Quote Originally Posted by brad192 View Post
I always chuckle when I hear Floridians complain about the cold weather. Any temp below 50F and it's "too cold" to do anything. Hey, come spend a winter here in MI - 4 to 5 MONTHS of temps below 50F, as well as the normal winter stuff - snow, ice, sub-zero wind chills (and sometimes actual temps!), car frozen to the driveway, mounds of cleared snow higher than a house, etc.

Don't get me wrong, I love this state & all the great seasons we have here, but that stretch between Jan. 2nd & April I could hibernate through. Tried a mid-winter break in FL one year & it was great! - until I had to return to MI & deal with the winter climate again. I remember returning from that trip to the aftermath of a 9" snowfall the previous day. The drive home from the airport was dicey at best, and when I reached my house there was a 2 foot drift covering my driveway. I couldn't even get my car off the street until I shoveled it out, thinking all the time that less than 12 hrs. previously I was sitting on Main Street in my shorts & t-shirt eating a Casey's dog in the 80 degree sun...

...or maybe it's just a perspective thing.
Or try Louisiana today: Year-to-date we have received over 60 inches of rain. Record broken and it's just July. Temperature now is 90 degrees and the heat index will be over 100 shortly. Humidity 75% and rising, chance of rain 50%, repeat that forecast until October. And don't get me started about the mosquitoes. But the food is great and have endured this paradise for 68 years. Y'all come see us and Laissez les bons temps rouler (Let The Good Times Roll)!