So if you are thinking about someplace that has "calm, family friendly" water and accommodations, I might suggest a place that we held one of our crappie camps at a few years back...Waffle Farms Campground on Randall Chain-o-Lakes outside Coldwater. They have two or three cottages right on the water and the chain of lakes is perfect for a pontoon. I don't know what you are looking for, or how far you want to travel to sight see, but there are some good orchard/vineyards to the west along with Lake Michigan. Granted, it's not northern Michigan, which in my book is hard to beat. Just another idea to throw in your hat Zinger.