I love Michigan in the fall!

If there was one seson in Michigan that I wish would last longer is the fall. The weather has been perfect for the past week (in the 60s). The leaves are beautiful right now! This is the time of year I love. I wish I could bottle it up and save it up for the dreary 7 months of winter that will be coming soon. I wish this weather could stay forever.

This seems like an appropriate time to discuss...

You might be from Michigan if...

• You consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 8 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by
• Your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March
• You instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the year
• Your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead.
• You have worn shorts and a parka at the same time
• Your town has an equal number of bars and churches
• "Vacation" means going up north past US-75 for the weekend.
• You measure distance in hours.
• You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
• You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.
• You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
• You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings).
• You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
• You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
• Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
• You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.
• You can identify a southern or eastern accent. (or a Pinconning one)
• Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce.
• You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.
• Down South to you means Indiana.
• A brat is something you eat.
• Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole shed.
• You go out to fish fry every Friday.
• Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
• You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
• You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."
• You actually understand these jokes