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I was thinking of something up near Traverse City, but maybe even more north like Mackinaw City or places east or west of that.
I don't care too much about being near a "big" city but I would like to be within 30 minutes of our big sailboat and the ideal situation would be a walk to the sailboat moorage.
We would also like to be very close to a snowmobile trail system. I do not know if towns in MI let you ride in city limits during the winter? Only two or three towns in Washington let you do that, but it is very neat to go to the grocery store on your sled (and safer than a car imo if the snow is 3 feet deep)
Well, if you like to snowmobile, and you like to sail, you might want to consider an area like Houghton County, in the Western U.P.. There are several marinas in the area where you can moor your boat, and the area gets a ton of snow every winter. There may be opportunities to ride your snowmobile into town on some of the trails there, but you would need to check with the local authorities for more info. on that. Houghton is a college town (Mich. Tech. University), so there are plenty of things going on there during the winter months, besides snowmobiling. I went to college at Mich. Tech., and enjoyed the area and the town a lot, although now (at my advanced age) I would not want to deal with all that snow anymore, along with the long winters.
Here is info. on one marina in the area..........there are others nearby also.
https://www.keweenaw.info/member-detail/houghton-county-marina/