Cold really means cold

One thing that has surprised me here in Michigan is how incredibly cold the water is—and I’m not talking about the lakes, I’m talking about out of the faucet.

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I’m used to the water in Austin where during the summer the “cold” water is pretty much room temperature. Here however, after a few seconds the water is so cold it makes your hands ache. I know this isn’t exactly the most interesting vacation update, but I just find it strange. It’s in the 70s and 80s during the day, and gets down into the 50s or 60s at night, and I wouldn’t think those temperatures would be cold enough to make the water so cold.

Summer in Michigan

For about a week Emily and I are up in Leland, Michigan with Charley, visiting Emily’s parents. The highs here are in the 70s, which is a very welcome change from the 100+ degree heat in Austin. We flew in to Traverse City yesterday, then drove up to Leland which is on a small strip of land between Lake Michigan and Lake Leelanau. It’s such a narrow strip of land that we can walk to both lakes from the house. We walked to the Lake Michigan side last night, and the water is pretty cold (about the same as Barton Spring I think), but I waded in a little bit.

Leland is a very small town, and I think a lot of our time is going to be spent relaxing, playing games at the house and going to the lakes. It should be a pretty good week.