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I’d only ever known of Presque Isle, Maine, until a sister-in-law in Chicago was talking about her trip to Presque Isle, which confused me since I didn’t know she’d gone to Maine. No, it was Michigan. Huh. So now you tell me there’s another one in Pennsylvania. Huh.
3 years agoMemory is so strange. I’ve been struggling to remember this, and then suddenly it came back to me on this evening’s walk.
3 years agoRegarding your assessment of the Porcupine Mountains: RIGHT ON! It's a great backpacking destination too, and I've spent quite a few nights in the backcountry. Plus, it's got all the bears, mosquitoes, and deer flies you could ever hope for. And leeches in the interior lakes. That kind of freaked me out after a quick swim one evening.
3 years agoLittle known fact - A favorite pastime of frogs is to photo bomb.
3 years agoI'm also familiar with the Presque Isle Park of Upper Michigan. It's gorgeous. A bit west is the Porcupine Mts. Park which has the gorgeous Presque Isle River flowing right though its middle and emptying into Lake Superior. Two of my favorite places.
3 years agoSumac
3 years agoAs a former resident of Marquette, Michigan, I am very familiar with the other Presque Isle. It extends into Lake Superior like the Pennsylvania Presque Isle juts out into Lake Erie. (It's a lot smaller though.) The Michigan version has some great views and some cool cliffs from which you can dive into the always-frigid water of Lake Superior.
3 years agoHi Rachael and Scott,
We are liking your style of riding, we are thinking eventually we'll start doing more short tours, and then exploring with unloaded bikes like you guys do.
And Happy Anniversary tomorrow!
Racpat
I went to using neck strings or whatever they are called to keep from losing my glasses, but kept breaking off earpieces, then tried taking off earpieces and replacing them with strings about 15 years or more ago. Haven't "looked back!"
3 years agoWishful thinking, but it prompted us to conduct one last search. No glasses, but we did find the missing bicycle gloves!
3 years agoYes. I’m sorry now that we didn’t test it out.
3 years agoYep. That’s what drew me to stop and pull out the camera.
3 years agoYes, and menacing - especially the one on the right giving me the evil eye. I was glad they weren’t closer by the road.
3 years agoYup. Barn swallows are beautiful if you can ever get a really good look at them. This one was unusually still and cooperative, but the lighting was awkward. I had time to take six or seven shots, each a bit better, until my luck ran out.
3 years ago
What? Another one? I don’t think this is the one from that poster though. It’s just a city. Odd choice of name for it.
3 years ago