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Spent some time in the central part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula over the past few days. The fall colors hadn't yet peaked -- I was a week too early -- but were still deece in some areas. The weather changed about every five minutes, which is par for the course up there. From my time there, the temps ranged from the mid 40s to the low 70s.

Mackinac Bridge


Just before the bridge in the lower peninsula is Mackinaw City. If you're old and you like fudge, you'll probably love Mackinaw City.

Wienerlicious. One of the fine dining establishments in the area.



The town of Munising, about a 2.5 hour drive northwest after you cross the bridge. The home of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore where I spent some time hiking.



Driving to the shore.



About a 5 mile walk through the woods to get to the lake shore.






Lake Superior. Note the lack of earth curvature. Hmmm.



Random tree on a rock












Trail gets pretty close to the edge. Probly wouldn't want to do this drunk.












Marquette, the largest city in the UP. Watched some college football here. It's a pretty cool town with several bar/restaurant options though this pic doesn't really show it.



Overlooking Marquette



Heading to Tahquamenon State Park in Paradise, MI, 2.5 hrs east of Marquette.

Very nice

Very beautiful country, nice pics.

"Yeah, that's nice and all, but...
...does it smell like urine?
No? Pass."



Sincerely, Milton

Nice pics.

We're still in the 90s here, a non-global warming mid-October heat wave.

Here's our fall color:

Beautiful pics, Mgoo.

Wonder how long before the usual left coast scenery snobs chime in to yawn at it. Those cliffs are pretty cool. You should jump off one and get it on video.

Mikey wrote:Nice pics.

We're still in the 90s here, a non-global warming mid-October heat wave.

Here's our fall color:

flames, red and blue bandanas. That is "socal foliage colors".

smackaholic wrote:Beautiful pics, Mgoo.

Wonder how long before the usual left coast scenery snobs chime in to yawn at it. Those cliffs are pretty cool. You should jump off one and get it on video.

Sorry, got my beautiful left coast scenery pic in before you had a chance to loosen your panties.

We're not all mtool out here, you know.

smackaholic wrote:Those cliffs are pretty cool. You should jump off one and get it on video.

Yeah that seems like a really good plan.

Jump off one of those cliffs, then swim back to the beach and climb right out.

smackaholic wrote:Wonder how long before the usual left coast scenery snobs chime in to yawn at it.

If the bridge pic doesn't bring a certain someone back... probly safe to assume he's dead.

Mikey wrote:

smackaholic wrote:Beautiful pics, Mgoo.

Wonder how long before the usual left coast scenery snobs chime in to yawn at it. Those cliffs are pretty cool. You should jump off one and get it on video.

Sorry, got my beautiful left coast scenery pic in before you had a chance to loosen your panties.

We're not all mtool out here, you know.

You're not who I was talking about mikey. Your pics are cool as they have a bit of comedy added. The rest of you left coast douchebags should take notes, except for toolio. You should just kill yourself by whatever method works.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:

smackaholic wrote:Wonder how long before the usual left coast scenery snobs chime in to yawn at it.

If the bridge pic doesn't bring a certain someone back... probly safe to assume he's dead.

Yeah, you'd think Mgo could at least find an archive pic of that bridge with some fog enshrouding (is that a word?) the towers.

smackaholic wrote:

Mikey wrote:

smackaholic wrote:Beautiful pics, Mgoo.

Wonder how long before the usual left coast scenery snobs chime in to yawn at it. Those cliffs are pretty cool. You should jump off one and get it on video.

Sorry, got my beautiful left coast scenery pic in before you had a chance to loosen your panties.

We're not all mtool out here, you know.

You're not who I was talking about mikey. Your pics are cool as they have a bit of comedy added. The rest of you left coast douchebags should take notes, except for toolio. You should just kill yourself by whatever method works.

Just fucking with you, man.

Here are some REAL cliffs, BTW.

Mikey wrote:

smackaholic wrote:Those cliffs are pretty cool. You should jump off one and get it on video.

Yeah that seems like a really good plan.

Jump off one of those cliffs, then swim back to the beach and climb right out.

I made the assumption his uhhh, partner would come along and get it on video. Just make sure he has your login info ahead of time. The jump off that cliff could be your last. There must be some places there where the locals/really stupid tourists can jump off and survive. How deep is the water? How many miles would you have to swim to find a point along shore where you can climb out?

Cell phone cameras don't capture height very well, those cliffs are higher than they appear there. You go over that edge, you're most likely gonzo. Even if you survive the splat there's really no place to swim to, and even if there is, hypothermia is gonna set in soon.

Great PET. I was up in the UP for a day a few summers ago and it was excellent. I'll have to make sure to make a longer trip there next time.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:

So how was the food at the soup kitchen?

Excellent job, Mgo!

The place looks like a ghost town. Does anyone actually live there? :?

Beautiful country!

I would figure the mention of Weinerlicious and fudge would have Toolio running to this thread with pics of The Castro District.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:Cell phone cameras don't capture height very well, those cliffs are higher than they appear there. You go over that edge, you're most likely gonzo. Even if you survive the splat there's really no place to swim to, and even if there is, hypothermia is gonna set in soon.

They capture it well enough. I would guess that the trees on top are typical 60-80 ft tall trees, so the cliffs must be north of one hundred feet.

Jsc810 wrote:He tells me that there is snow there for about 6 months out of the year. That is hard to understand.

Let me help you.

It starts snowing right around now. The last of it melts somewhere in april, maybe may.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael wrote:The place looks like a ghost town. Does anyone actually live there? :?

Marquette has a population of around 22,000. It's in a nice setting and there's enough going on downtown that you can bar hop and have a good time. It's a mix of locals and tourists. It's also home to Northern Michigan University. If you need skyscrapers and 50 different brewpubs then it's probably not the place for you. I could live there.

smackaholic wrote:

Mikey wrote:

smackaholic wrote:Those cliffs are pretty cool. You should jump off one and get it on video.

Yeah that seems like a really good plan.

Jump off one of those cliffs, then swim back to the beach and climb right out.

I made the assumption his uhhh, partner would come along and get it on video. Just make sure he has your login info ahead of time. The jump off that cliff could be your last. There must be some places there where the locals/really stupid tourists can jump off and survive. How deep is the water? How many miles would you have to swim to find a point along shore where you can climb out?

Looks to be at least as high or more then the Golden Gate Bridge where people jump to off themselves. Now, if only mstoolio and Ltard could take a lovers-leap... Win-Win.

Nice PET, btw.

smackaholic wrote:It starts snowing right around now. The last of it melts somewhere in april, maybe may.

It was 73 degrees when I left yesterday afternoon. The only thing that's for certain is Dec, Jan, Feb, and most of March, are going to be brutal. Personally, I think it's good to live in a place that weeds out the weather pussies/pussies in general.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:

smackaholic wrote:Personally, I think it's good to live in a place that weeds out the weather pussies/pussies in general.

^^^^^ Gets it.

Diego in Seattle wrote:

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:

smackaholic wrote:Personally, I think it's good to live in a place that weeds out the weather pussies/pussies in general.

^^^^^ Gets it.

Yeah I heard you never saw a pussy that didn't scare you away.

Better get the batteries in your hearing aid replaced, old timer.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:Personally, I think it's good to live in a place that weeds out the weather pussies/pussies in general.

Yeah, but fat, fugly women fill that vacuum.

Nice PET, btw.

Jsc810 wrote: He tells me that there is snow there for about 6 months out of the year. That is hard to understand.

It snows longer than that up there. They often get snow into May.

Great stuff, Mgo!

Love it.

So Cal snob checking in saying how much I love these pics and would visit in a heartbeat.

CT can get snow 6, maybe 7 months a year. I would think yuppers could see snow 7 or 8 months.

trev wrote:...and would visit in a heartbeat.

Perfect! I'm free this weekend!

You're not too high maintenance for the Comfort Inn, right? I'm kinda cheap.

Or we can just "rough it" in the woods.

Atomic Punk wrote: Looks to be at least as high or more then the Golden Gate Bridge

If by "at least," you meant "a fraction," then you're right.

Nice PET, MaGoo.

I drove over the Appalachians today... leaves were just starting to turn. But unlike yours, my few pics totally suck.

Dinsdale wrote:

Atomic Punk wrote: Looks to be at least as high or more then the Golden Gate Bridge

If by "at least," you meant "a fraction," then you're right.

A "fraction" is possible for any comparison not being equal.

For example: The Golden Gate Bridge is the most popular suicide spot in the world on average, people jump from the bridge once every two weeks. A person jumping from the highest point on the bridge will drop 245 feet before plunging into the frigid San Francisco Bay waters below. The impact from that fall kills 98 percent of all jumpers.

So how many feet off are you talking there dins?

I doubt it's more than 150' or so, but without perspective or standard objects to compare, we're getting into poptart territory, so I'll just let it go.

Dinsdale wrote:I doubt it's more than 150' or so, but without perspective or standard objects to compare, we're getting into poptart territory, so I'll just let it go.

So those trees on top of the cliffs are all 5 to 10 feet tall? When Mg0 was walking through the cliff trail, they certainly looked a lot taller.

No, you are getting into back pedal territory, especially trying to discredit me with pops... go ahead and bail.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:. The only thing that's for certain is Dec, Jan, Feb, and most of March, are going to be brutal. Personally, I think it's good to live in a place that weeds out the weather pussies/pussies in general.

Don't know about that, it sounds great till you've done it (not that I have). But living in a place like that, you're on your own in winter, you're not going anywhere. You'd most likely go a bit wonky.

I think dins is pretty close at 150'. Doubt it is quite GGB high. Mgoo, it is your scientific duty to jump off and have someone video it. We can have poptart or one of the other board scientist calculate the height.

Dinsdale wrote:I doubt it's more than 150' or so,

I agree.

but without perspective or standard objects to compare, we're getting into poptart territory...

Nonsense. We have a consensus.

smackaholic wrote:I think dins is pretty close at 150'.

There you go. The debate is over. The science is settled.