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Fourth of July was conveniently on a Saturday – not like that really mattered to the girl who took a five-day weekend. I awoke not so bright and early to meet up with Johanna and the camera crew. Long story short, we drove around the Harbor getting video and pictures. Tim was [...]
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My Fourth of July weekend started off a little differently than I had expected. The plan was to drive to Copper Harbor, Thursday, to meet the group ride. I was going to do the group ride, but I ran a little late, so I chose to head to the Harbor Haus for a [...]
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Di and Amanda against the blue ice of Lake Superior.
My friend, Amanda, and I took a little snowshoe journey out to the Copper Harbor Lighthouse last Sunday. It was during that excursion that we acquired the photos for Monday’s photo essay and Tuesday’s lighthouse story.
We began the day with a little ski [...]
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The Copper Harbor Lighthouse is one of more than 115 lighthouses that dot the coastline of Michigan’s peninsulas. Standing at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula, it is the state’s northernmost lighthouse along Lake Superior.
The Copper Harbor light has resided in three spots over the course of the last 160 years. [...]
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Crusty snow alongside the frozen Copper Harbor.
Snowshoe tracks on the east end of the harbor.
Frozen Lake Superior ice chunks just outside of Copper Harbor.
Smooth, blue ice where the land meets the lake.
East Bluff beyond Copper Harbor.
Looking across the harbor towards the town of Copper Harbor and Brockway Mountain.
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I woke up, Saturday morning, ready to take on the world. My friends outfitted me with some borrowed cross country skis of the classic persuasion (no skating in Copper Harbor). I was quite nervous about our little ski journey because I had absolutely no experience with classic skis and the groomed trails of [...]
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From Sunday until Wednesday, I drove around with a large chunk of ice on the top of my Pathfinder. You know how it goes: get home; think about it; decide to do it later; later comes along with inevitable forgetfulness. It is precisely this line of thinking that sentenced this little block [...]
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My friend, Amanda, made some kind of a comment about how I’m fun and I always come up with these great ideas of things to do. What Amanda doesn’t realize is that she hears all of these great ideas because she is usually the person I am with while going through a massive hangover. [...]
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The following is an article I wrote for the Red Jacket Cycling Team web site.
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Tourist Park, Marquette, October 19, 2008
The UP Cyclocross Series regular season met its end this past weekend at Tourist Park in Marquette. Riders of all abilities lined up at the start for an anaerobic sprint that is as much a [...]
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Image by Chris Schmidt.
My hope of being inspired became a realization this weekend. Friday, I was invited on a night ride in Copper Harbor and turned that down in favor of a mighty filling dinner that my friend, Amanda, and I made. We chased it with some Cabernet Sauvignon and mocha cheesecake. [...]
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