Michigan’s early voting law means you can knock out your civic duty before Election Day – leaving plenty of time for the important things in life, like eating your body weight in Mackinac Island fudge.

Once that ballot is cast, Michigan voters have earned the right to celebrate. And this state has no shortage of delightful ways to spend the afternoon.

Take a trip to Mackinac Island and immediately prove you have no self-control by walking past 47 fudge shops and saying, “I’ll just get one piece.” (You won’t.)

You can go hunting for the perfect pasty in the Upper Peninsula – a meal that looks like a medieval hot pocket but somehow became a Michigan treasure.

You could also visit the Mystery Hill in Onsted and question the laws of physics, gravity and why you just paid money to stand in a room where everything feels slightly wrong.

Or maybe you have time to stop by Hell, Michigan, because nothing says “I exercised my right to vote” like sending a postcard that says you spent the day in Hell. How true.

After you cast your ballot, head to Frankenmuth and stuff yourself with enough chicken to swing the poultry vote. Then filibuster your way through Bronner’s, the world’s largest Christmas store.

There are all kinds of fun Michigan-y things to do after you vote. And lots of good food to eat. Ride a dune buggy, hunt for Petoskey stones, chase waterfalls, eat a Coney dog, or spend an afternoon arguing over whether Vernors tastes amazing or gross (I am voting for “gross” – sorry).

So go ahead — vote early. Then celebrate the Michigan way: with fudge, Better Made potato chips, Faygo pop, weird roadside attractions and just enough adventure to forget you were arguing about politics with your liberal relative five minutes ago.