In 1979 my parents moved us to a house within a short walk of Lake Huron, with a nice swimmer's beach a bit further off...a nice bike ride for a young teenager as I was at the time. My sister and I would be there 3 or 4 days a week during summers.
I live nearer to Lake Michigan now, about 45 minutes to the nearest public beach. Not as nice I think, but I've been in the ocean and don't like salt water.
Lake Michigan? Ick, that’s even colder than Lake Erie.