Nora's Story

[Pizza Man]

Nora,
Thanks for the great story about your trip to the Island.
It was very interesting.
My wife and I took her mom up there for a color ride and also had a great time.
Left our home in Kiel, Wi on Saturday morning and drove up to Hancock. Stayed at the Super 8 and had great pizza from the tavern down the street.
Left there Sunday morning and drove up to Copper Harbor for breakfast. Then went to the top of Brockway for viewing and pics.
Headed back home later that afternoon.
I still have some pic of our first snowmobile ride up there in Dec 1979( year of the big snow) that I would like to get to John. I guess I'll mail them.

 

[pez]

yes, great journal. Fun and interesting read! Thank you for sharing.

 

[frnash]

Wow Nora, what a story! And what a thrill that must have been!

Your mention of "Sheriff Ida" and the "City of the Bangor" set me to scrounging up some "City of Bangor" history from PastyCam[SUP]1[/SUP], so here 'tis:

1. PastyCam Sunday, October 21, 2001: "A Shipwreck remembered".
2. From the link in #1 above, Exploring the North's[SUP]1[/SUP] City of Bangor page.
3. PastyCam Sunday, March 5, 2006: "City of Bangor's inventory".
4. PastyCam Sunday, December 5, 2010: "Crew digging out" and "Crew acting up".

And just for good measure, for Willh and others dreaming of a snowy winter in da UP (From the year of the City of Bangor" event), yes it can snow like this!:

5. PastyCam Sunday, December 12, 2010: "Near Albion Station, 1926".

The winter of the City of Bangor incident, the Copper Country got lots of snow.

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These are some great resources for folks interested in the UP ("noobs" included):
([SUP]1[/SUP]) The Pasty Cam[SUP]SM[/SUP]

A daily journal of Michigan's Upper Peninsula

([SUP]2[/SUP]) EXPLORING THE NORTH:

Explore the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
The Upper Peninsula and Northern Wisconsin Traveler
A Traveler's Guide to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Northern Wisconsin,
exploring places to stay and go, things to see and do.

 

[gaderator]

What a wonderful experience and interesting story Nora. It's going to be a long wait until the next installment. Good thing it's Thursday already.

 

[ohiosledder]

Thanks for taking us along on your adventure, very interesting. Looking forward to part 2.