[Magdalen] Time is -- uh ....

[Lynn Ronkainen]

April might be *interesting* weather Roger : ).... especially in the UP.
Where will you be before and after you cross the bridge (I'm assuming 'The 
Big Mack'?

Lynn

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From: "Roger Stokes" <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 6:40 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Time is -- uh ....

> On 03/11/2015 00:27, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
>> The UP/upper peninsula is the 'other' part of Michigan that is located 
>> between the Lakes Superior, Michigan and the top of Huron and between the 
>> state of Wisconsin to the west and Canada to the east.
>
> That's what I thought.  I hope to be there at the end of April before 
> making my way over the bridge to the rest of the State.
>
>> Isle Royal, almost to the Canadian Shore, in Lake Superior, is also part 
>> of Michigan. It is reachable by plane, ferry and private boat and is a 
>> State Park (famous for its study of wolves and moose). It is used for 
>> camping and most people 'pack' in and hike various trails across or 
>> around the island after they have been delivered by ferry or plane. 
>> There are a few cabins 'for rent' at the main boat landing point which 
>> require reservations which are sometimes doled out via a lottery system.
>>
>> Mackinac Island is also part of Michigan and located in the northern part 
>> of Lake Huron. It has no cars (with the exception of an EMC - emergency 
>> vehicle) and although open year round sees most of it's tourist traffic 
>> in summer and fall. People ride bikes there, and there are horse and 
>> buggy 'taxis'. There is a State Park there also in the footprint of a 
>> Fort from the American Revolution and the French and Indian wars (IIRC).
>
> I won't be visiting the islands but Mackinac Island sounds rather like 
> Sark in our Channel Islands.  The farmers are allowed tractors and the 
> ambulance is a trailer attached to a farm vehicle.  Access is by boat from 
> one of the other, larger Islands.
>
> Roger