2018.05.24, 17:59
Stop at coffee shop & bakery assland.
Note exxxtra dramatic clouds in b/g moving E at high
speed.
Like gigantic 500' tall waves!
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2018.05.24, 18:26
Super-duper rainstorm e on 2!
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2018.05.24, 18:41
rainstorm US2 e near Assland/Iron Co. line
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2018.05.25, 13:12
Camp next AM at Whitefish Bay! (the Cats very
excited!).
This spot camped at since ~1995.
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2018.05.25, 17:53
45.822830 -84.726758
Mackinac Bridge.
(camera shot hand out window eyes on road)
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2018.05.25, 17:53
45.822830 -84.726758
Mackinac Bridge
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2018.05.25, 17:53
45.822830 -84.726758
Mackinac Bridge
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2018.05.26, 07:55
45.008493 -85.131055
Hot buggy camp NWLP (Antrim Co.) 2nd AM; note
percolator.
Cats around somewhere.
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2018.05.26, 16:39
44.764353 -85.629215
Traverse City at Fogarelli's deli: first visit since
90s
(had, as in old days, #23; 'gangster': 'that's a
hell of a sandwich' the counter guy said ca. 1998
when I bought one).
I guess this picture is of the 'Can do' Squirrel action
there & not the deli or #23 mobster.
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2018.05.27, 13:01
46.452955 -84.759378
Fran w/ cute meowk beard, after escape back to
EUP;
Whitefish Bay camp #3 (pines).
We spent many pleasant nights here after 'discovering'
it in 2017.
Note pine tips gently laid down in snowmelt.
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2018.05.27, 15:22
46.453280 -84.760122
Later that same afternoon.
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2018.05.27, 16:40
46.452587 -84.852785
Q in his (usual) travel spot enroute...
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2018.05.27, 17:43
46.716292 -85.051115
... Heading to the land!!
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2018.05.27, 17:48
46.742742 -85.095213
Especially squishy sand this time!!
Damned ORVs & penis truck speeders!
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2018.05.27, 18:48
46.748611 -85.151389
Drinking the ceremonial can of beer left last
year...
(can's on knee whilst leaning back in chair).
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2018.05.27, 18:48
46.748200 -85.151080
... this is the very last can of Hamm's bought May 2012
in Superior WI (when I didn't know that they sold Hamms
in the UP now).
Tasted the same of course after 5 years in IVGBMCF
& one on Land.
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2018.05.27, 19:04
46.747288 -85.152040
Making the booze stump rounds; this is "Spey Catch', a
good blended scotch; replaced MPC's rye finished
2017.
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2018.05.27, 20:12
46.748663 -85.151323
Cats
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2018.05.27, 20:23
46.748687 -85.151398
Cats (cf Mr. W. photo 2010 in same spot same
photo-gimmick different camera.)
Note copy of Future Shock on dashboard.
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2018.05.27, 20:45
46.748611 -85.151389
Fire!
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2018.05.27, 22:16
46.748056 -85.150833
Fire! (drunker too after 2 hours!).
5 cudighi sausages roasted.
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2018.05.28, 10:40
Cats hunting on front yard, w. side of car.
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2018.05.28, 10:50
46.748547 -85.151477
Same.
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2018.05.28, 16:52
46.748102 -85.150982
Note to self: stop buying untested beers at Assland
super-1. Every time you do they're awful
(recall that 'packers' whatever that fizzed like a fire
extinguisher every can opened no matter how cold or
carefully handled; tasted like it too).
I drank a total of one can of this salty piss and that
was too much.
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2018.05.28, 16:53
46.748103 -85.150982
This $16 mistake continues an alarming trend toward
especially shitty and (unintentionally?) salty "IPAs'
made in the Midwest (cf. the equally awful anything
from 'founders', esp. that horrid 'all day
ipa'!).
Decided to 'landfill' it; maybe will try one a year
just in case/experiment. Not expected to
improve.
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2018.05.28, 16:54
46.748103 -85.151007
Gravestone bottle from much more drinkable Point amber
consumed 2017 ('cheap' for country store nowadays cost
of $6.95 in Paradise even though in 2009 it was
$4.50)
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2018.05.28, 17:30
46.746535 -85.151213
Land looking good.
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2018.05.28, 18:42
46.747855 -85.152193
Noted a nice diversity of tree sizes & good mix of
all 3 pines.
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2018.05.28, 19:36
46.748728 -85.151273
Though the drive out very bumpy, Fran wanted to ride on
the dashboard & look out.
He'd be good at surfing & rodeo too.
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2018.05.28, 19:37
46.749245 -85.147718
...
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2018.05.28, 19:39
46.747365 -85.137137
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2018.05.28, 20:17
46.562950 -85.030005
Fog at Tahquamenon River mouth.
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2018.05.28, 20:17
46.562950 -85.030005
...
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2018.05.28, 21:35
46.496650 -84.348390
Big City Fran in the Soo.
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2018.05.28, 21:37
46.500847 -84.347845
Big City Fran at the Soo Brewery.
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2018.05.29, 09:37
46.363056 -84.822500
Next AM, last camp, Raco Plains (since ~1995).
This camp clear cut 2007, LftMPC visited 2014.
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2018.05.29, 09:53
46.363187 -84.822532
Bought a box of The Goods in Ishpeming (and two to
bring to WI on way back)
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2018.05.29, 10:21
46.362148 -84.824767
Various things to analyze (incl. pins some of recovered
from Safarivan fall 2017).
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2018.05.29, 13:05
46.601758 -85.140380
The famous Holiday House on 123.
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2018.05.29, 13:36
46.516737 -85.421792
Stop at bakery on 123.
That's Soo stout in the tin cup.
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