Paddling during the annual Bear River Festival in Petoskey, MI.
Runners participate in the Ironman Traverse City 70.3 event in Traverse City, Mich.
Sweet cherry harvest on Old Mission Peninsula in Michigan.
David Foote, director of stewardship for the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy, identifies plants Thursday on the proposed Upper Manistee Headwaters Preserve in Kalkaska County.
Storm clouds move in during the annual Manton Harvest Festival in Manton, Mich.
Delray, Michigan
The annual Mike McIntosh Memorial Car and Truck Show in Traverse City, Mich.
Grape harvest in January for ice wine at Chateau Chantal.
A procession during Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe travels westward along Grandview Parkway in Traverse City, Mich.
Father Ciprian Streza of the Archangel Gabriel Greek Orthodox Church in Traverse City prepares to toss a cross into West Grand Traverse Bay during the Great Blessing of the Waters on the Clinch Park Marina pier
Ice fishermen gather on West Grand Traverse Bay in Traverse City, Mich.
Horses are prepared to pull during the annual Manton Harvest Festival in Manton, Mich.
Nanette Watson, United States Postal Service postmaster, works in the approximately 8' x 7' structure that serves as the Ochopee, Florida post office, the smallest one in the United States. The building has been used since 1953 when a fire destroyed the general store in Ochopee which was home to the previous post office. "We serve a lot of people and cost very little money to operate," Watson said. With the florescent bulb, air conditioner, computer (laptop) and other small electrical devices, she estimates the monthly electric bill at around $20 dollars.
Nanette Watson, United States Postal Service postmaster in Ochopee, Florida, assists a customer.
Lake Michigan from the beach in Frankfort, Mich.
Vince Castaneda, with the Traverse City Fire Department, participates in a rescue simulation during training in the tunnels at The Village at Grand Traverse Commons with firefighters from the Grand Traverse Metro Fire Department and Elmwood Township Fire Department also participating in the training.
Teacher Kymberli Wregglesworth, left, assists Andrea Madison, a junior at Onaway High School, with iCivics during civics class at Onaway High School in Onaway, Mich. (Education Week)