Summer on Mullett Lake is short and everybody knows it, which is why the yards get used so hard from June to September. A & M Lawn Care Inc keeps them ready — mowing, trimming, edging along walks and shoreline, and cleanup at either end of the season. Morning on the Inland Waterway is flat calm and full of bird noise, and a lawn cut the day before will take a slamming screen door and bare feet all weekend. Come October the color runs down the hills toward Topinabee and Indian River, and the work turns to putting yards to bed. Cheboygan County gives you a narrow window, so you use every week of it.