This time of year i’m always keenly aware that not many folks get to see a body of water as big as this lake freeze over.

It -is- a pretty sight. [that’s all ice]
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Some years you can pretty much just... go to Canada?

it isn't the safest thing, usually, but I remember a few years ago it froze over enough that it was

Talking to folks who have never seen the Great Lakes makes me realize that not many folks know that it's so big you can't see the other side.
it's like... really big, yo.
folks act like I've probably never seen anything like the ocean, but it at least looks like it in the summer except.. freshwater.

@Oneironott I really miss frozen lakes from when I lived in Minnesota. The world is such a different place in winter in the northern parts of North America ^^

@Oneironott
Depends from where.

Up in PortHuron, there's a stretch where Canada is only about 300m away.

... the boat patrols there are VERY not friendly.

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