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Feb 25, 2021 7:01 pm
THE DIRTY U.P. TRIP
I’m going to do something a bit different for this issue. Like I told you last time, I’m not very good at taking pictures. But I did my best when I was in the Upper to shovel the roof off my cabin over President’s Day weekend. Didn’t get much on the way up because we were in a whiteout the whole time, but them's the breaks. I’ll try to give a bit of commentary as I go. So without further ado, let’s get into it…
Here’s the cabin, roof freshly shoveled. If you look closely, you can see the deffer in the background.
She didn’t always have a fireplace. My dad and I added it around 2007 or so. I did all the stone work. Dad did the supervising, as usual. It never did draw right,
but it does what it's supposed to.
A view from another angle. It was my first time doing stone work, by the way. Not too shabby.
Kitchen. Everything wood you see (door, cabinets, drawers, table, chairs) was made by my old man.
How do you power an off-grid cabin?
With ten 155 amp hour telecom batteries charged by solar panels, of course.
Headed home. Lake Michigan along US-2. My favorite stretch of road, by far.
More US-2. Those little piles are frozen waves.
And more.
And more. A better look at those frozen waves, eh?
Stopped to grab a bite before we hit the Bridge and ran into a whole fleet of these.
It’s not uncommon to run into a prototype vehicle here in the Mitten state. They think the wrap can fool me...
A little bird told me Dodge has been working on a new midsize pickup. Six bucks says it's the Dakota reincarnated. Any takers?
Headed towards the Mighty Mac, the gateway to the Lower Peninsula and my home a few hours beyond.
And there she is. The Mackinac Bridge.
Sorry I didn't do better. The weather was pretty wild and I don't usually carry my phone me when I'm at the camp. We don't get signal, so it would be useless if I did. Either way, it's nice to take a break from screens, you know?
But if you need something for a screen...
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