Where did the ice go when the winds blow from the east? A half a foot, to a foot deep, all the way to near the horizon. With ice piled into walkable hills along the shore.
And yet now today, a different story. I wonder if the ice is floating in the middle of the lake, bumped against the Wisconsin side, or churned back into the water.
Which got me thinking about the shore. Our Michigan side, and the Wisconsin side. I have only briefly viewed the Wisconsin shore as a kid. No great dunes, but still some beach.
The prevailing winds blow from the west to the east. The Michigan side gets the big waves, the sand dunes, the warmer summer water that gets pushed to the shore. Much more snow, a little milder winter. The spectacular sunsets.
No doubt that Michigan wins. But Wisconsin doesn’t lose. They have the sunrises. And they still have this lake. And maybe, just maybe, some ice today along their shore.