I don't remember exactly the source of hilarity, probably the fact that Steve woke me up at 1am, miscalculating the local time and that I couldn't locate Michigan in my mind being half asleep. By the way, I'm impressed by the amount of lakes, in Michigan from the hugest to the smallest, all of'em with their fair share of Woods and houses around the shores.
Well perhaps I read more into it... however; yes Michigan is not called 'The winter water wonderland for nothing. Unfortunately having signs up all over bragging about the purity of Michigan is misleading; since you cannot swim in any of the major rivers. You used to be able to see the bottom of Lake Michigan when you went swimming... not anymore. It's the same old sad story-to many people, to much population, destroying the environment.