Open Water Practice? Michigan

I am fairly new to masters and did my first OW event last year (Big Shoulders Swim 5k) and had a blast! I am doing it again in September and am very looking forward to it. Being an OW newbie (that was actually the first time I swam a race outside of the lap pool) I recall my biggest hurdle was getting used to sighting, waves and the sheer feeling of not being in a pool haha. I would love to get into some larger distances and do more races, but I would want to get some more OW practice to feel more comfortable. I am from Lansing Michigan (center of the state) and am curious if anyone knows of some good locations to practice at. I know there a tons of lakes in Michigan but I wouldn't know where to begin to find out if there are any groups of people or alotted times for OW swimming in them (alot of them that I have been too are mainly fishing type lakes). I have posted a thread in the Michigan forum and have almost 100 views without a response, so I figured I would try here as another route :). I also posted a thread in the MI forum about swim groups and got about 600 views without a response as well, so I am thinking maybe I am the lone person in Lansing haha... I would be willing to drive a few hours as I would probably only do it once a month in addition to my weekly lap pool swims so I am open to location. Maybe it is worthwhile to just take the drive to Lake Michigan? Any help would be much appreciated!