Horace McKee Huffman, Jr. loved the outdoors from a young age and developed a lasting bond with northern Michigan after first coming there in the early 1930s to visit his wife’s family on Mullett Lake. Born in 1914, he traveled as a boy from Dayton, Ohio, to Sand Lake near Grant, Michigan, attended camp in Minnesota, and after graduating from Dartmouth College in 1936, canoed from the headwaters of the Mississippi to St. Louis. Known as Huffy, he spent part of most summers of his adult life in the tip of the mitt, and in the 1970s, after retiring from Huffy Corporation, he spent half the year at Menonaqua Beach between Harbor Springs and Petoskey. A dedicated cyclist, he saw during his daily rides the need to preserve the area’s natural resources and beauty from increased development, and he threw himself into three young efforts: Little Traverse Conservancy, Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, and the work that led to his formation of the Top of Michigan Trails Council. He tirelessly raised money and awareness for these groups, whose continued growth and recognized work helped protect unspoiled land, crystal-blue waters, and scenic bikeways across northern Michigan.