Midwest – Jenn Doing My Best

Daily writing prompt

Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven’t got around to visiting.

We’ve been living in Michigan for ten years now, and we’ve never traveled more than two hours outside of our local area. I know that’s pretty wild, huh? 😆

The first five years we were living here, the thought never crossed my mind to explore more of the state. I honestly wasn’t expecting us to live in Michigan for over five years.

We also fell in love with exploring more of Detroit and the metro area, so the past ten years, our leisure time has been spent close to home.

The Detroit Institute of Arts is one of our favorite places to visit in Detroit.

But right around the seven-year mark, I started to realize we needed to actually start exploring our other cities and towns in our new home state! 😄

Here are a few cities/towns I want to visit in Michigan.

Mackinac Island (M has been to Mackinac Island, and she really enjoyed it.)
Grand Rapids
Traverse City
Lansing
Port Huron
St. Joseph
Frankenmuth (We visited Frankenmuth once in 2017, I think. We attended a hot air balloon festival, but we didn’t actually explore the town, so I’d like to go back again.)
And I’d really love to go camping in the UP!

Milliken State Park and Harbor in Detroit. I love going on bike rides here!

I know Michigan has many amazing cities and towns, especially in the UP. A lot of people I know who live here, like to travel to the UP for vacationing and just to get away for a weekend.

I hope one day our family will be able to start going on road trips to visit more of the Mitten State!

💜 XO

“To move, to breathe, to fly, to float… to travel is to live.” — Hans Christian Andersen

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I could be wrong, but I think this is the most it has snowed in the winter out of all the winters I have lived in Michigan (10 years). It feels like it snows at least twice a week!

I used to love it when it snows, but now I dread the snow because I have to drive in it so much. Lol 😆☃️

While driving to pick up my daughter from work it snowed…again. 😏❄️

Please, no more snow! I’m ready for May to get here!

I would say I can’t wait for the spring, but the truth is, here in Michigan it can still snow in April! 😲❄️😭 Haha!

Everything is slushy outside—the sidewalks, parking lots, and the roads.

A lot of the neighborhood roads and store parking lots are still covered in snow because they haven’t been plowed yet.

Some of the main roads are clear, but not all of them. So, you still have to be cautious when driving on the roads.

But some people are so impatient and will still zip down the roads in the slush. Smh 🤦🏽‍♀️❄️ Couldn’t be me! You can honk your horn at me if you want to, but I’m not getting into a car accident.

Here are a few moments from today’s slushy snow day.