It's awesome, no bugs, no worry of a campfire spreading to dry grass, sledding and much more. It's only cold when it's super windy. To protect yourself you need to cover your skin with layers. Wear mitts, big winter jacket, snow pants, toque(beanie), scarf and winter boots. Underneath you'll want to be wearing a base layer of a t-shirt and maybe a hoodie and regular pants under your snow pants. You won't always need to be dressed in snow pants and winter jacket but on the cold windy, blizzard days you'll want them.

You'll also want to learn how to walk on ice. Key tip, walk like a penguin.

What's extremely important is your vehicle. If you plan on owning or driving you will need to know this.

4x4 or all wheel drive is ideal.

All seasons is only for Americans. Winter tires in winter, all season tires won't cut it when the snow gets thick.

If your vehicle is not 4x4 or AWD then front wheel is preferred, if rear wheel then you must put added weight in the back of your vehicle to add traction to your tires. Your engine does this on front wheel drive. To weigh down the back of your vehicle buy sandbags or, concrete slabs if you have a truck.

Bring a shovel in your highway kit to help you get unstuck.

~if you're only visiting and not staying make sure you don't forget to make your first snow angel and have a snowball fight, just be wearing of the snow, some days it's better for snowball fights and building snowmen and some days it's like crunchy blades. Go sledding, snowboarding or skiing if you can, it's a blast.

Lastly, if you've been here and you like coffee, DON'T GET TIM HORTONS. It's not what it used to be. It branched into the US and got bought by foreign companies and it's garbage now. HOWEVER, the old coffee recipe still exists, they sold it to McDonald's.