Spiritual Tao Workshops
Local Area Excursions
Entertainment
- NCG Cinemas: (10 min drive) Turn right out of Quality Inn and stay in the right lane. At light (one-way Homer Street next to Tuffy), turn right onto US-127N. Immediately take the next exit: Lake Lansing Road. Turn left at the top of the overpass onto Lake Lansing Road. At bottom of overpass, at first light (Preyde), turn right. Pass Champps and go a couple blocks to turn left and enter parking lot for NCG Cinemas.
- Potter Park Zoo: (15 min drive) Turn right out of Quality Inn and get in the left-most lane. Turn left after the overpass on Howard St, and get in the second lane from the right so you can continue straight after the next light and veer onto the US-127S. Take the next exit to the right of I-496 toward Downtown Lansing. Take the exit 7 onto South Pennsylvania Ave. About one block after you turn left onto South Pennsylvania Ave, you will see an entrance to the zoo on the left-hand side.
- Spare Time Entertainment Center--Bowling Alley and Arcade: (2 min walk, 2 min drive) This is directly next to the Quality Inn, the next building down the road. Leave the hotel and turn right to immediately arrive.
Lakes
- Lake Lansing: (20 min drive) Turn right out of Quality Inn and stay in the right lane. At light (one-way Homer Street next to Tuffy), turn right onto US-127N. Immediately take the next exit: Lake Lansing Road. Turn right at the top of the overpass onto Lake Lansing Road. Continue to go straight on Lake Lansing Road. You will pass lights at Coolidge, and Harrison, and at Abbot. At Abbot you will see a Speedway and a Biggby Coffee. Keep going straight on Lake Lansing Road. Stay in the right lane. The road will arc to the right and then after a block, back to the left. The next road with a light is Hagadorn. There is a Marathon station on the left. Keep going straight. The next intersection is Park Lake Road. Keep going straight. Stay in the left lane so you can go straight when you cross Saginaw Hwy. Keep going straight after you cross Saginaw Hwy on Lake Lansing Road. Eventually Lake Lansing Road will pass by an Elementary school and then end in an apparent T-intersection with Marsh Road (it's possible to go straight but you don't want to; main roads are in a T). Lake Lansing is diagonally left from here. Turn left on Marsh Road. Get into the right lane. In about a block there will be an entrance to Lake Lansing (Lake Lansing South) on the right side. It is a county park and you will need to pay a fee ($5) to enter. (FYI: Lake Lansing North is a boat dock, so not a good choice for visiting.)
- Park Lake: (20 min drive) Turn right out of Quality Inn and stay in the right lane. At light (one-way Homer Street next to Tuffy), turn right onto US-127N. Immediately take the next exit: Lake Lansing Road. Turn right at the top of the overpass onto Lake Lansing Road. Continue to go straight on Lake Lansing Road. You will pass lights at Coolidge, and Harrison, and at Abbot. At Abbot you will see a Speedway and a Biggby Coffee. Keep going straight on Lake Lansing Road. Stay in the right lane. The road will arc to the right and then after a block, back to the left. The next road with a light is Hagadorn. There is a Marathon station on the left. Keep going straight. The next intersection is Park Lake Road. Turn left on Park Lake Road. Follow Park Lake Road for a few miles and it will arrive at Park Lake. Park Lake will be on the left.
Parks
- Abbot Road Park--very wooded, paved walking trails: (15 min drive) Turn right out of Quality Inn and stay in the right lane. At light (one-way Homer Street next to Tuffy), turn right onto US-127N. Immediately take the next exit: Lake Lansing Road. Turn right at the top of the overpass onto Lake Lansing Road. Continue to go straight on Lake Lansing Road. You will pass lights at Coolidge, and Harrison, and at Abbot. At Abbot you will see a Speedway and a Biggby Coffee. Turn left on Abbot. About 1-2 blocks down on the left, will be the entrance to Abbot Road Park, across from an Aquatic Center. If you see a Tim Horton's on the left, you've gone too far.
- Patriache Park--huge park: (10 min drive) Turn right out of Quality Inn and immediately get into the left lane so you can turn left onto Clippert Street (across from Bowling alley). Go up to the light at Clippert/Saginaw Hwy and get in the left-most lane. Pass Speedway and continue on Saginaw Hwy up toward the light at Coolidge (left-fork). Walgreen's is on the left, get in the right lane. Just after the intersection at Coolidge is Biggby Coffee on the right. Keep going on Saginaw Hwy. The next light is Harrison, and the light after that is Abbot. Continue another block to find Patriache Park on the right-side.
Last Revised 9/28/2018
