10 wacky ways to know you're stuck in a Northern Michigan Winter

I’m slowly working winter time activities into my plans since there’s no escaping the freezing temperatures around here. A Northern Michigan winter can be long and sometimes dreadful when all you want is some warm sunshine on a freshwater, great-lakes beach. We’re completely spoiled with our 4 seasons and the ability to, occasionally, experience them all in one day – haha!

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You’re totally stuck in a Northern Michigan winter when…

#1

…you pray for double digit temps and the next day you get -29, summon eye roll!

#2

…you can call whitetail deer to your yard with the shake of a can full of corn in December, but their spidey-sense knows you’re an enemy only 1 month earlier.

#3

…your sexy lingerie becomes waffled thermals.

#4

…you’re finally grateful the mosquitoes are gone, but at what cost? Because…

#5

…it’s possible to get frost bite within 10 minutes of outside air exposure.

#6

…you’re glad you get stuck behind the snowplow because it means you have a path to work.

#7

…and if you don’t have a path then your work sends a snowmobile to get you. True story!

#8

…little structures called “shanties” show up on lakes all over the place – and you watch said structures sink when they’re not dragged off in time for the spring thaw.