We live a little south of Monroe, MI. Closer to Toledo than Monroe. We have little trouble getting out, almost easy if you like runs to Canada. We are sitting in QC as we speak. We seldom get runs that take us close to the house. We will DH when we have to. We can normally get within 200 mi or so. We have never been further north in MI than Grayling. Would love to move to either Traverse City or Linwood but I think that would add too much to the DHing. Layoutshooter