RE: Cautiously Optimistic
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Light jackets escalate into full winter gear here pretty quickly! Lol. The birds are already migrating and the squirrels are starting to work overtime burying nuts so I'm thinking the frost will come early this year.
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Interesting. I know they have been saying that El Nino is going to have a stronger effect on the weather this year, but I don't really know what that means.
I'm not sure. I always get the El Nino and El Nina mixed up. I looked it up and El Nino brings milder winters. I'm all for that!
One of the YouTubers we watch posted this video yesterday about the U.P.
Ah yes, Yooperlites. Pretty cool stuff. You should check out Petoskey stones too. Those are really awesome, especially when you polish them up. My wife wants to go hunting for Yoooperlites sometime. The old glass from the iron ore processing plants are floating around on some of the beaches too. I work with a guy that collects the stuff.
After watching this I want to visit! The entire area looks really unique.
It's so amazing up there. The drive up Brockway Mountain is totally worth it. Hiking around the Porcupine Mountains is a must do too. The mix of cultures up there is really unique for such a remote area. It's like a Cornish, Swiss, Norwegian, Swedish amalgam. If you make it up there you need to get a pastie and make sure you try out some cudighi! If I had to move up there, I'd totally pick Marquette. It's big enough that there are a ton of breweries and cool restaurants, but then just outside of town is Sugarloaf Mountain and some amazing beaches. Houghton and Hancock are just magical.
It looks amazing. It sure did leave an impression on Ryan. Northern Minnesota used to have that same cultural mix but it's changed quite a bit in the last few decades. I'll definitely been trying the pasties if I ever make it up that way. We have a food truck here-Potter's Pasties- that has the best ones I've ever had. They speak to my English roots I think because they're one of my favorite foods. What is cudighi?
It's a sweet and spicy sausage that they put on a lot of stuff in the UP. Most legit pizza places up there have at least one pie with cudighi on it if not multiple. There is a place in Houghton right on the river that has some really amazing chicken and broccoli pasties. My wife loves that one. I go with the traditional beef.
Hmm, that sounds very unique (in a good way). Maybe we plan a road trip up there when the snow melts next year!
I hope you do. If you need any tips on places to visit, just reach out!
Thanks, I certainly will. Maybe we can arrange a meet up!
He went to so many of my favorite places! :)
He must've gotten some good advice about what to include in the video. : )