Thank You for the Memories
A Heartfelt Note to Our Guests:
After many wonderful years on this beautiful stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline, we have decided it is time to retire, and Hog Island Country Store & Cottages has closed its doors.
We have been so happy to have the honor of making people's vacations come true. To every family who unloaded the station wagon, the minivan, or the SUV; raced barefoot down to the beach; lingered in the store for a pasty and a chat; and came back summer after summer — thank you. You didn't just stay in our cottages. You filled them with laughter, sandy footprints, and memories we will treasure for the rest of our days.
Wherever your travels take you next, we hope you'll carry a little piece of Hog Island with you. We know we'll carry you with us.
With love and gratitude,
Tom & Sandy Jacobs
Country Store
Opening the door to the store was always like stepping back in time. For years, Tom and Sandy welcomed travelers in to browse the many unique Upper Peninsula items found there, from homemade jams and jellies, smoked fish, pasties and just about anything else a weary traveler may need.
The bell over the door has rung for the last time, but the shelves, the stories, and the smell of fresh pasties will live on in our memories.
Our Cottages
Right next to the store sit six neat clapboard cottages. The cottages have hosted families since the 1940's, when Nash Ramblers roamed the roads.
Through all those decades the charms never faded. Generations of visitors made the cottages their Upper Peninsula homes away from home — first dates became honeymoons, and honeymoons became family reunions.
To everyone who ever called one of these little cottages home for a week: they were never quite as warm as when you were in them.
Private Lake Michigan Beach
A quick walk takes you to a private, sandy curl of Lake Michigan beach. The mile-long stretch of sandy, shallow water, framed by whispering pines, was the backdrop for countless sand castles, moonlit walks and long, lazy days of toes-in-the-sand relaxation.
Thank you for sharing our little slice of Hog Island heaven with us. The waves will keep rolling in, and so will the memories.
"It's like stepping back in time to what vacations should be."