“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 wonderful homemade dinner.

Saturday morning a wonderful white day gave us the opportunity to drive even further north.

Driving over the Mackinac Bridge, which connects the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan, we got to Tahquamenon Falls State Park. This park is Michigan’s second largest state park and with its two beautiful waterfalls is a popular tourist destination.

We had a lot of fun walking through the nature and jumping into the snow, which was at some points deeper than our hips.

The next day we decided to rent some snowmobiles. It was the first time for all of us and we had a lot of fun driving the snowmobiles all day long! That was the reason why we were also happy coming back home Sunday night.

It was really an incredible weekend where we had the opportunity to see amazing nature while at the same time experiencing a new adventure.

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