We just bought land on 4y4!

[Huckster79]

Hey fellow Mooniacs,

My wife and I are so excited!  We just bought 4 acres with frontage on 4y4, Lakes of the North airport near Mancelona and Gaylord MI.  We are so excited as it's a beautiful 4200x40 paved runway very well maintained, and an absurdly flat area next to the runway for when my old taildragger buddies fly up.  Just excited to have our own dirt on a paved runway.  

 It's about a 45min hop from home (6d6) in the Mooney and a 2.5hr drive.  We plan on building a cabin in the spring there and have that be a home base to explore all of Northern Michigan which is stunningly beautiful.  If we go up there on a Friday night it means all of N Michigan is a quick hop on Saturday morning, and there's plenty to do there as well.  The headwaters of the Manistee River start there, there are two private lakes we have access to, a public golf course (not for me but for friends maybe), etc.  

We have the place labeled Judith Bailey.

We're very excited, and I met a fellow Mooney Driver on the field last week   He was excited to have another of "us" on the field.  We will probably just use it as a getaway for now and air bnb it some while we don't use it and maybe spend a significant amount of time up there once "the littles" are grown...  Once we get a cabin up there I'll let everyone know they can stop by anytime! 

 

 

Edited August 19, 2024 by Huckster79

[BlueSky247]

That looks amazing! Congratulations!

[Oscar Avalle]

Amazing!! Congratulations 

[MooneyMitch]

Terrific!!  Enjoy your new adventure!!!

[UteM20F]

I'm jealous!  Congratulations!

[Huckster79]

40 minutes ago, UteM20F said:

I'm jealous!  Congratulations!

There’s more for sale there! Wasn’t very pricey at all either… not a lot of listed property but I talked to 6 owners interested in selling :)

[Mcstealth]

"we have access to, a public golf course (not for me but for friends maybe), etc.  "

 

Didn't know you had friends! 

[M20F]

1 hour ago, Huckster79 said:

Not a lot of listed property but I talked to 6 owners interested in selling

Well that is encouraging….

[Hank]

2 hours ago, Mcstealth said:

"we have access to, a public golf course (not for me but for friends maybe), etc.  "

 

Didn't know you had friends! 

You never know how many friends you have until you buy:

• a cabin in the mountains
• a house at the beach
• a house on the lake
• a house at a beautiful country airport

[Danb]

15 hours ago, Huckster79 said:

Hey fellow Mooniacs,

My wife and I are so excited!  We just bought 4 acres with frontage on 4y4, Lakes of the North airport near Mancelona and Gaylord MI.  We are so excited as it's a beautiful 4200x40 paved runway very well maintained, and an absurdly flat area next to the runway for when my old taildragger buddies fly up.  Just excited to have our own dirt on a paved runway.  

 It's about a 45min hop from home (6d6) in the Mooney and a 2.5hr drive.  We plan on building a cabin in the spring there and have that be a home base to explore all of Northern Michigan which is stunningly beautiful.  If we go up there on a Friday night it means all of N Michigan is a quick hop on Saturday morning, and there's plenty to do there as well.  The headwaters of the Manistee River start there, there are two private lakes we have access to, a public golf course (not for me but for friends maybe), etc.  

We have the place labeled Judith Bailey.

We're very excited, and I met a fellow Mooney Driver on the field last week   He was excited to have another of "us" on the field.  We will probably just use it as a getaway for now and air bnb it some while we don't use it and maybe spend a significant amount of time up there once "the littles" are grown...  Once we get a cabin up there I'll let everyone know they can stop by anytime! 

 

 

How cool best of luck. Enjoy

D

[Huckster79]

8 hours ago, Hank said:

You never know how many friends you have until you buy:

• a cabin in the mountains
• a house at the beach
• a house on the lake
• a house at a beautiful country airport

Or a truck and trailer when folks need to move  

[Danb]

16 hours ago, Hank said:

You never know how many friends you have until you buy:

• a cabin in the mountains
• a house at the beach
• a house on the lake
• a house at a beautiful country airport

A Mooney in Bama 

[Buckster]

Congratulations on your purchase.   In the meantime it looks like you can fly in and spend a night in a tent.   Cook dinner over the campfire.   Does the airpark have restrictions?

[Huckster79]

On 8/21/2024 at 3:51 PM, Buckster said:

Congratulations on your purchase.   In the meantime it looks like you can fly in and spend a night in a tent.   Cook dinner over the campfire.   Does the airpark have restrictions?

The development is larger than just the airport, but there are some restrictions though typical of N Michigan they aren’t to restrictive, I think our cabin has to be 800sq ft and after that it’s just minor details- well heck a rustic cabin easily would be 800 ft so not many in practicality and really no restrictions on design such as multiple roof lines or other architectural features.   Technically camping isn’t allowed outside of the HOA’s camp ground, but a roadside style camp ground does nothing for me…. I’d rather not camp if it has to be in a campground.

But we have camped there twice, my thought is most of the non airport lots in the development as a whole are 1/2 to 3/4 acre- I understand why they wouldn’t want every road lined w campsites.  But on our 4 acres not a soul can see us- from runway side or road.  So we have and figure it’s kinda doing 60 in a 55….