“The sun shines for an average of three hours per day, making most days gloomy and mildly wet. The sea temperature in January is 37.4 degrees Fahrenheit on average, and activities around the lakes are virtually non-existent.” — Weather-us.com My favorite author is Jim Harrison; not the best, perhaps, but the one that I identify …
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If you’re isolated somewhere near the Midwest and want to do something that’s really socially distant and really cold, consider surfing the Great Lakes. Well, maybe that’s not such a good idea if you’ve never done it, and never done it in waters approaching freezing (at the time of this writing, the temperature in Lake …
John Hartig looks out the window at his converted cottage on Hickory Island and sees freighters passing on the Detroit River to the east and the open waters of Lake Erie to the south. On a clear day, he can see the Ohio coastline. For someone whose career has been in and around this waterway, …
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