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| Just across the Mackinaw Bridge heading north. June 6th - are we Yoopers yet? |
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| Approaching the Soo locks and International Bridge |
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| Whitefish at Locks View Restaurant, Sault Ste Marie |
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| Valley Camp Ship Museum - outstanding exhibits of the Soo area and the UP |
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| All aboard for the Agawa Canyon Tour, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario |
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| Agawa Canyon locomotive |
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| Centennial Cranberry Farm in woods of Paradise |
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| Tahquamenon Upper Falls |
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| Tree uprooted by wind and rain during the night; no one injured in the squished pop-up camper. |
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| UP from the driver's seat |
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| Ishpeming Cliff iron mine - one of many, many shafts that dot the UP |
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| Truck used in mining at Ishpeming |
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| Rescue bucket in Maritime Museum, Marquette - in many other museums, too. |
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| Deer feeding at Presque Isle Park in Marquette |
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| St. Johns Abbey on Lake Superior north of Eagle River at Jacob's Falls |
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| Fort Wilkins at Copper Harbor |
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| A bird's eye view on Brockway Road |
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| Houghton City RV Park: our front yard on the Portage River |
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| Enlarge this picture to see the leftover rock design and sandstone building used as NP Hdq |
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| Snow plow - we do not want to be anywhere this is needed! |
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| Big Chief Hiawatha in Ironwood/Bessemer MI city park |
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| A clear day view of Big Mac built in 1959 |
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| On the low end - down 21 feet from Superior to Huron - of the Soo locks during the Soo Boat Tour |
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| Mining at the Canadian locks of the Soo |
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| Upbound 21' from Huron to Superior - took 15 minutes. Lake Superior is 600' above sea level. |
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| Paul in the engine room |
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| One of many lakes in the pristine wilderness along the Agawa Canyon Tour |
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| Canadian Bush Plane Museum in the Soo, ON |
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| Pictured Rocks National Seashore |
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| Waterfalls abound in Munising |
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| Train loading iron ore in Marquette for the Cleveland Cliff Iron Co. |
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| Old City Hall on Washington St., Marquette |
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| Closest we'll get to the real thing since thimbleberries ripen in late July. This is a live plant. |
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| Copper Harbor Post Office |
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| The beginning of US 41 - at the top of Keweenaw Peninsula in the UP of MI |
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| Quincy Mine Hoist |
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| Quincy Mine tram - 50 degree incline to underground mine |
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| Dennis explaining the one man drill after we are 1/2 mile into the mine |
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| Park near Bessemer and Ironwood, MI |
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| Just one of the flowing waterfalls in the UP near Bessemer |
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| Little Girls Park along the shores of Lake Superior |
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