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Offline rcannon

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Marquette,Mi
« on: August 23, 2015, 09:18:35 pm »
That is a beautiful place this time of year. I spent last week up there. It's right on Lake Superior in the upper peninsula.
I met a few beeks in the plant there. They are all getting ready for winter, as its already cooling off. It was 46*f Friday morning when I left.
Their bees should have plenty of pollen, the goldenrod was blooming everywhere.

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Re: Marquette,Mi
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2015, 06:37:42 am »
It is beautiful there ANY time of year. Fishing in the lake east of town is good most of the time. Snowmobiling in the winter doesn't get much better. Same with cross country skiing. Deer hunting isn't so good a few bad winters and Wolves have hurt the deer heard badly.


For rainy days.

•Marquette Maritime Museum & Lighthouse
•Upper Peninsula Children's Museum
•Marquette Regional History Center
•Iron Ore Heritage Trail, maybe not this one.

Any day in the summer or after ice out.
 •Biking
•Fishing
•Trails
•Water Sports


A fall view.




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Re: Marquette,Mi
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2015, 02:51:32 pm »
That's cool rcannon.  The UP is on my bucket list along with Montreal, Canada and Niagra Falls. 

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Re: Marquette,Mi
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2015, 08:21:48 pm »
I really wanted to visit the Maritime Museum, but they are only open from 10:00-4:00. I couldn't make it at those hours. I'll be going back in November,so I'll get to see it late fall/early winter.

Bakers dozen, my bucket list consists of seeing the Grand Canyon and diving the Great Barrier Reef. I hope to do both of these one day. I'm not getting any younger.

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Re: Marquette,Mi
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2015, 05:51:48 am »
My bucket list is about all filled, Always wanted to see Mackinaw island in the summer, Haven't yet. 
Deer hunt Anticosti island, that one will never happen I am afraid.

You go again in the summer go east to Munising and go on the picture rocks tour. Either the boat or rent a Kayaks and do it your self.

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Re: Marquette,Mi
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2015, 11:50:58 am »
"go east to Munising and go on the picture rocks tour. Either the boat or rent a Kayaks and do it your self."

.............. :yes:
and porcupine mountains state park, ontanagon.............
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Re: Marquette,Mi
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2015, 12:57:28 pm »
Porkie pine Mountian a large hill over look, not special in my book I have been in the Rockies. I have seen Butte Montana at night from the pass.

Maybe if you were a highing back pack camper.


Go south down Hy Way 41 to Rapid river turn left on US 2 take it to the Garden turn off Pass thru Garden and go to Fayette state park and enjoy the day exploreing a ghost town where they once smelted Pig iron.


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Re: Marquette,Mi
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2015, 01:07:29 pm »
"Porkie pine Mountian a large hill over look, not special in my book I have been in the Rockies. I have seen Butte Montana at night from the pass."

butte montana?  lol, grew up in western montana. did you see butte before they carved it out or after? (mining pit)
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Re: Marquette,Mi
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2015, 08:40:53 pm »
1981 summer time.  There was a pass in western Washington where you came off the mountain and cross a bridge over the Columbia river where the wind would hit the truck and push it side way one whole lane if you were slacking it.

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Re: Marquette,Mi
« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2015, 12:24:06 am »
Yep Beautiful! Have a Cabin in Gwinn just south of there and next Friday I'll be Backpacking and Fishing the Porcupine Mountains for a week!
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