[GeoStL] Re: NGR: Finding Bigfoot

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We are not from St Louis originally.  My mothers side
is from Northern Wisconsin and her side are the ones
in the UP.  Some are contractors (Martineau & Morris)
and some are professors at Michigan Tech.

Jeff
--- tnsl <sydstyr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> -
> I guess I really don't know you well enough to ask
> if they would be the 
> slackers or the workers eh?
> 
> We were told by several people (the guy who owns the
> ice cream shop and the 
> lady who owns the ferry) that someone from St.Louis
> moved up there and built 
> a $3 million bed and breakfast and antique store. 
> Based on how they 
> described it, where it is etc. We THINK it may be
> this place here: 
> http://www.dapple-gray.com/ we think ...
> Are these your relatives too ...  'cuz???  LOL
> 
> Nancy
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Weymouth" <wey6567@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 5:50 PM
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: NGR: Finding Bigfoot
> 
> 
> > -
> > Nancy,
> >
> > Some of the people that you mentioned may have
> been
> > some of my relatives.  We have a number of
> relatives
> > that live between Houghton and Copper Harbor.  The
> > number 1 place for Pasties is a small store in
> > Laurium.  I have spent many weeks over the years
> in
> > the UP sledding during the winters.  It is a
> beautiful
> > place year round.
> >
> > Glad you enjoyed your time up north.
> >
> > Jeff
> > --- tnsl <sydstyr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> -
> >> Yeah ..  that's right. WHAT was I thinking.. HOW
> >> could I confuse -baga
> >> with -barb.  Oh wait.. let me think... both are
> able
> >> to produce icky shivers
> >> in a single bite.
> >>
> >> I can't believe you guys LIKE those things.
> Eeeewww
> >> .  We had them at
> >> Muldoons in Munising-- voted NUMBER ONE pasty in
> all
> >> of daUP. (Everything in
> >> the UP has a #1 designation of some kind.)  The
> >> sweet ones filled with a
> >> half bushel of apples and several pounds of sugar
> >> weren't too bad. The crust
> >> was awesome.  Ate the crust and then used the
> >> filling, which still held the
> >> crescent shape on it's own, independent of the
> >> crust, as a tie out weight
> >> for big yellow dog.  Worked like a charm.
> >>
> >> We had Wal-Mart chemical infused rib-eyes cooked
> on
> >> an open flame, Keweenaw
> >> Mountain Lodge steak and a variety sandwhiches
> and
> >> food from crockpots in
> >> Copper Harbor.   "The" place to eat in
> EagleHarbor
> >> was closed. That was ok
> >> because we were full from the single can of soda
> and
> >> bag of coconut
> >> haystacks split 4 ways  picked up at the  mine 
> LOL.
> >>   That was just enough
> >> energy to fill our pockets full on unusual-to-us
> >> lake shore rocks.
> >>
> >> We had no idea really what to expect when we
> headed
> >> north, but now I want
> >> EVERYONE to vacation along the southern shore of
> >> Lake Superior at least
> >> once.  I think any one of the 4 of us (mean dog
> >> included) would go back at
> >> any time. Beautiful beaches, friendly people,
> >> swarming, biting, flies. ..  I
> >> may have posted this here .. but ..  "the" guy
> who
> >> owns "the" gas station
> >> and "the" dive shop in Copper Harbor even offered
> my
> >> husband a job as a
> >> snowmobile groomer LOL.  He's also "the" groomer
> >> boss. They need five and
> >> have four -- one is lazy and goes two hours into
> the
> >> trail, sleeps 4 hours
> >> and then comes back; and another just can't get
> the
> >> hang of parking the
> >> finicky grooming machine and every time he pulls
> >> over to do something
> >> ("rest" or retrieve a casualty) he forgets to
> park
> >> it up hill.If it's not
> >> parked up hill then it won't start,  so has to
> call
> >> for help.  "The" guy
> >> assured hubby that you can make a good living at
> it
> >> (they groom 20/24 hours
> >> a day) and he would probably, in no time,be "Head
> >> Groomer".  Of course the
> >> Copper Harbor winter population is 24 and this
> year
> >> THREE of those 24 will
> >> be students in the one room school house. 
> Usually,
> >> if someone brings their
> >> camper to stay in he can hook them up with a spot
> to
> >> park it, otherwise,
> >> someone is usually glad to rent a cabin and most
> >> prices include enough wood
> >> to last the winter.
> >>
> >> There were some awesome caches up there that got
> us
> >> out to points that we
> >> would never have found all on our own. We were
> >> surprised at the several that
> >> were also placed on private property one had a 
> ROT
> >> 13 message of
> >> "Geocachers Permitted" under the "No Trespassing
> >> Signs."
> >>
> >> Nancy
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Weymouth" <wey6567@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 2:04 PM
> >> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: NGR: Finding Bigfoot
> >>
> >>
> >> > -
> >> > That Pasty does not contain rhubard, it
> contains
> >> > rutabaga.  Pasties are good.  I can remember
> many
> >> > times stopping in Laurium or Calumet, picking
> up
> >> some
> >> > pasties and heading north to either Eagle
> Harbor
> >> or
> >> > Copper Harbor for a picnic of pasties and a
> swim
> >> in
> >> > Lake Superior.  It is part of the UP.
> >> >
> >> > Jeff
> >> > --- tnsl <sydstyr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> -
> >> >> I think those were all wiped out with the
> >> invention
> >> >> of the pasty --a
> >> >> practically inedible glop of meat, potatoes,
> and
> >> >> everyone's favorite:
> >> >> rhubarb cooked  in a hand held  flaky pastry
> >> shell.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >
>
http://www.pastyman.com/images/large/eating-pasty.jpg
> >> >>
> >> >>  Left overs were thrown into the garbage and
> >> >> scavenged by the now never seen
> >> >> Hodags -- which could also explain the lack of
> >> bears
> >> >> and Bigfeet -- all
> >> >> wiped out by gastrointestinal distress from
> >> >> indigestible pastys. Good thing,
> 
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