Been fishing on it (didn't eat any, pollution ya know), boated on it, snowmobiled on its shores. I grew up in the mid-west.  Been all over the U.P. and upper mid-west, as well as the world. Been with the largest airline in the world for almost 20 years, so I have been some places. 
....and judging by the amount of PlaytheCods posts in as many months, it sure looks like a sum zero scab life, at least to many here.  What really destresses me the most is the thought you were once a Marine, what a shame.  :down: