Growing up in Michigan, I was privileged to vacation at its many wonderful inland lakes, as well as around the amazing Great Lakes. Michigan is a place of great beauty that is often forgotten because the state is so linked to the automotive industry.
I remember learning in school that in Michigan, you're never more than one quarter mile from water. My husband says this isn't possible, and I've never found the documentation to substantiate it. Can anyone help?
This morning my Uncle Ray sent me this link, to gorgeous aerial photos of Michigan. They are well worth the viewing:
http://www.aerialpics.com/H/greatlakesshoreline.html
Enjoy!
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However, Jessie, I assumed that the 1/4 mile factoid included all the creeks and streams and springs, as well as larger bodies of water. Surely East Lansing had similar small sources of water all around, didn't it?
Michigan has had its ups and downs (mostly downs lately) and it's nice to remember the positive.
Since Hawaii is so close to the equator, our longest days are barely over twelve hours.
The abject failure of the auto industry to consider its workers and customers in its now-failed strategies for the future is directly responsible for much of Michigan's demise. In the "old days," GM and Ford were pretty good corporate citizens. They probably continue to be philanthropic, but they've screwed up on a gargantuan scale, and as the dominant local industry, they've left an economy that can't help but cascade into further depression until new economic factors -- such as Google's commitment to 1,000 jobs in Ann Arbor -- take effect.