My husband and I have always especially enjoyed Halloween. We met on Halloween in 1992, we have attended countless Halloween parties together over the years, and up until only recently, we’ve enjoyed dressing in costumes for  Halloween. 🎃

In recent years, Halloween cabin trips have become our “thing.” Starting in 2020, we’ve made it a point to find a rental cabin in a Michigan state park to stage our Halloween fun.

We have campfires, carve pumpkins, put up spooky lights, play spooky tunes and if the moon is full and we’re in an isolated enough spot that someone won’t call the cops on us, we howl at the moon!

The last time that there was a full moon on Halloween was in 2020.

We had to cancel a Halloween cabin trip in 2025 because I had to go to an emergency room! Missing Halloween was definitely a crushing blow for both of us 😔

Recently, we decided to book a state park cabin during a full moon event. But since this winter in Michigan has been pummeling us with nonstop bitter cold and snow, we obviously did not want to do the trip too early. ❄️ 🥶

We opted for early May. Yes we know that even May could still bring snow and some cold, but probably nothing we couldn’t handle with a heated cabin and appropriate clothing!

My husband had the absolutely brilliant idea to add April 30 to the trip because there is a full moon that night. Adding to the awesomeness, April 30 is Walpurgis Night!

Unless you’re into creepy stuff or you are European, you may have never even heard of Walpurgis Night.

It’s on April 30, and it’s basically like Halloween, only in Spring (six months separate the two days). There are rituals associated with it that include bonfires, wearing witch and devil masks, and basically saying f— you to winter, and hello to spring!

Since this holiday isn’t really celebrated in the states, why not do what we want with it? We may not be able to find pumpkins to carve, but AI tells me that other things can be carved similarly that may be more readily available, such as eggplants, turnips, larger bell peppers and squashes. Turnips may be difficult to carve, but they are super creepy looking if you can manage it!

After this winter, what could be better than giving our middle fingers to winter and ushering in spring?