YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM NORTHERN MICHIGAN WHEN...

The fishing opener is a BIG DEAL!

Track season starts with indoor meets and the first three outdoor meets are cancelled because it's just too cold.

All the rest of the schools in the state are cancelled because of snow or cold, but the buses are still running on time at home.

Most people drive a 4-wheel drive truck.

An ice scraper is necessary equipment for traveling anywhere from September-April.

You've seen -50 degree weather more than once.

You spend your summers building deer stands.

Everyone at your school thinks that deer season should be considered a national holiday.

You get excited when you hear "Turdy Point Buck", "Second Week of Deer Camp", or "Fourdy Pound Croppie" on the radio.

Everybody gets together in the spring to go mudding.

Your town has more gas stations than stores in the mall (if there IS a mall).

You have more than one wildlife animal mounted in your home.

The people in your town consider hockey players to be bigger heroes than football players.

Baseball players need hats and mittens when the season starts.

Going to "The Cities" is a big deal.

Shopping MUST be done out-of-town.

You have gotten your tongue stuck on something metal.

You feed the wildlife that lives in your yard.

You either have a cabin or stay at someone else's.

You own a snowmobile, 4-wheeler, and jet ski, to cover all conditions.

It takes 2 hours to get to anywhere worth going.

The only thing to do on a Friday or Saturday night is to have a bonfire or rent movies with friends.

You drink beer brewed in Canada.

The majority of the parties you've attended had one corner of the room set aside for people playing euchre.

People walk into banks wearing ski masks and no one gets excited.

Sitting for hours on a frozen lake in front of a hole in the ice is an activity you look forward to for months.

Your wife has shot a buck.

You regularly drive on roads that have never been paved and probably never will be.

You know every person you graduated from high school with.

You go to restaurants named after the person who is actually cooking the food.

You've helped push the vehicle of someone you've never met before out of a snowbank.

You take your hooded parka everywhere... just in case.

You have long underwear in three or more colors.

You drive to Grand Rapids to catch a plane because it's half the price.

It's completely possible to use a snow shovel, umbrella, and swimsuit all in the same day.

Da Yoopers are your wedding band.

You're from the U.P... and admit it!