We took our planned midwinter break but abbreviated it by a couple of days due to the kiddo’s illness. It was a 4-hour drive to our rented cottage through Michigan winter and we drove through a variety of weather – warming melt, rain, fog, freezing rain, snow. Everything except frogs fell from the sky. The kiddo managed to get in a few hours of snowboarding, and Brandon did two full days of skiing. The strange weather continued and one afternoon the ski lifts closed for thirty minutes due to lightning – a crazy contrast to last year’s trip when we were skiing in temperatures dipping into the teens Fahrenheit.

So the drives there and back were stressful and yet compelling. I find the starkness of Michigan winter roads beautiful. I grew up among them. They can be bleak and sometimes despairing but since my Pinterest board has filled up with images that brought that same feeling, even if they are not technically Michigan made or inspired, I’ll let you decide for yourself whether they appeal.

As always, a bonus cat thank you for reading until the end!