Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Up North

Expect plenty of stories and possible pictures from our trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

The was The Girl's first trip up there and my first time back in five or six years so it was a bit of an eye-opener at times. When your opinions and memories of places up there are colored as a four-year-old (my grandfather lived there in the same house for his entire life) you see things a lot differently than they are.

In that vein, the U.P. took a solid beating during Saturday's drive up where we took the unofficial motto - "Welcome to the U.P. Don't forget to set your clock back 25 years" - and pushed the envelope a bit.

Winners included:

"Towns named 'Iron,' 'Falls,' 'River' or 'Mountain' or your next map is free."
"I have no idea why it's not just part of Wisconsin, Honey..."
"The U.P. - It might be boring, but you can drive 85 through it."

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