Lake Michigan Views

It was always ten degrees colder by the lake - in the summer months along the shores of Lake Michigan. On the reverse side it was ten degrees warmer by the Lake in the winter. It never really got warm in the summer, which is why I didn’t care to live so close, and in the end the foul winter weather finally drove us to move to DC thirteen years ago. It wasn’t the only reason, but the primarily colder environment was just not for us - especially the ice and snow. Although I have to say it feels like Wisconsin here in DC and northern Virginia - the winter just doesn’t last as long. So when we visited our old home town last week we drove along the Lake several times - in our old neighborhood and downtown to points north. It rained most of our visit, so it reminded us again of foul weather. On top of that, both of us caught some sort of bug, virus, flu and were tired, sneezing, and coughing our way through. A most unfortunate situation since we haven’t been to Milwaukee for three years and wanted to visit with our old friends and colleagues. The lake looked the same. It has its own personality. I think I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t care to live near the water regardless of where it is.