

  Moomers Ice Cream is a pretty famous ice cream shop near Traverse City, Michigan.  Moomers is all about the experience which makes this a unique stop on your road trip as much as the ice cream.  Started in 1998 on land adjacent to the family dairy farm that provides the milk for their ice cream, Moomers grew in fame on May 28, 2008 when viewers voted on Good Morning America as the nation's best spot to get ice cream. Moomers makes 160 different flavors of ice cream and is still a hot spot today.   The founder Nancy Plummer was driven by " The hope was to provide a unique premium product in a country atmosphere, to share the world of agriculture with others, employ local young adults, and provide a family oriented place to enjoy with family and friends." This is exactly what they have done. The popularity of Moomers is still strong today and they are still serving great ice cream.  As you would expect there was a bit of a line when we arrived at Moomers which took us ab

Vacation time is ice cream time for me.  We do not indulge in this sweet treat at home, so I like to stop and get a scoop of a local favorite when we are on vacation.  While visiting South Haven, Michigan, during our road trip around Lake Michigan, we stopped at an ice cream house that has been serving ice cream for 65 years.  Sherman's is a family-run ice creamery. The family has been in the dairy business since 1916 but started selling ice cream when Port Sherman, one of the family's sons, got started.  Port wanted to make one of the best ice creams around, loaded with natural flavors and designed unique flavors.  Sherman's Ice Cream is still doing that today. I noticed that they had a special blueberry sundae available on the menu.  It was vanilla ice cream with a fresh blueberry sauce.  Anything with a fresh blueberry sauce is a winner in my book.  I placed my order, and they asked if a wanted a small or a regular.  I ordered the small, trying to be good while still ind