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Sahara
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 Posted: 07/03/03 - 10:01 Post subject: Reflections of a trip through Michigan
Only four turns needed to get to Marshall, Michigan for a cousin's wedding... right, left, right, and right. No lie. The interstate systems of roads are wonderful things.
I chuckled when we turned onto I-69. chuckling as I type too.
When Michigan natives give directions they tell you to turn north at 11 Mile Road. I had to look to see which way the sun was setting to find north. They can give those kinds of instructions because all the roads are laid out on a grid... with parallel roads! Man, that never happens in Pittsburgh.
There are a lot of farms in Michigan.
There are a lot of stars in the sky. Most of the ones I saw in Michigan I don't see in light-polluted Pittsburgh.
I like taking road trips.
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flarunner
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Posted: 07/03/03 - 10:11 Post subject:
Have spent some time on I-69. One of the most boring interstates I've ever traveled.
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Posted: 07/03/03 - 10:11 Post subject: Re: Reflections of a trip through Michigan
| Sahara wrote: | There are a lot of stars in the sky. Most of the ones I saw in Michigan I don't see in light-polluted Pittsburgh.
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I'm always amazed at how many stars you can see from my parents' farm in supah rural KS. It's soooo good.
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Running Brewer
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Posted: 07/04/03 - 00:32 Post subject: Re: Reflections of a trip through Michigan
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I chuckled when we turned onto I-69. chuckling as I type too. |
Big Beaver Road is exit 169 from I-75...  
I love the western have of Michigan. Never cared for the Detriot area and that is why I didn't think twice about leaved there but I still lvoe to visit the Western lower have and all da UP!
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TreKay
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Posted: 07/04/03 - 10:16 Post subject: Re: Reflections of a trip through Michigan
| Running Brewer wrote: | | Sahara wrote: |
I chuckled when we turned onto I-69. chuckling as I type too. |
Big Beaver Road is exit 169 from I-75...
I love the western have of Michigan. Never cared for the Detriot area and that is why I didn't think twice about leaved there but I still lvoe to visit the Western lower have and all da UP! |
Hey I grew up in the Metro Detroit area, of course I still live there, yes Detroit needs major help, but the suburbs are very nice. Speaking of exit 69 and 1-75 I work two miles from there and yes I see many stars at night!!!!!!
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akern
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Posted: 07/04/03 - 12:15 Post subject: Re: Reflections of a trip through Michigan
| purple hayes wrote: | | Sahara wrote: | There are a lot of stars in the sky. Most of the ones I saw in Michigan I don't see in light-polluted Pittsburgh.
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I'm always amazed at how many stars you can see from my parents' farm in supah rural KS. It's soooo good. |
When we drove through Kansas last summer I was amazed to see a long freight from beginning to end off in the distance! I just seems bigger out there!
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runaroundsue
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Posted: 07/04/03 - 13:35 Post subject:
I prefer the UP myself......after living in south TX.....a camping trip thru the northern UP scenary was too amazing. The dialect was pretty entertaining too
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rolling rock
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Posted: 07/04/03 - 16:30 Post subject: Re: Reflections of a trip through Michigan
| Sahara wrote: |
When Michigan natives give directions they tell you to turn north at 11 Mile Road. I had to look to see which way the sun was setting to find north. They can give those kinds of instructions because all the roads are laid out on a grid... with parallel roads! Man, that never happens in Pittsburgh.
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driving in Pittsburgh gives me hives. 
glad you had a safe trip and saw lots of stars. (the real kind!)
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