Welcome to the Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan! Home to a great bunch of people who proudly identify as “Yoopers”. For nearly the entirety of Michigan’s statehood, many Yoopers and Yooper-allies have believed the UP (often with bits of current-day Wisconsin and Minnesota included) should secede from the Lower Peninsula and become it’s own state; Superior and Ontonagon being the two most popular names.
The idea of secession was first seriously proposed in 1858, only twenty-one years after Michigan gained statehood, when a convention was held in Ontonagon for this purpose. A seven-year-old newspaper, half a continent away, called The New York Times editorialized:
Unless Congress should interpose objections, which cannot reasonably be apprehended, we see no cause why the new “State of Ontonagon” should not speedily take her place as an independent member of the union.
It’s a subject worthy of an article (or book) of its own. For now you’ll have to settle for the Wikipedia article, because we’re here to see the sights!
We are going to be zooming-in on the UP and focusing on a peninsula on a peninsula, The Keweenaw (KEE-wah-nah) Peninsula.
Our journey begins at the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. Stunning is a good word to describe many of the views in the “Porkies”. It has everything for the outdoorsy types: waterfalls, trails, camping, fishing, birdwatching, etc., etc. The cherry on top is Lake of the Clouds.
One of the most photographed locations in the UP
Next, we head up highway M-64 to Ontonagon. This is a great place to introduce yourself to the official food of the UP, the pasty (PASS-tee). It’s a pastry containing a mixture of meat and veggies; the most common ingredients being beef, rutabaga, potato, and onion. Think Hotpocket, but delicious. And much bigger. It is Cornish, brought to the UP by the miners that came here during the copper boom. Syl’s Café has amazing pasties, they’re my favorite of the half dozen or so places we’ve sampled them. Bonus; they also have absolutely delicious baked goods. You need to eat here.
Ontonagon also has a nice gift shop, Gitche Gumee Landing. It’s large and has a very impressive selection of copper items for purchase. Ontonagon also has a beautiful and easily accessible public beach, as well as a nice museum and a lighthouse.
The northern part of the peninsula has been our main target both times we’ve been here, so we fast forward through some beautiful country and pick things up in Houghton, the home of Michigan Technological University, AKA Michigan Tech. On campus is the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum. This is an absolute must-see for anyone with even a passing interest in geology and/or minerals…or even if you just like pretty rocks. There is so much to see that admission is good for two consecutive days.
Nineteen tons of native copper discovered in Lake Superior in 1991.
Let’s eat! The Ambassador is a wonderful local restaurant. They have a very large menu with something for everyone. I recommend the Cudighi (coo-DEE-ghee). The menu description is “Classic UP version of this traditional Italian sausage. House made for over 50 years.” I can assure you, there’s a good reason people have been ordering it for over fifty years.
If you like beer, be sure to head up the street to Keweenaw Brewing. Three-dollar pints!!! They make great beer and have a great tap room with outside seating. You can sip some delicious beer and watch our next landmark go up and down…
The Portage Lake Lift Bridge is the only land-based connection between the southern and northern Keweenaw. The northern portion is sometimes referred to as “Copper Island” because there’s (still) lots of copper there and it is technically an island. The Keweenaw Waterway cuts the peninsula into two pieces. Crossing it brings us to Hancock.
There used to be railroad tracks on the bottom level.
Sitting high up on a hill on the edge of Hancock is the Quincy Mine. This is probably the best preserved and most accessible copper mine in the Keweenaw. They have a great museum and tours. Unfortunately, we had a canine traveling companion, so this tour wasn’t an option.
Now we hop on highway M-203 and head to McLain State Park. A much smaller park than the Porkies, but what sets this place apart is the campsites and cabins that are right on the lake. So close in fact, that the last time we were there (Fall 2020), they had lost some campsites to erosion. They also have a designated dog beach for your furry friends to enjoy the lake. If you are camping, I can’t recommend this park enough. Even if you aren’t, go check out the lighthouse and beaches.
I found a rock with a bit of native copper in it not too far from here.
Let’s get back on highway M-203 and go inland a bit to Calumet and Larium. Calumet’s downtown is very cool. Huge old buildings harken back to the time of the Keweenaw copper boom. Two highlights are the Calumet Theater and the Red Jacket Fire Station, which houses a firefighting museum. There is a lot to see around here.
The sister cities of Calumet and Larium are also home to two highly-rated pasty shops: Jen’s (née Connie’s) Kitchen and Toni’s Country Kitchen. Also, I must mention my favorite general store: Harter’s Party Store. Their tag line is “Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. (They have other stuff, too.)
A few miles north, in Kearsarge, is an interesting example of a WPA make-work project – a stone boat.
I recently learned there are two more stone boat locations in the Keweenaw: Quincy Hill and Centennial Heights.
Heading up US highway 41 we come across an amazing rock shop in Allouez, Prospector’s Paradise. The selection is overwhelming. Mrs. S describes it as “a museum where everything is for sale”. Bonus; the owners are super friendly and readily give out advice on good spots to go rockhounding.
A little further up US highway 41 we come to a wonderful specimen of American roadside attractions, the Keweenaw Snow Thermometer. It’s a fun photo op, as well as a nice quiet spot to stretch your legs and use the facilities.
The all-time LOW snow total is 161.1 inches.
At Phoenix we’ll hop on route M-26 for a lakeshore drive. This is a wonderfully scenic way to work your way to the tip of the Keweenaw. Eagle Harbor is the first town we come to and was our Keweenaw headquarters the last time we went.
At night, off in the distance you can see the lights of the big lakers navigating around the peninsula.
About halfway to Copper Harbor, you have a choice to make. Stay on the shoreline or take Brockway Mountain Drive. If time allows, the correct answer is “both”. If you’re short on time, head up Brockway. The view from the top is magnificent, and the sight of Copper Harbor as you come down on it from the mountain is sublime.
This is from one of a handful of scenic view pull-offs on the way back down.
Copper Harbor is as north as we can go without getting wet. For a tiny town it has a lot going on. The Isle Royal ferry is based here. Just outside of town is Lake Fanny Hooe (to the right in the previous pic). In between Superior and Fanny Hooe is Fort Wilkins State Park. Fanny Hooe has some beautiful views, and Fort Wilkins is a very well preserved/recreated fort. The also have “living history” events if you are into that sort of thing. There are a lot of trails that start in and around Copper Harbor, and I saw at least one outfitter renting bikes. There are many shops in town, my favorite was a cool rock shop, Swede’s Gift Shop, that has some high-quality copper pieces.
One last fun thing to do is to drive to the beginning of US highway 41 just a mile or so past Fort Wilkinson. US highway 41 runs from here all the way to Miami, Florida; only 1990 miles away. Road trip!!
Now we’re going to start working our way back south down US 41. From here to Delaware is the US 41 Covered Drive. For much of it the road is completely shaded by trees. There’s also a lot of hills and blind corners, so if you’re the driver you likely won’t get to enjoy the view too much. The views turn from beautiful to breathtaking in the fall.
I mentioned before we couldn’t do the Quincy mine tour because of our pooch. Well, the Delaware Copper Mine allows dogs. There’s an orientation video in the small gift shop, and then you walk down ninety-one steps for a self-guided tour. Above ground there is a lot of historic mining equipment and buildings to check out.
Air compressor for powering the rock drills (red item in the background to the right)
A little further south and we’re back to Phoenix and that completes our loop. Now, for every sight we covered here, there are dozens of more things to see. The Keweenaw is full of mines, waterfalls, lighthouses, beaches, as well as trails (for hiking, biking, skiing and all-terrain vehicle use), art and antique shops, rockhounding, etc, etc. Many of the current residents descend from Finnish miners, so there is a lot of Finnish culture around. For instance, as you travel around, you’ll see saunas in back yards and for sale on the side of the road.
And be sure to get some thimbleberry jam. There are at least two ladies who sell it out of their homes – you will see their signs. We stopped at one and spent sixty dollars on various preserves she was selling on the honor system from her back porch.
Get up there and explore.
We brought a little bit of Michigan back with us.
Some driving music for you.
Huh, given your well known love of Rush, I expected Red Barchetta.
Nice write up; It’s the sort of descriptive that almost makes one want to move to a place like that. Or certainly visit.
It was close, but the MTU pep band won the coin flip.
I appreciate the kind words. I hope it does inspire some people to visit up there. It’s a fun and beautiful place.
That’s not Highway Star, I Can’t Drive 55,or Radar Love. What have you done with MikeS?
Driving music.
Very good
This is a very timely post, as my Pa had suggested the Copper Harbor area as an RV destination as I move west next spring & summer
In other words – thanks for the awesome info! I haz bookmarked this article
I hope it can be off help for you. I’ll second you Dad’s suggestion on doing some camping up there. The whole area is wonderful.
The linked snow thermometer and the one in your picture don’t jibe. The Linked one say 81.3 inch all time low, Climate revisionism!!
Hmmm…that’s interesting. I (obviously) hadn’t caught that discrepancy.
They cover different year ranges as well, but both claim to be for Keweenaw Co. and appear to my untrained eye to be in the same location. It’s a mystery.
They are definitely in the same location. When they updated it they must have changed the referenced date range. I tried to find an answer on the web, but to no avail. I guess I have some homework for next time I visit.
You missed the obvious music link.
“I was born in the backseat
of a greyhound bus
rolling down highway 41”
Oooohhh. Good one. Missed opportunity there.
Maybe Youper Man don’t ramble. Kinda hard to in snowshoes.
“I was born in the back seat of a Ford Mustang…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7-L7QmTo3A
(the best live band I have ever seen)
Methheads would spooge at the sight of that copper nugget. Fuckers will cause hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage to get less than a hundred dollars scrap value. Fuckers. Did I say they were fuckers? They are.
Also, don’t be a stranger Playa.
Druggies are the worst. Why I stopped short of becoming one.
My travelogue article is tomorrow. Less scenery, more animals.
Intriguing.
So what you’re saying is you f*ck sheep?
Sheep.
My brother was/is a huge Floyd fan. He visited London with his fiancée about 25 years ago, and while riding an above portion of the ‘underground’, went by Battersea. He was kind of freaking out seeing it. His girl had no idea why he’d care about a shuttered power plant.
She wasn’t wrong.
So it goes.
It’s about the US Capitol, isn’t it?
This is a great place to introduce yourself to the official food of the UP, the pasty (PASS-tee). It’s a pastry containing a mixture of meat and veggies; the most common ingredients being beef, rutabaga, potato, and onion.
Pasties are delicious. My introduction to them was in Australia.
Also, I must mention my favorite general store: Harter’s Party Store. Their tag line is “Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
I’ll have to stop in here some time.
Thanks Mike!
Glad you liked it! One of the pasty shops we were in broke from tradition and had six or so different pasty fillings. We stuck with traditional while we were there, but my wife has since mastered her own breakfast version. It’s amazing with a little (real) maple syrup drizzled on top. Next we go up there I look forward to trying some other varieties.
Thanks, MikeS, great travelogue. I have been to the UP but I’m such a rotten traveler I was in a hurry to get home and didn’t see anything. Your way sounds better.
Did you make a video and sell copies? Then I could stay home and still be traveling with you. I’d trade a Canadian fishing video and you could fish while I explore.
How many days were you on the road on this trip?
It’s been a couple years since we were up there last. The two times we went we spent 6 full days in the Keweenaw. Then a day traveling either way. I kick myself for not taking more pictures/videos. I’m just not much a camera guy. It’s something I’ve tried to get better at doing. Especially since you don’t have to pay for film anymore.
One sad, and unsurprising, thing about the Keweenaw was the decay. It’s the bust from a huge boom, and the dilapidated building all over bear testament to it. For outdoorsy-types, it would be heaven to live there but finding gainful employment could be tough. With the explosion in work from home since COVID, maybe that can get some folks moving up there. Another copper boom could/should be possible, but I think the greenies will make sure that doesn’t happen.
We will see which they love more, electric cars or smugness.
At first I thought, “That’s like asking if the Sun rises in the East”. But on further thought, I think that is actually a tough question.
Thanks to Tonio for the wonderful job editing. As a thank you, here’s a friend of ours to hum a song for you.
and here’s the link
Back home. already missing being able to ogle all those college aged girls. The Old Man is spoiled.
Maybe I’m low T, but college girls aint what they used to be.
You need to go to the right college.
I know I’ve been as far as Houghton Hancock, don’t remember if we went all the way up the peninsula or not.
Thanks so much for this, Mike! We loved our trip to the UP a couple of years ago, especially our drive up Keweenaw featuring a lakeshore picnic! We’d been hoping to go back at the end of this month to catch some musical friends playing in Copper Harbor and in Hancock, but when I got back to work this week, I found out my boss already had that time scheduled off (with travel plans of his own, natch.) We’ll have to reschedule. 😞
Oh, bummer! Welp, time to find a new job! 😉
I know there are similarly beautiful areas like this all around the Great Lakes, but to me there’s something special about the Keweenaw. I hope you can get back up there soon!
Yep. You’d be surprised (or not) how beautiful some of the Lake Ontario shore in NY is.
Some of my old haunts I can recommend are Hamlin Beach and Sodus Point/Chimney Bluffs.
If I were independently wealthy, I’d spend a year making a trip around the Great Lakes (unless Canada was COVID-crazy, then the south half would suffice)
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on downOf the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
It took great restraint to not link to that song. I’m glad the Glibertariat did not disappoint!
Heh. One of the earliest songs l’il me can remember.
thanks. I knew it was one of those “Songs I Sang in Elemenetary School or Camp”, but I couldn’t remember the rest of it.
Lovely area. I’ve never actually been north of Chicago in that part of the US, so i love all the Michigan/WI/ND/MN people with their pics and stories. A lot of history, too, of course, which is always interesting to me.
Nice report Mike.
I’ve was in the UP two decades ago. I most remember the lake views and Tahquamenon Falls. Then went down the left coast of Michigan to see the sand dunes.
That’s an area we’ve not yet been to. Hopefully next time we go we can spend some time exploring from Marquette to Sault Sainte Marie.
So much to see, so little time. I need to win the lottery and spend the rest of my life traveling the US.
I’ve never been to the UP before. It looks like a interesting place. Thanks for the travel log.
The drive to see the rest of the gang last weekend made me miss taking road trips.
We haven’t been on too many this summer.
Glad you liked it. Road trips are great, aren’t they? My wife and I always dawdle and enjoy ourselves. When it comes to family events, they all know we’ll be late. We just can’t help but take our time.
Excellent write up. I’ll second your recommendation for geology nerds. It’s a fascinating place. I’ve been a few times to different parts, but the most time I spent was in Houghton for two weeks while taking classes for my silvicuture certification. We did several field trips, including one to Lake of the Clouds. It is quite the view.
Did you go through Hurley/Ironwood? Back in the day, Hurley was well known for it’s numerous strip joints. Of course, they had the other pasties… I’m not sure how many still exist.
We do go through Ironwood. Other than stopping at the Walmart for something, the only time we’ve stopped is at the rest area on US2. They have a small park area with HUGE core samples. Next time we go we plan to make more stops on the way, and Ironwood is on the list (but not the strip clubs 😥 )
Wow. I don’t remember seeing those.
I never really enjoyed strip clubs. Just seemed like a waste of money and the beers were always more expensive than regular bars. In my early 20s my best friend and I worked for a guy that loved going, so whenever we were traveling for a job he’d find one. My friend really liked them too, so I went along. I’m not a prude, but it just never made sense to me.
You and me both, man. So let’s see…I’m supposed to pay money to see girls tease me while I drink WAY overpriced beers. Yeah, no thanks.
18+ strip bars don’t even have the beer!
That’s right! Many moons ago I got dragged to a Sconnie strip club. You got to see it all, but you couldn’t drink alcohol. Did not seem like a fair trade to me.
I ended up at the bar across the street when I got dragged to one of those.
Count me in that group too.
The strip club I went to had no alcohol. It was in Connecticut (OK,< there's a problem) and in CT, if the women are completely nude, no alcohol sales allowed.
I don’t like having to clean my glasses, and they get all smudged when the stripper rubs my face in her tits.
Narrator: Leave your wife home and bring lots of singles
There are still 4 or 5 in Hurley. We took my buddy there while on our annual fishing trip. We took him there for his bachelor party about 20 years ago, and for his divorce party last fall.
My Grandpa used to go to burlesque shows there back in the 30’s or early 40’s, so lots of history there in the adult entertainment industry.
I’m impressed they’re still around. Most of the ones I remember in my old stomping grounds are gone.
When I watched The Babylon Bee interview with John Cleese at Freedom Fest he mentioned his daughter had spoken there as well. I figured, you know, he’s and old man, she’s probably and older broad. Nope, a year younger than me and pretty good lookin.
He was probably working on his third or fourth wife by then.
(I was going to make that joke-let even before I looked it up and saw that he is indeed on his fourth wife.)
Would, with prejudice.
But look close at some of those pics (look at her FACE)…she looks way to much like her old man.
Ayako Fujitani has the same problem.
Finally my increasingly poor vision pays off.
Agreed. IMHO, that is a rough 37, once you take the makeup off.
Also, I thought it was a good interview, nothing earth shattering, but enjoyable to listen to.
I was at FreedomFest and went to the Punching Up Comedy Show. She did a set.
I strongly recommend against getting involved with her.
Almost all of her jokes were about the shitty men that she meets/hooks up with. She also has some very odd mannerisms which make me think she is medicated.
She also does not look as good in person as she does in those pictures.
So you’re saying that she has terrible taste in men and hooks up readily?
When I was in the UP a few months ago, I really liked it. Nice people, pretty countryside (even covered with snow, as it was), and decent accommodations. If I was single I would relocate there. Marquette was super cool.
The Mighty Mac getting shut down due to falling ice kinda sucked though.
One of the many, almost uncountable good things about Firsting is that it can be done anywhere. No physical travel is required. With the tip of your fingers, you can basically move the world to you.
I Firsted on the very tip of the Keweenaw. It was sublime.
I hope you showered afterwards.
I bathed in the glory that is a First.
(am I doing this right?)
The answer is no, MikeS. No. You are not doing this right.
Leave this to the professionals.
Can you recommend one to me?
Lol.
Oh, child. Sweet, sweet, child. When The First That Will change Everything comes, even you shall be embraced into its bosom and saved.
I took what I believe is my second ever selfie yesterday at Niagara Falls, to throw the normies off the trail so they don’t realize I was plotting the libertarian takeover of the world instead of being on vacation.
(I believe I took one when I took my oldest niece to her first Packer game years back)
May it spread downstate.
Great travelog MikeS. Very interesting area. Have you ever traveled south of Minnesota?
You mean Iowa?
Thanks…smart ass. 🧐
Yes, as a matter of fact, I have been south of Minny. One summer I was on a custom combining crew and got as far as southern Oklahoma. I’ve been wondering if I could turn that into a decent article…if I can remember enough of it. It was a few
yearsdecades ago.Barring LAX, I’ve never been south of San Francisco.
But I’m an easterner and I don’t think I’ve been south of Atlantic City. 🤷🏻♀️
I grew up exactly between SF and LA. 205 miles to one and 208 miles to the other.
How have you resisted the allure of downtown Philadelphia?
South Street has some good stuff going for it.
Well, when they aren’t shootings. Which there never are when I’m on South Street.
Atlantic City is further south than Philly.
Right, it is. I try to block that out of my mind because it’s in New Jersey.
One of my best friends is from Ashley, ND. He did the combine crew one summer also when he was young. Started in north Texas or southern Oklahoma and moved north each week. He said it was lots of hours but also a lot of fun.
When he lived in Fargo, he was a disc jockey at KFGO for quite a few years in the 90’s and early 2000’s.
Are we still doing phrasing?!
The locals guys were often very unwelcoming to guys on combine crews. I was told that girlfriends having trysts with “traveling men” in past years was the reason. “They’re taking our women!”
+1 Top Gun
I’ve always said it’s something I’m glad I experienced, but I’d never do it again. One highlight; driving a John Deere 9600 down an old stretch of Route 66.
A couple buddies did that back in high school, around 1990. They went from west central Wisconsin down to central Illinois. That’s exactly what they said. Good money, but barely slept and driving a huge combine at 25mph for 20 hours just to get there (and back!) was awful.
We were doing a lot more miles, so we (and everyone else) hauled ours on trailers. I did hear about guys in the old days that would drive combines from the Dakotas all the way to OK/TX. Different times.
That is a lot of run time on what had to be an expensive machine.
What was his on-air name? I was in Fargo in the late 90’s.
John Leatherwood. He was really good. Had a deep voice.
Don’t recall the name. But, that was long ago.
Before the Empire?
I was hanging out with this hot chick the other day and was told my deep voice was sexy. Unfortunately, she wasn’t in the room and it was her gay friend who said it. Still flattering though, I guess.
I once had a (very drunk) gay guy tell me I was “BEAUTIFUL”. When I politely declined his invitation to spend some alone time together, he asked me how much money it would take. I said way more than you have and he got all bitchy and started calling me names. But as I walked out of the bar a drink or two later, I looked back and he was watching me walk out. Flattering, but a new experience for a sheltered NoDak.
You’re Beautiful When You Don’t Talk
https://youtu.be/1krWMgUVqy8
I’m genuinely surprised. I assumed you burst into flames when it got over 60.
Dude. I bet we regularly get hotter than you down there in temperate land.
I mean, for a month or two.
Well, day time highs will be in 90s this week. How about for you?
Tomorrow and Thursday are 90F with humidity in the 60-80% range.
I appreciate all the nice comments and banter. I gotta get to bed.
Stay fresh, cheese bags.
You’re a cheese bag, honkey!
I am loving the cheese bag thing. Too funny.
I am also loving “You’re Dead” by Norma Tanega, now used as the theme music for “What We Do in the Shadows.”
https://youtu.be/ImAlx0amAIc
Gotta love the news…. “RED STATE SHOCK” Kansas votes to ‘keep abortions’. Good. The state and its citizens have responded to what they want in that state. It isn’t a red/blue thing. I wish more would say huh, this whole states rights thing works.
Yeah, that is the rational point that the court wanted to make: the Supreme Court shouldn’t be making shit up, no matter what popular opinion is. Especially this mysteriously divined penumbra crap.
Leave it to states’ rights, or amend the constitution.
I bet fewer than 20% of Americans know that there’s no federal law against murder; it’s left to the states. Of course all states have made it illegal. The only federal murder charges that can be filed are against a federal officer.
So for Tim McVeigh, for example, he was charged, tried, and convicted only for the federal workers he murdered. Some people were outraged by this (lack of trial for the 100+ Death of civilians), but it made sense. Swift trial, death sentence, execution. No need to prolong the pain and cost.
We know that was the point the court was making. Maybe some on the left/right knew it too but the vast and very uninformed central voting bloc does not.
Murder effects interstate commerce. I’m sure there are other federal connections.
Great write-up, MikeS. I will save this in case I go back one day.
Considering that the Upper Peninsula was a consolation prize to Michigan following the so-called Toledo War with Ohio over who got to claim that city, I’d say Michigan came out on top, no question.
“I spent a week in Toledo one day.”
Eh, its not THAT bad. I spent TWO days there once… but it certainly isn’t as nice as the UP seems.
Nice trip Mike. You kept it interesting and now I want to go to the proper countryside and get some jam and copper nick-knacks. Missing the great lakes.
Morning, Glibs.
I’m still oversleeping, so I’ve got to get on the road already 🙁
Mornin’ all. Time to get to the gym.
Happy work out.
https://images.app.goo.gl/bwQj1YifC4ZNhxTs8
Good morning, HE, DEG, and U! First two days back to work this week were hectic, but I’ve finalized payroll (the important thing) and gotten a small start on month-end reports (which we let my boss THINK is important.) Said boss is WFH today, but that’s no guarantee he’ll leave me alone, as he has a
pencomputer and a phone.Good morning to you, too, Lack! (And now you, too, db!) Didn’t mean to overlook you!
Morning.
Made it to the office, am annoyed at myself for having overslept. I might not be late-late (as in it’s still before the start of my shift) but I’m still behind schedule.
Forgive yourself and assume you needed the sleep. Beats insomnia!
I finally just remembered to go out and water my poor fuchsia plant, hanging out at Tranq Base. Poor neglected thing hadn’t been watered since last Thursday, and it’s going to be a scorcher today.
Being ten minutes late risks putting me in traffic, which further slows me down and adds to early morning frustration at a time when I’m not well-situated to absorb it.
You manage people now, right? Can’t you just take out your frustrations on the minions?
No.
They are more useful for reducing my stress when I can delegate tasks to them, and taking out petty frustrations on them reduces productivity, and thus bandwidth of materials I no longer have to deal with.
Damn, times have changed! /Old fart
Nice article, Mike. I’ve heard good things about the UP before but not with pictures. Seems like a trip worth taking someday.
Can confirm! Superior is beautiful, and the UP has many charming towns. Can vouch personally for Munising (east of Marquette) and St. Ignace (“Snigness” to the locals, just north of the Mackinac Bridge.)
Mornin’, reprobates!
What about the rest of us?
Mornin’, miscreants!
::taps ‘patzie on shoulder, whispers in ear:: PSSST! I think he identifies as MR. Creants.
Or perhaps creantx?
Creantix sounds like some sort of Pharma whose side effects are worse than the ailment.
Remember: never take a prescription drug that has its own TV commercials.
So, every one of the hundreds of drugs advertised on the tube. I remember the good old days when you would see a doctor when you got sick, and the doc would prescribe an appropriate treatment which might or might not have included meds. Modern medicine apparently involves self-diagnosis via WebMD and the like, followed up by a doctor’s visit in which the patient tells the doc to prescribe the cool drug xe saw on teevee the other day.
Don’t forget the deplorables.
Good morning, ‘patzie! Did your idea from yesterday morning help solve your protracted work problem?
Eventually, it pushed me in the right direction. “Let me sleep on it” works a treat for many things.
Great travelogue, Mike. But 161″ is the LOW seasonal snow total? Yikes, winters must be challenging.
Time to buy a lottery ticket.
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“Manhattan man ‘who smeared feces on face of female subway passenger’ will have facial scars forever after being scalded with boiling water in attack at Rikers Island by fellow inmate named ‘Burns’”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11072151/Manhattan-man-smeared-feces-face-subway-passenger-attacked-boiling-water-jail.html
Sounds like shit smearers are held in similar contempt in prison as sex criminals. Couldn’t happen to a nicer fellow (who probably should actually be in a mental hospital but, come on, fuck that guy).
So who’s the shithead now? Sick burn!
boo
Cue more calls to “close Rikers”.
Just like schools, they think they can move the same people into a different building and get different results.
“ He was arrested following the disgusting act, but because his misdemeanors were legally non-violent, the judge could not set bail and he was released back onto the streets. “
I seem to recall a bunch of of lefties arguing that people violating lockdowns should serve jail time. But guys who smear their shit on faces are “non-violent.”
““There are men in this world,” he said, “who go about demanding to be killed. You must have noticed them. They quarrel in gambling games, they jump out of their automobiles in a rage if someone so much as scratches their fender, they humiliate and bully people whose capabilities they do not know. I have seen a man, a fool, deliberately infuriate a group of dangerous men, and he himself without any resources. These are people who wander through the world shouting, ‘Kill me. Kill me.’ And there is always somebody ready to oblige them.”
From The Godfather (the novel), a quote that sounds like it fits the smearer to a tee.
So, if smearing shit in someone’s face is “non-violent,” then it would under the self defense laws of most states be illegal to use force to respond to the shit-smearing.
Makes total sense.
“ The 37-year-old’s vast criminal record also includes a January 7 arrest for allegedly punching a 30-year-old man on a subway platform at 125th Street and Lenox Avenue, followed by a February 5 arrest for allegedly hitting a 53-year-old man at the Port Authority Bus Terminal.
But each time, thanks to New York’s lax new bail reform laws, the career criminal did not have to post bail and was freed to continue roaming city streets.”
The DAs apparently need to be mugged and raped.
#Jan7Feb5Anxiety