Saugatuck and its surroundings

Michigan apples make excellent cider, and you can sample an array in a cider flight at Virtue Cider in Fennville, Mich.   ( Kate Silver/Chicago Tribune )

Pies, pies, more pies — oh, and some doughnuts — are available in the bakery section of Crane’s Pie Pantry Restaurant & Winery in Fennville, Mich.   ( Kate Silver/Chicago Tribune )

Just outside of the restaurant and bakery at Crane’s in Fennville, visitors can wander through the orchard and pick their own produce.   ( Kate Silver/Chicago Tribune )

In downtown Saugatuck, Marro’s cooks up Italian classics, like decadent lasagna.   ( Kate Silver/Chicago Tribune )

The sugary sands and clear waters of Oval Beach in Saugatuck draw crowds on hot days.   ( Kate Silver/Chicago Tribune )

A pie flight, with blueberry, peach, cherry and apple, is the way to go at Crane’s Pie Pantry Restaurant & Winery in Fennville.   ( Kate Silver/Chicago Tribune )

According to folklore, Gloucester Old Spot pigs, pictured here at Virtue Cider in Fennville, got their spots from falling apples.   ( Kate Silver/Chicago Tribune )

Virtue Cider in Fennville is a great place to while away an afternoon in the sun — or indoors if it’s too hot.   ( Kate Silver/Chicago Tribune )