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The Good Cold · Your record
The Winter Ledger.
Saving a town is easy. Going is the hard part. Stamp a town when you have actually stood in it, in weather, and watch Michigan fill in.
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- 0 of 115
- Rank
- Hasn’t left the house.
- Farthest north
- Not yet.
- North to south
- None yet.
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The record
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Endorsements
Four things this ledger will notice without being told.
Crossed the 45th
One stamp on each side of the line. Halfway to the pole, from either direction.
Not yetCrossed the Bridge
Any stamp in the Upper Peninsula. Five miles of bridge, one toll.
Not yetLong day
Two towns on one date, at least 100 miles apart. Nobody asked you to.
Not yetEnd to end
New Buffalo and Copper Harbor, the far ends of this sheet. About 395 miles by crow. The crow doesn’t have to go around the lake.
Not yet
The sheet
Every town we cover, north to south. A stamp turns its square into a picture.
Nothing by that name. It may be a township.
Nobody up here is impressed.
Above 46.5°0 of 6- Copper Harbor47.47°N
- Calumet47.25°N
- Houghton / Hancock47.12°N
- Ontonagon46.87°N
- Paradise46.63°N
- Marquette46.54°N
The coat you have is not the coat.
45.5° to 46.5°0 of 12- Sault Ste. Marie46.50°N
- Ishpeming / Negaunee46.49°N
- Ironwood46.45°N
- Munising46.41°N
- Newberry46.35°N
- Mackinac Island45.88°N
- St. Ignace45.87°N
- Iron Mountain45.82°N
- Mackinaw City45.78°N
- Beaver Island45.75°N
- Escanaba45.75°N
- Cheboygan45.65°N
Halfway to the pole. Dress accordingly.
44.5° to 45.5°0 of 23- Harbor Springs45.43°N
- Rogers City45.42°N
- Indian River45.41°N
- Petoskey45.37°N
- Charlevoix45.32°N
- Boyne City / Boyne Falls45.22°N
- East Jordan45.16°N
- Alpena45.06°N
- Gaylord45.03°N
- Leland45.02°N
- Bellaire44.98°N
- Suttons Bay44.98°N
- Glen Arbor44.90°N
- Elk Rapids44.90°N
- Empire44.81°N
- Traverse City44.76°N
- Kalkaska44.73°N
- Grayling44.66°N
- Mio44.65°N
- Interlochen44.65°N
- Frankfort44.63°N
- Beulah44.63°N
- Thompsonville / Crystal Mountain44.52°N
Now it means it.
43.5° to 44.5°0 of 14- Roscommon44.50°N
- Oscoda44.42°N
- Houghton Lake44.31°N
- Tawas City / East Tawas44.27°N
- Cadillac44.25°N
- Manistee44.24°N
- Ludington43.96°N
- Caseville43.94°N
- Bad Axe43.80°N
- Pentwater43.78°N
- Big Rapids43.70°N
- Midland43.62°N
- Mount Pleasant43.60°N
- Bay City43.59°N
Winter with good parking.
42.5° to 43.5°0 of 35- Port Sanilac43.43°N
- Saginaw43.42°N
- Whitehall43.41°N
- Alma43.38°N
- Frankenmuth43.33°N
- Lexington43.27°N
- Muskegon43.23°N
- Spring Lake43.08°N
- Grand Haven43.06°N
- Flint43.01°N
- Owosso43.00°N
- Ionia42.99°N
- Port Huron42.97°N
- Grand Rapids42.96°N
- Zeeland42.81°N
- Romeo42.80°N
- Fenton42.80°N
- Holly42.79°N
- Holland42.79°N
- Lake Orion42.78°N
- Grand Ledge42.75°N
- East Lansing42.74°N
- Clarkston42.74°N
- Lansing42.73°N
- Williamston42.69°N
- Rochester42.68°N
- Saugatuck–Douglas42.65°N
- Hastings42.65°N
- Howell42.61°N
- Troy42.61°N
- Mount Clemens42.60°N
- Milford42.59°N
- Birmingham42.55°N
- Brighton42.53°N
- Allegan42.53°N
Winter, by appointment.
Below 42.5°0 of 25- Royal Oak42.49°N
- Novi42.48°N
- Ferndale42.46°N
- Northville42.43°N
- South Haven42.40°N
- Hamtramck42.39°N
- Grosse Pointe42.39°N
- Plymouth42.37°N
- Dexter42.34°N
- Detroit42.33°N
- Dearborn42.32°N
- Chelsea42.32°N
- Battle Creek42.32°N
- Kalamazoo42.29°N
- Ann Arbor42.28°N
- Marshall42.27°N
- Ypsilanti42.24°N
- Paw Paw42.22°N
- Wyandotte42.21°N
- Saline42.17°N
- St. Joseph42.11°N
- Coldwater41.94°N
- Niles41.83°N
- Three Oaks41.80°N
- New Buffalo41.79°N
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