UP of Michigan Stuff

[zbeeblebrox]

I've been gone from CA for years now, but did I miss something? Doesn't San Jose still have the Sharks?

yes we do but for 14$ parking and 30$ tickets i don't feel like driving the 2 hours to get to them, granted the price isn't that bad. although i have in order to see the red wings play. but come on who really wants to see the sharks =)

Its more like i cant take a walk down to the local rink and watch or play some hockey. its like 10$ just to free skate at the local (1 town over) rink. where as in south range i could hit up about 3 different rinks within 15 minutes, with the Oscar dome being my favorite.

 

[ScubaSteve]

Where outside Kenosha? Sewage is the official HBT group around here. Look forward to you floating that Dreadnought in Lake Michigan.

Actually FAR North in IL. Right by the state line, probably around Waukegan. I just used Kenosha as a references because of the Wisconsin discussion.

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Actually FAR North in IL. Right by the state line, probably around Waukegan. I just used Kenosha as a references because of the Wisconsin discussion.

Bah, then you need to contact the SNIZZLES. No FIBs allowed in the SEWAGE.

 

[Yooper]

Bah, then you need to contact the SNIZZLES. No FIBs allowed in the SEWAGE.

Now, that's funny right there!

 

[loopmd]

I'm a perfect shot with a 30-30 but get lost in traffic in Madison.

Music to my ears!! BTW, just 'cuz I haven't been around here for awhile, doesn't mean that I don't get a pic of that bday....er union suit!!


lol


loop

 

[Rhoobarb]

how about the Gay bar... now that's a place with a name

Yeah, I had a boss who went to the UP and brought back dome beautiful pictures of the place. Among the beautiful pictures was one of the Gay Bar!

I've never been to the UP, Lorena. But my fiancee and I have talked to enough relatives and friends who have and we've seen enough literature that we decided we're going to spend our honeymoon there next September. We'll have to talk at the NHC in Cinci to get you to tell us any places not to miss!

 

[Yooper]

Yeah, I had a boss who went to the UP and brought back dome beautiful pictures of the place. Among the beautiful pictures was one of the Gay Bar!

I've never been to the UP, Lorena. But my fiancee and I have talked to enough relatives and friends who have and we've seen enough literature that we decided we're going to spend our honeymoon there next September. We'll have to talk at the NHC in Cinci to get you to tell us any places not to miss!

That's awesome! I'll start thinking of places that we love and give you a list in June.

Oh, yeah, I forgot about the Gay Bar. It's about 90 minutes from Upchuck's to the Gay Bar. There's something else kind of funny- on the way to Copper Harbor is the sign for the turnoff to Gay. Well, it just say GAY with an arrow. My son's friends think it's funny to stand next to the sign with an unknowing guy on that side. My son's best buddy is a 6'4'' football player. It is funny to have him sign on that side of the sign for the picture. (You might have to visualize that one).

 

[McCall St. Brewer]

Ah, the beautiful UP. My grandfather on my mother's side was from Calumet. He and the George Gipp (the famous "Gipper") were about the same age. Gipp lived right next door in Laurium. My grandfather thinks he may have played baseball against him.

My grandfather worked in the copper mines for a short time, but when there was a big accident of some sort in one of the mines he decided that was not the life for him. He got a job with the Milwaukee Road and moved to Green Bay, where he met and married my grandmother, and where my mother eventually was born.

I remember going to Calumet when I was in first grade. One of my mother's cousins was getting married. We had snow flurries on September 30th!

I also remember as a child that whenever my grandparents would go there they would bring back pasties and a case of Parkay margarine (back then to protect the dairy industry in Wisconsin it was illegal to sell colored margarine, so they had to "smuggle" it in from Michigan).

I think that most, if not all, of the relatives from Calumet that I knew have passed away. I don't get to the UP very often any more. A few years ago when I got re-married we honeymooned on Mackinac Island.

It's a beautiful place, Yooper. You are fortunate to live there (except when there is 10 feet of snow).

 

[dantodd]

I also remember as a child that whenever my grandparents would go there they would bring back pasties and a case of Parkay margarine (back then to protect the dairy industry in Wisconsin it was illegal to sell colored margarine, so they had to "smuggle" it in from Michigan).

That's funny, even as a kid in Michigan I still remember that there was a lot more "white margarine" than yellow. We called it oleo, I have no idea if there is any oleo available anymore.

 

[FEARDIZ]

That's awesome! I'll start thinking of places that we love and give you a list in June.

Oh, yeah, I forgot about the Gay Bar. It's about 90 minutes from Upchuck's to the Gay Bar. There's something else kind of funny- on the way to Copper Harbor is the sign for the turnoff to Gay. Well, it just say GAY with an arrow. My son's friends think it's funny to stand next to the sign with an unknowing guy on that side. My son's best buddy is a 6'4'' football player. It is funny to have him sign on that side of the sign for the picture. (You might have to visualize that one).

yep I can see it, making me laugh