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Chuck is right. Other than crossing over the "Bridge" to go to a casino we have not been to the UP in several years. For example, its 600 miles from where we live to Cooper Harbor. Our idea of going up north these days is the Traverse City area which is a four hour trip hauling our small boat. Believe it or not "Pictured Rocks" is on our bucket list. There would lots of "color" in mid-Sept. There is lots to see and do in the Mackinaw City/Mackinaw Island area at the Bridge. We spent a week there in 2005.
I'm not sure why this area popped into Rick's head and is also on the bucket list of two of my sisters. It seems lovely, but is a lot of driving just to get there. Vermont has plenty of color and I can be there in just a couple of hours....hmmm.
I'm not sure why this area popped into Rick's head and is also on the bucket list of two of my sisters. It seems lovely, but is a lot of driving just to get there. Vermont has plenty of color and I can be there in just a couple of hours....hmmm.
He can't wait to log miles in the Porsche. I understand completely. I had very little desire to see the Heads of the Hill out west but after buying the S2000 off we went.
He can't wait to log miles in the Porsche. I understand completely. I had very little desire to see the Heads of the Hill out west but after buying the S2000 off we went.
Yes and it would be somewhere different..........Our trip to the Cabot Trail in Nova Scotia was about the same distance. That time we moved hotel/motels every few days and I didn't really care for that, but we covered a lot of ground.
I spent Christmas in Vermont and North Country New York and we ran highway US 2 much of the time. US 2 takes a giant leap from Rouses Point NY over Ontario to Saint Ignace where it then runs along the rabbits tummy on it's eventual route to the Pacific. (This trivia is the result of growing up in Michigan.)
-- Chuck
I've lived about 20 miles from Rouses Point since 1972, have been on Rt 2 in Vt hundreds of times yet did not know it continued in Michigan Thanks for the info.
Levi
He can't wait to log miles in the Porsche. I understand completely. I had very little desire to see the Heads of the Hill out west but after buying the S2000 off we went.
Still talking about this and you totally hit the nail on the head about how he can't wait to log some miles on the Porsche. The weather has not been horrible. The snow we had is gone and seeing both two seaters covered up is killing him...He wants to
BTW he really appreciates the link you posted just for him.
Something you don't see every day . . . from northern Michigan (not the UP).
This guy is standing on a 2.5-inch sheet of clear Lake Charlevoix ice. He's holding a shovel, which he used to test the ice's stability. Having spent his whole life near the lake, the Boyne City man said this wasn't the first time he's witnessed the phenomenon. "I've seen it several times before. The water in in Lake Charlevoix is incredibly clear to begin with, partly because of the zebra mussels. When it freezes without agitation, there are hardly any oxygen bubbles in the ice. It happens on rare occasions."
Haven't posted for awhile but this caught my attention. Places I've visited and would recommend in the UP. We live in Northern WI
Shipwreck Museum, Paradise, MI and State Parks in this area.
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Porcupine Mountains
Ottawa National Forest, toward Watersmeet, MI area. We get here often to visit the many waterfalls. Only about 50 miles from us.
The UP will keep you busy just because of far you have to travel. If you ever get the chance to venture into WI make sure you go to Bayfield.
01-13-2017, 04:24 AM
Thanks for the info.
