No argument from me * Archived Message Posted by PapaDels on March 12, 2025, 20:16:04, in reply to "Not to shit on Illinois" Previous Message but the upper midwest states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan are vastly superior to their lower neighbors. Previous Message Previous Message are world class. Previous Message Previous Message Previous Message I was there for senior curling nationals. Northern Michigan is pretty cool, I'd really like go back there in the summertime. We got to hit a few awesome breweries and went to Sleeping Bear Dunes. Message Thread: | This response ↓ I spent last week in Traverse City - Sounder March 11, 2025, 15:42:23 Photos - Sounder March 13, 2025, 12:14:35 Is the bottom of the broom / brush (?) foam? * - haighter March 13, 2025, 12:37:56 It's foam with a nylon fabric covering - Sounder March 13, 2025, 12:40:22 that area is one of the finest places in North America during the summer. I used to think I'd end up - cpsteine March 12, 2025, 11:27:12 Does it get insanely croweded though?* - Sounder March 12, 2025, 11:29:23 TC is busy, yeah. but if you've got a house near the lake it's bliss. petoskey is great. the beaches - cpsteine March 12, 2025, 11:31:28 Co-sign…and really all of Michigan is fantastic in the summer * - PapaDels March 12, 2025, 19:13:35 Not to shit on Illinois - Sounder March 12, 2025, 19:18:52 Water helps * - ATL March 13, 2025, 12:35:33 No argument from me * - PapaDels March 12, 2025, 20:16:04 I remember thinking Sleeping Bear Dunes were the coolest thing when we went when I was 5.* - DT March 11, 2025, 17:32:21 Me in visor there: - JeffFrank March 12, 2025, 11:31:33 Cool dancing, Jeff* - Taz March 12, 2025, 12:48:34 Where the hell is Matt?* - complainant March 12, 2025, 13:10:00 I try to go once a year. at least to the dune climb that faces east.* - Nobster March 11, 2025, 17:37:43 I had a group who used to ski at Boyne Mountain in the 1990’s* - JeffFrank March 11, 2025, 17:20:37 my cousin got married in Charlevoix in mid-June 2016 - Sammich March 11, 2025, 15:45:42 We went to a brewery that was rated the second best beer garden in the country - Sounder March 11, 2025, 15:47:17 I’m going to a wedding this summer and the couple is having the reception there - Nobster March 11, 2025, 17:44:45 It's a great place, but seeing how busy it was on a Sunday in March - Sounder March 12, 2025, 11:28:15 love those two places. i hear the dunes are not as accessible now due to erosion?* - torinese March 11, 2025, 15:44:34 We hiked a mile to a viewpoint - Sounder March 11, 2025, 15:45:59 I'd really like to do a tour around Lake Michigan. Quite a few places I'd like to see!* - DiamondDazzle March 11, 2025, 15:44:03 Ah, the family vacation memory of my youth...did it twice, once each way* - RSMBob March 13, 2025, 12:27:55 Also, hate to admit it, but Ann Arbor is a top tier college town - Sounder March 11, 2025, 15:45:24 you dipshit. i woulda let you stay at my place - Nobster March 12, 2025, 13:39:43 ANN ARBOR IS A WHORE!! - Tuscy March 12, 2025, 12:51:20 Hate to admit it also: but I gotta agree. :'-/ - osklister March 11, 2025, 17:15:12 Real Seafood Company?* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes March 11, 2025, 16:01:46 a Cuban burger place called Frita Batidos - Sounder March 11, 2025, 16:10:34 zingerman's, like ann arbor, is $$$ but great* - torinese March 11, 2025, 17:47:13 yeah, I was a little taken back by the prices - Sounder March 12, 2025, 11:28:55 it is, but it's also about enough for two (no-galoot) people.* - Nobster March 12, 2025, 13:41:52 Did you return home with 15 pounds of dried cherries ?* - assassin March 11, 2025, 15:42:52 LOL, two bags, one chocolate covered and the other plain dried* - Sounder March 11, 2025, 15:43:42 Hell yeah * - assassin March 11, 2025, 16:06:02 You kind of have to, right? - Sounder March 11, 2025, 16:11:23 I’m a dried cherry fiend. Can’t get enough. * - assassin March 11, 2025, 16:13:02 There is a fantastic place at Pike Place called Chukar* - Sounder March 11, 2025, 16:19:58   Searching