I owe you an apology.
A couple of weeks ago I was making predictions about what would happen in the UP this year, and one of those was that we really wouldn’t get much of a winter.
Someone we won’t name– okay, Sarah–said that if that were to happen, I’d be to blame.
So…oops. My bad.
While I was announcing at the finish line of the Noquemanon Saturday I was talking to some of the racers who were happy there even WAS a race. And that’s gonna happen a lot the next few months. Anything that requires winter-like conditions any is going to be like this year’s Noque… just not all there
Since I’ve been told this is all my fault, I would like to offer a suggestion on something else you might try to pass the time until Spring shows up…which I’m guessing this year will be around Valentine’s Day.
Why not get to know the UP just a little better?
There are so many amazing stories about this area that you could spend countless rainy/foggy/slushy afternoons discovering true Yooper tales.
At least I know I have to get you started, here are a few– Months ago I told the story of how Iron River & Crystal Falls battled over becoming a county seat, but what two other UP towns in an entirely different county did almost exactly the same thing?
What two major native tribes called the UP home before the Europeans came?
Which two UP counties are named after former state governors?
Which two parts of the UP did Al Capone allegedly use to smuggle in Canadian whiskey during Prohibition?
And which two UP towns get their names from the first and last name of an old British writer?
Okay…I’ll give you that one. Rudyard, and Kipling.
See? There are afternoons of snow-free fun just waiting for you.
Once again, let me apologize for causing winter to go astray in the UP. It’s all my fault. And to quote a great American, when I’m wrong I say I’m wrong.
So the least I can do is give you a rabbit hole to go down instead of you being able to, you know, ski, or snowshoe, or snowmobile.
I’m Jim Koski, and that’s another slice of “Life in the 906.”
