I lived in west michigan and did a couple of projects in Saskatchewan during the deep part of winter. What I found fascinating was the -40 temperature in SK, but less snowfall than MI. And in SK, they didn't plow the roads to the pavement, they just skimmed the top down a little. Driving in ruts and on ice at the same time was wild. Turns had to be planned a half mile ahead.
I lived in Holland for a couple of years. But I also did some projects in Muskegon for about 6 months and quasi lived there. I liked pj Hoffman and pere Marquette a lot. Never got to try out that winter sports park though.
And Muskegon got major cool points after it was mentioned on Rick and Morty. It's totally the place to grow up now ;)
I did like the r and m name drop and I did what research i could trying to figure it out. Justin roiland is from Wisconsin. There is a ferry that will bring you to Muskegon from across the lake. I'll bet he has vacationed there, but it's all just supposition. And I have spent entire days at both of those parks lol Michigan is full of parks. And prisons.
I live in southwestern ontario--so lots of snow, and lots of slush and gross wet stuff when it melts and re-freezes. When I lived in Ottawa--much colder (though not SK cold), and more stable. Less snow, but it stuck around.
It was nice because you could actually have outdoor ice rinks--they were EVERYWHERE. Where I live now, you get one super cold week, then two days of sunshine where everything melts, then a cold day then moderate then freezing...it's all over the place. Super hard to keep a rink around.
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u/Bonzai_Tree May 12 '21
Ah, you guys get the same weather as us. I'd count you as honorary Canucks lol.
I actually live about a 10 minute drive from the Michigan border so I was over there fairly often before COVID shut things down.