Good morning, Northern Michigan.
This is Cup of Traverse City for the
12/02/2025.
I'm Mike.
And I guess as usual, we'll start with
the weather.
Looks like,
today, we have a little chance of snow
before 10AM,
and then mostly cloudy
and high near thirty. Again, just kinda like
yesterday.
I looked out my window here, and I've
got a, what's called a y'all o meter.
Y apostrophe a l l, y'all o meter.
And it's a, snow gauge from Ryan Hall
y'all,
which is a YouTube channel,
about weather on, of course, on YouTube.
Anyway, I I bought some of his merch,
and,
I got a 42 inch y'all o meter.
So and it's up to four inches,
where I've got it placed. Of course, we've
had more snow
elsewhere in the area, but in my little,
little, area there, it's up to four inches.
So,
anyway, that's, that's it for the weather. It
looks like, tonight,
50% chance of snow showers,
mostly after 1AM.
And, of course, Wednesday snow showers,
Wednesday night snow showers.
Yeah. It's a recurring theme this time of
year,
but that's alright.
So after twenty years of trying, a Traverse
City man's crossword puzzle is gonna appear in
the New York Times today. So if you
get the times or play the the New
York Times app,
it's a,
a puzzle from
somebody here in Traverse City.
Trying to find there we go. Jonathan
Bodd.
And, his puzzle's gonna appear today.
And,
he's been trying to submit,
you know, lots of times over the years,
I guess, 20.
And usually, he gets a
rejection notice, but,
he opened
the email requesting edits.
So, anyway, come to find out,
he had a couple little edits he had
to make, and, his puzzle's gonna be in
the times. So
I don't know very many people around here
that get the New York Times, but I
guess online and,
and in the gaming app there for, New
York Times because their crossword puzzles are usually
pretty legendary.
You know, my father-in-law used to love crossword
puzzles. And, every year at Christmas time, it
was
pretty easy to get him a book of
crossword puzzles.
And my wife likes them too. So,
anyway,
on
to one other story,
which I love. You know, I drive a
a full size Toyota Tundra, which is not
known for the best gas mileage.
So whenever gas prices are getting lower,
that's a good thing. So gas prices in
Michigan have dropped
by 15¢
in the last week.
And
statewide, the average is $2.96
a gallon for regular unleaded.
And what I found interesting about this
is
Traverse City is the lowest price in the
state at,
where was it? Yeah. Ann Arbor is the
highest
with $3.00 6, and Traverse City
is least expensive at $2.63
a gallon. I think I paid $2.50
something the other day at Costco, so Costco
is even cheaper.
But, yeah, I love it when, the gas
prices go down, especially going into this
time of the year. I use a lot
of gas. You know, we got the tractor.
In fact, they went and picked that up
yesterday and
and,
from the dealer. And, well, I thought I
bought a new one. I they had service.
But, anyway, picked that up from the dealer.
So,
yeah, I'm gonna be using lots of gas.
I fill that tractor up. Well, last year,
it was at least a couple times a
week.
Just doing,
three driveways.
This year, I'm gonna do a little less.
I'll do, of course, one driveway, and then
I'll do mine and, and the neighbor's side.
Still three, but, I'm not gonna do mine
as much. You know, wife and I both
have four wheel drive, which I highly recommend.
Go see, Mike Dole's World,
episode about winter driving
and, all that. So,
anyway, with that, everybody have a great day,
and I will catch you tomorrow.