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Got a trip planned to Northern Michigan (LakeWalloon). I have never been there but plan to spend a week checking it out over the 4th. Any members with experience there?
Yes. Stayed in a cabin on Lake Walloon on Air Castle Point. Took day trips to Mackinaw Island, Sleeping Bear Dunes and Sault St. Marie. It was chilly (which is probably why the cabin was available in early June), but man did we have fun.
I’m not sure the Great Lakes region, Michigan/UP, etc come to mind for a lot of folks when choosing vacation destinations. America’s North Coast as they like to call it is a hidden treasure in my opinion. Flew into Traverse City from Orlando. Drove the rest. All very easy.
It's a popular destination for Canadians, Hoosiers, and Ohioans
Traverse City has so many festivals that a resident rented the city's festival site in order to have a "no festival" day of peace and quiet
It will be packed on the 4th but it's quite beautiful
well we got back and wow was this place beautiful. First-time in Northern Michigan. I know why the locals say "keep quiet".
well we got back and wow was this place beautiful. First-time in Northern Michigan. I know why the locals say "keep quiet".
Yes, the Traverse City/Petoskey/Charlevoix area is beautiful, but to me it has gotten too crowded (during the summer months) in recent years. If you want the same (or even nicer) scenery and fewer people, drive across the Mackinac Bridge to the Upper Peninsula....
Sadly, the gig is up here too.
From St. Ignace to Detour along the coast, its one large for sale sign. Fortunately there is also a great deal of conservation land that has been set aside.
Even in the Whitefish Bay area, from Brimley to Paradise, same thing for lake frontage for sale.
However, who can really blame people for wanting to have a touch of the north.