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We spent last weekend north of Marquette, MI once again, continuing our land search. There’s a couple of parcels we’ve got our eye on–both 40 acres–one square, one rectangular, both with beautiful high-ridge views of Lake Superior, one with a bubbling creek running through it but with fewer  Aidan by the Nash Creekbuildable sites, the [...]

Today we all headed up towards Big Bay to check out a 40 acre square we’ve got our eye on. When our realtor told us we’d need snowshoes to see it, we decided to make a day of it. So, after a quick breakfast, we battled the crazy lake effect snow and drove northwest–very slowly [...]

Last Sunday, we all headed out for a day about town in beautiful Lockport, IL. The focus of our trip was the historic Illinois and Michigan Canal (I&M). The I&M Canal was commissioned in 1823 in order to connect Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River (via the Illinois River). This marked the first complete shipping [...]