Earlier this month a guest photo from Doug Smith took us to the snowy dunes of Lake Michigan, and today we're back (via Steve Brimm), this time on the north shore (near Escanaba), with a dog sled instead of cross country skis. As I mentioned in yesterday's Notes, I've been updating the Pasty Cam remotely, on vacation in the South (even got a little sunburn yesterday afternoon). Tomorrow we head north again, and should see Lake Michigan in person by Monday, passing through Traverse City/Petoskey area.

If you have never visited the Northern Great Lakes area in winter, you ought to consider it sometime. It's a whole different world.

Hi:

My name is ken kellow. My Dad was born and raised in Trimountain. We visited the UP in 1983 and again in 1985.

Ken

Hi, Charlie,
You better get back home quick. Your veins will thaw out and you won't be able to think.

I grew up in NW Ind and we knew it was fully winter when the teenagers would DRIVE THEIR CARS out onto the lake at Whiting Beach. No kidding.

It's beautiful but it looks so coldddd!