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Very near, Barrie. I loved that Gordon Lightfoot song as a kid.


This is Lake Michigan. The lake that the Chippewa Indians call kitchi-gummi is Lake Superior which is north of Lake Michigan. As cold as Michigan gets, Superior is brutal. I tried swimmming in Superior once in late August after a long hot summer and it still felt like an ice cube. The benefits of that are nice cool breezes off the lake in summer. But that body of water is so big, it just never gets too warm.

Luke have you heard of "lake-effect snow" ? ... Caused by the relative warmth of the water in the Great Lakes

sure......that 40 degree (Fahrenheit) water feels like a hot bath when the air temperature is 0 degrees.

careful, don't spill the beer by Lukinosity, on Flickr

I'm luck enough to live close enough to the lake that we often get twice as much snow as people 10 miles to the west.

Luke, Gordon Lightfoot was on the turntable as you updated your post, and as usual my eyes were moist, a very moving song.

Barrie

30 second exposure on a windy day. Hoya 9-stop ND filter.

Originally Posted by Luke

Very near, Barrie. I loved that Gordon Lightfoot song as a kid.


This is Lake Michigan. The lake that the Chippewa Indians call kitchi-gummi is Lake Superior which is north of Lake Michigan. As cold as Michigan gets, Superior is brutal. I tried swimmming in Superior once in late August after a long hot summer and it still felt like an ice cube. The benefits of that are nice cool breezes off the lake in summer. But that body of water is so big, it just never gets too warm.

Oh great. Now it's stuck in my head, and I'll probably end up listening to "Gord's Gold" next :)

"Michigan steams like a young man's dreams"

20130218-1-3 by _loupe, on Flickr

Originally Posted by Hikari

30 second exposure on a windy day. Hoya 9-stop ND filter.

Beautiful ... lovely colours too.