Post #690708 by uncle trav on Tue, Aug 20, 2013 4:30 AM

I finally was able to do a one day expedition to Cadillac this past weekend. I headed to the local library with hopes of finding a trove of history for both the Sands and the Aku Aku. Blank expressions greeted me as I started asking questions. The research librarian was helpful and very nice but could not help me with any of my questions. The library had zero information on the restaurant and very very little on the resort. I did leave my contact info with her and received a call from another librarian yesterday. I was given the name and number of a nice gentleman at the resort and gave him a call. This gentleman was very nice and helpful but since the resort has changed hands over the years he could not offer any more information on the history of the resort. I did get the name of one of the sons of the original owners who is now in his sixties that would have remembered the resort in the early days of operation. A quick check of the white pages has turned up only a disconnected number. For now the Aku Aku at the Sands Resort only lives on in this thread. I'll keep digging more info and hold down the Tiki fort here in Michigan. Thanks for taking a look.