Some amazing whitewater boating in the Porkies, too. I never got over there while living in Marquette, but we did go to Bohemia in the Keewenaw lots. The whole western side of da UP is pretty amazing. Little known fact that there's a 300 foot cliff outside of Ontanogan with amazing multi-pitch rock climbing...no one around, a few camps on circular 40s out there in da woods, but that's about it. besides, no place out west has fall colors like Michigan.

New Mexico's alright, if you like hot, dry and barren. We're talkin' true rattlesnake country. Santa Fe and Taos would be fun to live in, so would Cloudcroft and Ruidoso, but other than that I don't think I'd enjoy living in a wasteland. You can shoot guns anywhere...but you can only swim in Great Lakes in the Midwest.