This is my life. My perspective on all things yooper. My opinions. My experiences. Because this, this beautiful, cold, snowy, mosquito infested little piece of heaven up here is where I will be the rest of my life, Lord help me. I will never BE a Yooper. I will leave that to the professionals. But I am madly in love with one, so I have to learn to live in their territory. Some days are breathtaking and some days those breaths are full of swear words...if you get offended, go back South.
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Monday, June 15, 2015
Lankenenland Visit
Morning folks! Sorry I haven't written in a week - life was happening!!! It is Monday June 15th - my little brothers birthday. Happy Birthday Brian Timm in Colorado. I hope you are having a fantastic day today. It is sunny and beautiful outside and it is going to be a great day. Of course, by this afternoon, it would be storming. Or snowing. Because the weather up here has a mind of its own.
So I had a new experience yesterday. No, not grocery shopping with my love, both walking around half sleep walking like zombies, that isn't new, I have done that before, lol. He took me to Lankenenland. If you have never been there, please Google it. It is a little place out on M28 - free to the public - a park kind of, full of junkyard art. Tom Lankenen builds junkyard art, out of scrap. I can't name off everything that is there because I can't possibly remember everything - but there were spaceships and motorcycles, dinosaurs, mermaids, pigs, trains, ghosts, a tank or a boat maybe both, a skeleton or 2, monsters, funny things and creepy things. It is really really neat to see. You can park the car and walk the trails checking out all of the neat sculptures or you can drive around in the car. It is a beautiful drive along Lake Superior to get there from Marquette on M28 East. Worth the day trip folks! Next time I will be taking pictures and maybe walking! :-)
So I took a new job up here. Executive Director of the Upper Peninsula Home Builders Association. Fancy title huh? Anyhow, I get to put on a Contractors Demo Days with other folks helping me out - it will be pretty awesome. Big machines showing off, vendors to show their stuff to you contractors out there. :-) Very exciting stuff. I will post more about it when the time comes.
Well off to make the mad dash off death across Hwy 41 then stopping at Holiday to grab some girl coffee. It's going to be a beautiful day.
What is your favorite Yooper thing?
- Having a sunshiny day -
Sarah
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