Upper Peninsula tour-Say Ya To Da U.P. Eh?
"Over 140 players and coaches packed into six buses to make a journey across Michigan over the past week. Friday concluded their adventure with a visit to five different places across three counties."
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“We only have 10 players that have ever stepped foot in the U.P. before this,” Ablauf said. “We thought this trip would be a great educational opportunity as well as a lot of fun.”
And who does not like Oswald's Bear Ranch?
“We started off Friday by going to the Soo Locks, then up to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. Then we came down to Tahquamenon Falls and now we are here at Oswald’s Bear Ranch.”
Pretty sure all the bears there are rescues that can’t be returned to the wild, would you rather they just be killed?
i highly recommend Chamberlin's olde Forest inn in Curtis, michigan right on lake manistique. And yes my left side shift key is stuck.
We went on a Pictured Rocks boat cruise a week ago, and talked to the starting QB at Munising High, who interns with the cruise. He was to be on the boat with them. He and the town were pumped for this.
this warms my heart for some reason.
The UP is gorgeous - and they didn't even make it to the western half which is prettier still. What an awesome idea.
Sounds like some great sites. Any trip to Whitefish Point, has to involve a stop at Browns Fisheries Fishhouse just outside of Paradise. They sell fish and chips meals with whitefish they catch that day. When they run out of whitefish, they close up.
August 2nd, 2022 at 10:01 PM ^
Was up last week with my family at the family cabin. My dad was born and raised in Munusing. We bought 5 pounds for 9 people and downed it all. So good, fresh white fish!
It's beautiful UP there. My grandma is from Newberry, and we used to head up there and to Tahquamenon all the time.
Now you can see the benefits of home schooling.. they got a great education in history, geography, science and if they write about their experience they can get credit for English... probably some math in there too
Heading up there this fall on an extended road trip. I haven't been up there for over 40 years. Can't wait
You will have a great time. Went with my late wife last year and we saw a bunch of lighthouses. We were planning another trip this August. We were going to start at Pictured Rocks and go all the way up to Copper Harbor. I was really looking forward to it.
My sincere condolences, Dean.
When you are ready to do so, I recommend you consider taking that trip anyway and bring along family/children/sibling(s) or a close friend, taking the trip in remembrance of your dear wife.
Reading about a bunch of trolls’ trips to the UP is pretty amusing. So many of you guys flexing about your experiences in the UP. You make a trip outside of the city and you act like you’ve conquered the world.
Who took a pee in your Wheaties, Yooper?
In my own defense, 'UPMichigan':
I've been traveling to the UP each of the last 5 years and numerous other times prior to this too. Over the last several years I've taken a greater interest in family history/genealogy and plan to continue this by finally taking a visit soon to the MTU library and their extensive mining archives. This spring and summer, prior to my planned stop at Tech, I've spent a bit of time in contact with a couple of the earliest Catholic parishes in Houghton and Calumet and gotten some good ancestral info (baptismal records, etc) as a result of my efforts.
My family roots are UP there: my great grandfather came from Germany in 1857 and was among the early copper mine workers, putting his home and barn-building skills to good use, both in construction and in laying timbers as the mining companies dug deeper and deeper in the Calumet area mines. After finding work in the UP, he wrote back to family in Germany and in 1863 three brothers and some other relatives left Deutschland for the UP to join him. One brother was a blacksmith, another a wagon-maker, and the third also a builder; together they played a small but important role in the early settlement and growth of Red Jacket (now known as Calumet) and the Houghton-Hancock area. I suspect (but haven't been able to find evidence yet) that my great grandfather may have helped on the construction of the earliest mining country Catholic church buildings in the early 1860's.
To this day I still have distant relatives in that part of the state. Exploring the fun stuff that I've mentioned in other posts is just icing on the cake to me.
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In defense of other MGo Users: I know of several on the board who have also posted in the past about family roots in the UP and other who have themselves lived UP there.
Not sure if you're serious in your criticism of "trolls" who have posted in this thread, but whether or not you are named Francis, maybe lighten up a bit?
By the way, UPM, it wasn't me who negged you earlier, but I just did now for two reasons: 1) negging my above reply, and
2) then upvoting yourself.
Tit-for-tat, sad to say, because you're someone I have often upvoted prior to now.
There were some pretty friendly bears at the Necto back in the day, also.