I didn't see any big cities up there. There are some towns, but I don't believe the population is over 3k if that. From what I've seen, most of it is agricultural. We've bought some hogs from farmers up that way. I've seen a lot of dairy farms along the way.

Yay! New Era, Michigan is a beautiful area. Thank you for sharing the picture. It made me smile to see a familiar place :)

Yep, I've been there. We don't live far from it. I thought there was so much more beauty to capture, but the sand buggies are fun.

Nice link, thank you. For other campgrounds (including Silver Lake) near the same area:

https://campgrounds.rvlife.com/regions/michigan/new-era

What they didn't capture was the lake itself. This is just the sandy area where they use dune buggies to ride around on.

I'm scouring the scene to find a good trout spot and wish I was there. Keeping my eye out for any mushrooms. We have a creek nearby here in Michigan that feels quite similar to this area. Such immersive scenery!

Yeah, I noticed that. Cool picture though!

I automatically scour the banks for a good spot to go camping. Any game trails over there? Time to get the fishing pole out. Wow, that looks really shallow in this area. Guess I've been spoiled by Muskegon river.