Mullett Lake Tour - It's Fun just getting there!

As reported earlier; I've tried to set aside Monday, Wednesday and Thursday for travel through-out the Cheboygan River Watershed. An area that encompasses all of Cheboygan County and portions of four others found within the Tip of the Mitt.

A wonderful benefit associated with this area is the state forest known as The Big Wild, or the Pigeon River Forest. A 105,000 acre marvel consisting of rivers, lakes and wildlife unmatched in all the mid-west! It also happens to be a primary travel corridor for many of my day-long investigative treks and I'm not certain I should call it work even when day-time highs struggle to reach double-digits after evening lows of -20! The scenery and solitude here offer sanctuary to the largest elk herd east of the Mississippi River and Monday evening I saw a cow and her calf making their way from a low-land feed lot to an upland bedding area. They were crossing our road about to settled in for a frigid night under northern stars.

My camera didn't perform very well as I hurriedly tried to capture evidence of my chance encounter but Drake was my witness and I'm certain they'll be other opportunities before winter departs these environs. One can't blame my regular co-pilot for failing to capture the moment once you realize the natural limits of his talents...

Today we were fortunate to have good roads, sunny skies and little wind as we made our way from Indian River along the east side of Mullett Lake to Cheboygan. We visited many of the residential outposts and public access sites while traveling north along this spectacular resource. The bounty we enjoy up north is unrivaled as evidenced by our travels on Monday to the Black River via the PRSF. One needn't travel far up here to be surrounded by natural beauty in a wonderful setting.

Imagine brook trout and summer among these cedars while you await the last hour of daylight in June! The Black River lies frozen now in January.

Beginning with Burt Lake...

The plethora of information now available is amazing and at times overwhelming. Which may help explain my lack of consistent contributions to this forum; though I'll try in earnest to remedy that situation beginning today!




We're in the midst of an arctic blast that's driven evening temps well into the -20 degrees range without considering any factors for wind chill; and that's had an impact on day-to-day business activities though there's reason for excitement and optimism throughout our company!

The first of those reasons has to be the state of current interest rates; 5% for fixed periods of 15 years. Simply astounding numbers if you've been considering jumping into the buying market as prices and values have corrected and other investment alternatives have been pummelled. One simply needs to ask " Why Not?" Especially as the benefits of owning that special home or cabin on your favorite body of water builds memories unlike funds sitting in an account managed by some faceless enterprise with little control over international economic matters.

A strong second reason for buying now? Simply, Time. Just how much are we allotted, not just "is it the right time?" We can talk about the investment potential of property in these wonderful environs and I'll gladly provide sales studies to any interested individuals; but the emotional attachment customers have for their "cabin" or property up north becomes very difficult to measure or quantify. So if not now; when?

A third reason... The Season! Yes, it is winter and several fantastic opportunities are coming to market. Some, there now are worthy of a look before spring has sprung and sellers become complacent for the summer selling season and its giddy optimism. Motivation can be a powerful force when the days are short and the lake is frozen. Negotiations often have a special earnestness about them for all involved. There's real beauty in stark, cold numbers once the woods are silent under winters burden.


Monday, Wednesday and Thursday are travel days between now and the Vernal Equinox. I'll post general updates on Tuesday or Friday going forward into the spring and summer season.