You're closer to more of Michigan than you think. Here's something Warren doesn't get enough credit for. It sits almost exactly in the middle of everything. Two hours north and you're in the Thumb, where the shoreline is quiet and the campgrounds don't have waiting lists. Two hours west and you're in the Irish Hills, the lakes, the kind of Michigan that people from other states picture when they think about Michigan. Two hours northwest and you're touching the edge of the nor

You've met all of these people. You ARE some of these people. Every campground in Michigan operates on the same unspoken truth: you don't get to choose your neighbors. You might get the lovely retired couple with the immaculate fifth wheel who bring you homemade cookies on night two. You might get the family whose children have apparently never encountered a boundary of any kind. You might get the generator guy — and oh, you'll know when you get the generator guy. The good ne