Our bed and breakfast guests coming to the Saugatuck, South Haven and Holland areas of West Michigan this coming July 4th holiday weekend will find themselves in a fantastic weather pattern for their holiday getaway.  The next couple of days are forecasted in the low 70’s but after that it’s back to the 80’s with sunny skies and little chance of rain in the forecast.  Excellent weather for boating, sunning on Lake Michigan beaches, fireworks displays and much more.  If this holiday weather forecast is any indication, we are in for a fantastic summer season in West Michigan.

The vendors of the Allegan Michigan antique fair must think “what on earth did we ever do to the Gods to deserve this?  For those of our bed and breakfast guests staying three nights this weekend, the antique fair is a great alternative after spending yesterday on Lake Michigan beaches and the Saugatuck area.  But for some reason, there always seems to be a rain factor that plays into the day, which is how this morning began here in West Michigan.  Things are looking hopeful though for the rest of the day, with just a chance of rain later on.  So hopefully our Inn guests will be able to enjoy the fair mid day.

A favorite of our bed and breakfast guests has always been our baked apples.  With Cranes u-pick orchards and many other orchards and farm stands in the surrounding Saugatuck, South Haven and Holland area, it is only natural that we feature the local produce on our breakfast buffet.  Making baked apples is simple:  Just halve each apple, scope the seeds out with a mellon baller and place cut side up in a baking dish.  Then drizzle butter on them and top with a mixture of 1/2 cup sugar, 2 TBSP flour and 1/2 tsp cinnamon.  Drizzle a little more butter on top of them and put about 1/2 cup water in the bottom of the pan.  Bake at 350 for approximately 45 minutes.  A yummy treat that our bed and breakfast guests enjoy and a true Michigan fruit indeed.

We at the Kingsley House bed and breakfast are continually striving to improve upon what we do for our Michigan guests.  One way of doing this is to work on improvements to our Inn’s website.  Guests now looking for a romantic getaway or our Saugatuck lodging specials will find it easier to navigate through the website.  We have re-worked the navigation from these two pages to our online availability and reservations online bookings.  These improvements may appear minor to most, but changing the structure of the pop up windows to make them more user-friendly for our bed and breakfast guests mean less frustration on getting from one section of the website to another.    Just another way we are working to make our guest experience with us even better than ever.

The following review was recently posted to Tripadvisor by a couple from Southern Michigan who recently stayed with us at the bed and breakfast:  We were looking to get away for a few days in Michigan. We have been going to Saugatuck & Holland for several years however we usually go in the spring or fall. This time we had available time in June however the Film Festival was on in Saugatuck so it was booked out. I found the Kingsley online and it looked interesting. The Kingsley proved to be a very great choice. The building is interesting, the location is convenient to Holland and Saugatuck and the town of Fennville has a couple decent restaurants in it. We will be back to the Kingsley sometime in the future. Good place for couples. This would also be a good spot to work out of if you are looking for something during the week and are sick of motels.