UP Michigan question

You won’t regret paddling Pictured Rocks
Northern Waters can rent you what you need to paddle the shoreline of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. It doesn’t get any better.

you need experience for that
and one of these days one of those “outfitters” is going to get ued. I’ve seen some narrow escapes by novice plunked into boats with no skirts and sent into questionable conditions.

you gotta go back if you’re nearby
We used to vacation there when I was little. I hadn’t been there in 20 years or so but went there last year. Town is more vibrant than I remember, they have a great art gallery and a summer shakespeare festival. But the secret is paddling betsie lake, with all the old abandoned tugs, old fishing piers, the ferry train track ruins.