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Is even more snow possible?? Yes, in Canada!!!

Having had the chance to experience a lot of snow in Detroit, and even more up north in Indian River, it was now time to check out the amount of snow even further north in another country-   Canada!!! Our destination was the township of Muskoka Lakes in the Canadian province of Ontario where we wanted to meet up with some friends. One of our friends has a cottage up there right next to Lake Muskoka in the city of Port Carling. Muskoka Township with over 1,600 lakes is known for being a popular tourist destination with lots of cottages. A lot of people love to come here in the summer time as well as in   in the winter, just as we did. Without traffic and snow it usually takes about 6 hours to get there from Royal Oak, but since it was really snowy we didn’t arrive in Port Carling before midnight, having left at 4:00 pm. After we arrived, a late night dinner in front of the fire in the very pretty and warm cottage was a nice ending to the day. Saturday, after a wonderful

“Up-North”- More than just snow and coldnes

  Winter in Michigan can be a lot fun, especially because we are enjoying one of the snowiest winters ever :-).   According to the snow records in the Detroit area, 31.1 inches of snow has fallen in January around here. These bounds are making it the snowiest January in Detroit in history (The old record of 29.6 inches is from 1978). We picked this weekend to go even further north in Michigan, to a city called Indian River. Friday right after work we packed-up our stuff, got in the car and took the four-hour ride to Indian River where we had rented a cabin with 14 people. It was a huge cottage with everything (Living room with an awesome fireplace and view over the frozen lake, billiards, darts, sauna, a hot tub outside and of course sufficient bedrooms and bathrooms for everyone)   that was necessary for a wonderful and relaxing weekend with even more snow then we had seen before in Detroit.  Arriving late at night, we enjoyed the rest of the day with a wonderfu