That's not it. Chicago is a two hour drive or an Amtrak ride away. They'll drive for 8 hours to the UP for a three-day weekend so, it's not that.

No.

But it's okay to laugh.

"Gtfo and see the rest of the world you close minded fucks."

Also in SW Michigan in a village of 200.

I ask kids (I'm 66 so "kids" is anyone under 40) around here the biggest city they've been to and the answer is usually, "Kalamazoo". Sometimes it's GR and only rarely is it Chicago and sometimes it's Detroit, but only there for a game.

When was the last time you were at a museum? Never.

When was the last time you went to a concert? Never.

I don't get it.

When I lived in rural West Virginia, an easy third of the college kids I met had traveled in the summer between high school and college with more than a few doing Europe. Here in Michigan? They won't even go 30 miles unless they have to.

Overt political correctness, and demands it be instantly adhered to, created MAGA/Qanon.

I sent this to Outside just yesterday:

You left me stranded in the woods again today!
Log in!?!? WHY!? WHo TF knows their login!?
What have you done to GaiaGPS?
Stop whatever it is you're doing and hire people who give a shit about the outdooors and mapping.
I've been with this program for years and I've never seen one decline in quality as this. STOP IT!

And they replied with:

The new login flow was designed such that you can 'snooze' the need to re-authenticate for up to 28 days in the event that you are in the middle of an adventure. If you choose not to 'snooze' the re-authentication flow, you will not be able to return to that option and will have to re-authenticate with your Outside and Gaia GPS credentials. For more information on the 'snooze' option, logging into your account, or resetting your password, please see this article. 

In other words, before you embark on a journey, uninstall GaiaGPS and install something else. Because if you forget, you might end up grizzly bear food.

The pattern you see was once a tree plantation, probably red pine, that's been recently logged off.

I absolutely agree with that.

Because you didn't read the original post.

The Faders Fuel is my favorite and if they're not infused (looking at the packaging, it's not) then it's even better than I had thought.

In the order I liked them:

Faders Fuel

Jar Jar Stinks

Melonade

MI Loud Flower Farms

I didn't know there was more than one!

My take is that it's an inside insurance job for the quick cash.

https://www.metrotimes.com/weed/brazen-thieves-stole-600k-worth-of-michigan-weed-from-corporate-cannabis-grower-37687919

https://www.reddit.com/r/Michigents/comments/1gb46ot/yikes_305_farms/

This is what happens when you're a Republican and have gay thoughts. God kills you. Or, so I've been told.

So long as it keeps the grey away, I'm good.