In our 8 months of retirement I have been noticing the Northwoods uniform in the different seasons. Fall, of course, is flannel with a heavy dose of camouflage: shirts, sweatshirts, coats, hats, pants and shoes. It goes without saying that these are in addition to Packer green and gold. For deer season in November everyone wears bright orange because you have been hunting or are a hunting wannabe. Winter brings out down and wool in great quantities. Sweaters with designs across the upper arms and chest never went out of vogue here. (I've bought myself one.) Boots of all types are seen, usually untied. Late winter/early spring is vest season. After the very first day of warm weather...you know the day... a fluke of 55 degrees when there is still snow on the ground. After that day the locals go to shirts only no matter what the temp is. When all the snow has melted, it goes to short sleeves. Don't think that I am just looking at teenagers. They wear flip flops year round in both Wisconsin and Illinois.
I am eager to view summer attire in the Northwoods.
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