Michigan's Upper Peninsula Travel Blog

With another spell of warmer weather, the ice on Munising Bay is officially gone. Last Thursday, April 23rd was the official date. (My prediction of mid-May, in an earlier post, was a bit off.) The weather has been actually pretty unpredictable in the last two weeks or so. First, he had a big warm-up and then by early last week it was snowing again. The Munising area didn’t see much for snow accumulation like some parts of the western U.P. In the far west, one particular town received almost 30 inches of snow in two days! A pretty powerful storm decided to hangout for a couple days over the western and central U.P. The line of accumulation ended around the Au Train area.  Then by last Thursday and Friday, we had the warmer weather again! It gets quite tricky trying to dress for 30 degrees one day and then 70 the next. Today, the sun is finally shining and after a few days of rain and clouds. Around town, the grass has started to green a little bit and the trees are starting to show buds.

With May just around the corner, many area businesses and organizations are gearing up for the summer season. In less than a month, Pictured Rocks Cruise and Glass Bottom Boat Shipwreck Tours will be open for business. (Check out the Attractions page for more info!) It should be a great summer and we hope you come for a visit!

Below is another spring flower ready to bloom and the alley of which I took a photo of back on March 27, 2009. Only a little pile of snow left after a month. Click for original photo.

Spring flower getting ready to bloom.

Only a little snow remains in the nearby lot. The snow was up to the roof.

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