One of the greatest things about where I live is that I'm just minutes away from Lake Michigan. It's always been one of my favorite places to get away for the day, or even just a half hour like we did today. When you have a cold winter like are having this year, it actually freezes the Lake. You can see where the waves crash to the shore but they don't make it back out because they freeze when they get there. They say the Great Lakes are the most frozen they've ever been this year. They put out several warnings because the shelf ice is very dangerous to walk or climb on. Getting an up close view of it today, I can understand why, and you will too when you see where the water is in the photos below. I thought it would be fun to show you pictures of what the same locations looked like just seven months ago.
