ok so I'm a fairly well traveled guy but I never really made it a point to vacation in my home state. In all seriousness I have not been up North or even to the west side of Michigan since I was a young buck before I can remember. [insert todras "city folk" joke here]. So now I've got the urge to see whats happening on the west side of the state for a weekend in late August to celebrate the 4th anniversary with the g/f

I was wondering if some of you fellow michiganders could point me in the right direction as to what towns I should visit, what is fun to do and where some good places to stay are. im not a big fan of the bed & breakfast thing either so unless its a cant miss thing, id rather not go to one of those. I heard St. Joseph is a nice city so we might go check that out or maybe we'll go up to Mackinac Island. Any advice would really be appreciated though because I made the mistake of focusing too much on my car this past year instead of the girlfriend so I have my work cut out to make this memorable.