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Grew up in Michigan and I always describe them to people as "inland oceans." People in the south understand what it means to be 30 miles offshore in the Atlanti
by andrew_ 4y ago
Grew up in Michigan and I always describe them to people as "inland oceans." People in the south understand what it means to be 30 miles offshore in the Atlantic or Gulf, and it blows their mind to know that the lakes are so big you can travel far enough out in them to lose sight of land. They're "Great" bodies of water indeed, disrespect them while on their waters at your own peril.
- sophacles 4y agoI grew up around Chicago and ever since I get mildly indignant when I can see the other side of lake people describe as "big".
- zdragnar 4y agoYou can still see the other side when they're big. When you can't, then you start getting into great territory.
- RajT88 4y agoYou'll be interested to learn people occasionally cross Lake Michigan by Kayak. There's a pretty good article about a guy who did it: https://seakayaker.org/safety-crossing-lake-michigan/ https://seakayaker.org/safety-crossing-lake-michigan/ He also filmed it: https://www.youtube.com/c/MotoMaximus/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/MotoMaximus/videos (It's not quite as exciting as it sounds, watching the videos)
- bsuvc 4y ago> disrespect them while on their waters at your own peril. For sure. There is a long list shipwrecks, the most famous being the Edmund Fitzgerald. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_the_Great_Lakes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_the_Gr...