[SweetBeth]

Originally Posted by PamfromLowell

You will love Michigan's aquamarine water! But you have to go NORTH for that unique combination of sugar-sand and aqua water that is FRESH water, yet it looks like the caribbean! I was out west last summer and there was this resevoir outside Boise that the locals loved...we were appalled! We couldn't believe they called that a lake. Even the cleaner, more pristine lakes like in McCAll, Idaho were sOOOOO deep that you felt like you were in black water...can't see anything underneath...but upnorth Michigan lakes are just absolutely wonderful.

My absolutely favorite inland lake is Torch Lake...you must see it-just south of Charlevoix and Petoskey..and speaking of those towns, you must visit Charlevoix which is like a picture postcard town that has Lake Michigan to the west, small Round Lake surrounded by a hill covered with victorian homes that then leads to huge Lake Charlevoix...it is a stunning setting and I will miss it so...

Which leads me to tell you that the economy here in Michigan is bad. My husband who is a Master Electrician who owned his own small company doing residential and commercial installations had to fold up and has relocated to Bozeman, Montana where the billionaires are building their ski lodges like crazy. Meanwhile, the girls and I stay behind here in the Grand Rapids area (which is a great little city...very pretty downtown especially the view across the Grand River, from the lawn of the Gerald R. Ford Museum).

We are trying to sell our 9 yr old home on 9.52 acres for practically nothing just to join husband/daddy who has been in Montana since last August! He shows his new friends and co-workers out there our home and property and they just freak out on the low price we are asking...all of this on a paved road with woods surrounding the home! I don't want to leave...actually I want to live in Charlevoix but my husband said that there are thousands of unemployed or underemployed electricians here in Michigan, as is the situation for most in the construction field. I've called a few electrical companies in the Charlevoix area and some said they work mostly 1/2 days because they don't have enough work! The girls and I are taking one last trip up there to say good-bye to Charlevoix and the lake...we love collecting stones on the shores of Lake Michigan....and you realize, of course, that Lake Michigan shoreline is hundreds of miles long so there are lots of opportunities and pretty towns...and you don't have to worry about sharks and stingrays! Ha!

If anyone is reading this and has a good job offer for a Master Electrician in the Petoskey, Charlevoix area PLEASE let me know! And good luck to you SweetBeth...

We arrived 5 days ago and we are so glad to be here finally. Thanks for the great information about the upNorth Michigan Lakes. Right now it feels like Christmas. We can't wait to explore this state! Hopefully, relocations like us will plug some money into the economy. Just a little.

It is nice to read about places to go and see from you guys. Thanks!!!!

[Brent85]

Originally Posted by SweetBeth

We arrived 5 days ago and we are so glad to be here finally. Thanks for the great information about the upNorth Michigan Lakes. Right now it feels like Christmas. We can't wait to explore this state! Hopefully, relocations like us will plug some money into the economy. Just a little.

It is nice to read about places to go and see from you guys. Thanks!!!!

Where did you move to in the state? Make sure to check out the sleeping bear sand dunes, especially near Glen arbor. In Glen arbor there's a place called Cherry republic, everything's made out of cherries, really really tasty lol.