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...a Maine friend of mine assumed Lake Michigan was the size of Lake Winnipesaukee.
Suggest Google Earth! And no, I'm really not being snippy... I had trouble remembering how the Northern Territory in Canada was shaped when I was talking to my youngest about it, and pulled it up on there. I was never a fan of geography growing up, but I've loved Google Earth ever since that first time using it a few years ago!
And Alan, the salt air smell--or absence of--would certainly be a giveaway! The Great Lakes are amazing however, and I'd love the chance to visit any of the surrounding areas again.
If I put you in front of Lake Michigan here in Chicago, you wouldn't know the difference between it and an ocean. I guarantee it.
I sure would.
Water is not just water to me--it's about the life it contains, too.
The ocean is vast, covering more of the earth than dry land does.
And there is no telling what unknown surprises it has yet to show us.
Or what dwells in its tide pools or might wash up on shore after storm.
Or what your boat might encounter. The whales, sharks, squid and giant squid, octopuses (great eating), shellfish of all kinds, fishes of all kinds, corals, anemones, plankton. Storms on rocky coasts, epic waves. Everything about the ocean is epic and timeless.
Or what your fishhook might come up with.
And the ocean touches every continent.
Sorry, there's more to looking at water than how far you can see over it.
I really like all of the fresh-water rivers, lakes and ponds that are in forested areas in Maine.
If I lived on salt-water I would have a sailboat again; but since I dont I am happy with fresh-water
Ponds and streams are beautiful to me.
Lakes and rivers less so, but still nice.
I'd love to live with the ocean on one side of my house and a pond or stream on the other (unless the pond or stream cause unendurable pest or flooding problems).
That would be ideal.
But if I had to choose between, I'd pick the ocean.
Sometimes the coast smells. I mean, really bad.
Just saying!
The only time the Atlantic coast ever smells bad to me is when a school of fish beach themselves to escape predators, and then die and rot on the beach. But even then it wasn't that bad.
And the smell of the seacoast at certain times is one of the most beautiful smells on earth. The salt smell at such times is only a small part of it--there's something about the plant and animal life in the tidal zones that makes it smell so great.
No doubt. I have lived by and been to lake erie all of my life. I am scared to eat the fish let alone drink. Now I know that doesn't qualify me to talk about the other great lakes, but that ship has sailed.
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