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| /images/13222-12673/41.jpg">MICHIGAN'S VISTAS ARE DIFFERENT BUT NO LESS BEAUTIFUL THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY/images/13222-12673/HANCOCK_MICHIGAN.jpg">HANCOCK MICHIGAN./images/13222-12673/EARLY_FALL.jpg">THAT'S RIGHT! THE TREES ARE BEGINNING TO CHANGE IN THE KEWEENAW...../images/13222-12673/SUPERIOR_2.jpg">THE LEGEND LIVES ON FROM THE CHIPPEWA ON DOWN, OF THE BIG LAKE THEY CALL GITCHEGOOMIE/images/13222-12673/GAY.jpg">DIDN'T GO THERE/images/13222-12673/BUICK_SNOW_PLOW.jpg">I SWEAR THAT THIS IS THE FIRST 1955 BUICK FOUR WHEEL DRIVESNOW PLOW I HAVE EVER SEEN. THIS WAS LOCATED AT A PLACECALLED "YOOPER TOURIST TRAP" I LOVED THE HONESTY OF THE PLACE./images/13222-12673/WHAT.jpg">UH.... THIS PLACE HAS EVERYTHING......... WELL, ALMOST EVERYTHING...... WELL, PRETTY DAMN NEAR EVERYTHING./images/13222-12673/YOOPER_SNOW_MACHINE.jpg">THE YOOPER TOURIST TRAP SNOW BLOWER. WITH A 24 HORSE POWER ENGINE. IT APPARANTLY REALLY ... |
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| REMEMBER ONLY YOU CAN HELP COMBAT OVARIAN CANCER CHECKS TO:GAIL PURTAN FUND KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE 4100 JOHN R DETROIT, MI 482011-800-527-6266"IN MEMORY OF MARY LOGSDON" - IN NOTE SECTION OF CHECK AUGUST 17, 2006 - "I have my ship and all her flags are a flyin'She is all that I have left and music is her name.." Houghton Michigan is an interesting "College" town. It has all the requisite trendy stores, some of which have absolutely NO business staying in business. I guess it seems "too cool" when you and your friends go into the ... |
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| /images/13222-12673/REMINDS_ME_OF_OLD_MAIN.jpg">THIS IS NOT "OLD MAIN" ON THE CAMPUS OF WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, BUT IT IS A VERY IMPOSING BUILDINGON THE HILLSIDES OF DULUTH MINNESOTA/images/13222-12673/DOWNTOWN_DULUTH.jpg">DOWNTOWN DULUTH SORT OF REMINDS ME OF (DARE I SAY IT) ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN/images/13222-12673/DULUTH_HILLSIDES.jpg">THIS REMINDS ME MORE OF SEATTLE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE. THIS IS DULUTH SUBURBS/images/13222-12673/FREIGHTER.jpg">THIS FREIGHTER WAS PARKED ILLEGALLY, BUT NO ONE HAD THE BALLS TO TELL HIM TO MOVE./images/13222-12673/CONSTRUCTION_SIGN.jpg">KIDS!!!!!!!!! FUNNY KIDS, BUT HOOLIGANS, JUST THE SAME./images/13222-12673/SHADOW.jpg">I THOUGHT I WOULD SHOW YOU HOW I HAVE TAKEN 99% OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS DURING THIS TRIP./images/13222-12673/PROBLEM_SOLVED.jpg">SOMEPLACE IN WISCONSIN. THIS GUY HAD AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM AND THE WHEREWITHAL TO GET ... |
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| REMEMBER ONLY YOU CAN HELP COMBAT OVARIAN CANCER CHECKS TO:GAIL PURTAN FUND KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE 4100 JOHN R DETROIT, MI 482011-800-527-6266"IN MEMORY OF MARY LOGSDON" - IN NOTE SECTION OF CHECK AUGUST 16, 2006 - "LIFE'S A JOURNEY, NOT A DESTINATION…." Most of you are going to wonder what got into my breakfast this morning. I have to add to my "must revisit list". I will offer a review of those places that I would love to revisit, in no particular order. I would like to revisit Charleston, S.C., Key West, Fl., San Antonio, Tx., ... |
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| /images/13222-12673/ANDYS_HARLEY.jpg">ANDY'S HARLEY DAVIDSON IS NOT A POSH PLACE, BUT IT IS A COMPETANT PLACE. NO FRILLS HERE, BUT SOLIDSALES AND SERVICE ARE TO BE HAD WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE DOOR./images/13222-12673/METZLER_DESTROYED_AT_70.jpg">PICTURE OF A REAR TIRE THAT FAILED AT 70 MPH. NOTE THAT THE TIRE OBVIOUSLY ATE SOMETHING IT DIDN'TLIKE VERY WELL AT ALL. THE BIKE SURVIVED THE BLOWOUT, AND I DID AS WELL./images/13222-12673/METZLER_CLOSE_UP.jpg">CLOSER LOOK AT THE DESTRUCTION. YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE INTERNAL CORDS AND WIRES THAT MAKE UP THETIRE CARCASS. IT WAS A PRETTY BIG HIT./images/13222-12673/LEFT_SIDE_OF_ROUTE_2.jpg">PINE FORRESTS LINED ROUTE 2 FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. I BEGAN TO BE ... |
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| REMEMBER ONLY YOU CAN HELP COMBAT OVARIAN CANCER CHECKS TO:GAIL PURTAN FUND KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE 4100 JOHN R DETROIT, MI 482011-800-527-6266"IN MEMORY OF MARY LOGSDON" - IN NOTE SECTION OF CHECK AUGUST 15, 2006 - "COUNTRY ROADS, TAKE ME HOME, TO A PLACE, I BELONG…." Breakfast was at 9:30 this morning, because I couldn't do anything until after 11:00. It would take that long for the service tech to see into the engine and determine the course of action. At 11:30 AM, the Andy's Harley Service Mgr., Jim, called to say that the bike would ... |
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| /images/13222-12673/STRANDED_ON_ROUTE_2.jpg">HERE IS THE EASTBOUND TRAVELER PLOTTING HIS NEXT MOVE, WHICH IS, WAIT FOR THE TOW TRUCK./images/13222-12673/LOADED_1.jpg">LOADING THE TRUCK WITH THE SICK HOG AND TRAILER. THE ASSISTANT TOOK THIS ONE./images/13222-12673/MASTER.jpg">GOT THE ASSISTANT TO TAKE THIS ONE TOO. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I DECIDED TO POSE LIKE THIS. I GUESS IWAS LOOKING FOR EVEN SMALL VICTORIES. LIKE, SUCCESSFULLY LOADING THE RIG ON THE TRUCK. YAAAAAAAAY !!!!!!/images/13222-12673/elk_5.jpg">THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE THRILL OF A LIFETIME JUST TO SEE ONE ELK, ESPECIALLY ONE OF THIS STATURE./images/13222-12673/elk_1.jpg">TO SEE FOUR OF THESE BEASTIES WOULD HAVE BEEN UNHEARD OF./images/13222-12673/elk_4.jpg">THIS LOOKED LIKE A FOREST OF DEAD TREES ... |
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| REMEMBER ONLY YOU CAN HELP COMBAT OVARIAN CANCER CHECKS TO:GAIL PURTAN FUND KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE 4100 JOHN R DETROIT, MI 482011-800-527-6266"IN MEMORY OF MARY LOGSDON" - IN NOTE SECTION OF CHECK AUGUST 14, 2006 - "FROM MEMPHIS TO MOBILE, FROM NACHEZ TO ST. JOE, I'VE BEEN IN SOME BIG TOWNS…" After leaving Minot, the morning was pretty uneventful, until I got just past Rugby, which I will mention later in this narrative but for different reasons. I was booking along Route 2, when off to the right, I saw a stand of dead trees. Wait ... |
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| MEDS HAVE BEEN FOUND."FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST, GREAT GOD ALMIGHTY, I'M FREE AT LAST!!" Dr. M. King and M. LogsdonMORE TO FOLLOW LATER. ... |
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| /images/13222-12673/PIPER_J3.jpg">THIS 1939 PIPER J3 CUB HAS BEEN IMPECCABLY RESTORED. TICKETS (ONLY 2,000) AT $50.00 EACH HAVE BEENSOLD AS A FUNDRAISER FOR THIS AIRMUSEUM. I WAS UNABLE TO PURHCASE A TICKET. THEY SOLD THE LAST OFTHEM LAST WEEK. IT WAS PROBABLY THE DAY AFTER I ARRIVED./images/13222-12673/RED_AIRPLANE.jpg">ANOTHER RESTORED AND FLYABLE EARLY PRIVATE AIRCRAFT. I WOULDN'T MIND GETTING BACK INTO FLYING IF I COULD HAVE ONE OF THESE./images/13222-12673/THUD.jpg">THIS AIRCRAFT GOT INTO SERVICE SHORTLY AFTER WORLDWAR I I. THIS AIRCRAFT DATES TO 1949, BUT SAW EXTENSIVE SERVICE IN VIETNAM AS A CLOSE AIR SUPPORT AIRCRAFT. THIS WAS A FAVORITE OF PILOTS. IT WAS A ... |
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