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Re: Anybody in Mich. U/P?
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Posted by jdemaris on April 26, 2005 at 13:29:50 from (209.23.29.209):
In Reply to: Re: Anybody in Mich. U/P? posted by Vern-MI on April 26, 2005 at 07:55:31:
I've looked in that area a few times, it's close to the Hiawatha State Park. Just about everything I saw in that area was dried-up swamp, not even real swamp. I wouldn't mind having some wetland with water in it. I guess, just about the entire state of Michigan is drained land - formerly wetland. As far as the weather goes, it's not much different than here where I live in central New York State. We had light snow and ice yesterday and I've seen frost every month of the year except maybe July. We had a snowstorm a few years ago when the leaves were fully out, and it took down trees and branches all over - they don't handle snow weight very well. I drove up to my property in the southern Adirondacks a few days ago and the lakes are still half covered with ice and there's not a hint of green anywhere. We get well below zero in the winter and I've seen (actually felt) -35F. From what I've seen and read, many parts of the UP that are close to the big lakes are somewhat buffered from temperature extremes - but I think their Spring is colder than here, maybe two weeks behind - just like the Adirondacks. I've got some forest land in Jefferson County, Northern New York that is supposed to get close to the highest average snowfall in the contiguous 48 states - that because of lake effect from Lake Ontario. By the way, I'm not trashing Michigan. If I spent my life living in a urban environment, much of the UP would seem like heaven to me. My problem is, I lived in the Northeast Kingdom in Vermont along the Canadian border - before it got ruined, and then here. Both places are absolutely beautiful, but getting crowded - and farms almost all gone, etc. etc. So, leaving here and looking for a place I like in the UP of Michigan is not an easy task. And, what is considered "average" land here - acreage, some mountain views, trout stream, sugar maple stands, etc. is rare and way out of my price range in the UP.
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