Comments on: Outdoor Recreation is Gloomy Business in Michigan

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:59:17 +0000

Here in Seattle, we have some expressions that we propagate in order to keep people from moving here. One is that we have 250 overcast days a year. The rest of the time it’s just cloudy.

By: Di

Di — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:11:14 +0000

lol – and now you have the proof!

By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:12:13 +0000

Ha ha, thanks for sharing that! Nate keeps saying how cloudy Michigan is– Well, he’s from Grand Rapids! Even Seattle is sunnier!

By: Di

Di — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:41:41 +0000

I hear that. Living in Michigan definitely makes me appreciate those 2-minute moments when the sun actually does come out.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:11:46 +0000

I lived in one of the cities that we always said was one of the cloudiest. Even if it wasn’t, the tail end of winter was so cold and dreary that you felt like you’d never be warm again, or feel the sun again, or even want to go outside again.
Really, even though it got wicked depressing, it helped make those first sunny spring days that much sweeter.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:36:40 +0000

I live in mid-Michigan, too, and I find I don’t think about the cloudy winter days ’til the sun comes out. Then I realize: “Oh! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen your lovely face! Is that why I’ve been so cranky? Come back more often…please don’t go…”