This concludes the series based on the book, “A Port Oneida Collection,” Volume 1 of the twopart set, “Oral History, Photographs, and Maps from the Sleeping Bear Region,” produced by Tom Van Zoeren in partnership with Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear. Here we consider Laura Basch’s thoughts on the oral history project upon which the book was largely based, along with a few other matters:
“Okay — Why I like it here: I’ve been here over 61 years now (in addition to growing up down the road), and I’ve traveled a lot after my husband died; in fact, we went on trips, too. And we always came back, and we liked this place the best of anything! And now I like this place so well, I say when the Good Lord takes me, I hope He takes me right outdoors on my riding lawnmower. Because there isn’t a nicer place that I find.
“And what I like so well about it — the summertimes especially — is, the people come down to this parking lot that the National Park has, and they get lost. And they’ll come and they’ll say something, and I will say to them, ‘Oh, I know what you’re looking for—you’re looking for your car.’ And then I direct them to their car.
