Looks like we're in for it...

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:Hwskf.600131$_o.123870@attbi_s71...
Our daughter was born in the UP. I still have fond memories of
the area & looking back, the time we spent there was quite idyllic.
The UP is a beautiful area with beautiful lakeshores, forests,
waterfalls and there are plenty of outdoor activities to enjoy year
around.

For sure the UP is a little (okay, big) piece of backwoods heaven. I've
explored it by motorcycle, by cross country skis, and by airplane. It's a
very cool place to visit.

But I sure wouldn't want to live there in winter. Unless you live and
breathe snowmobiles, there ain't diddly-squat else to do.

Oh yea, bars and ice fishing eh.

--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:59:17 -0700 Newps wrote:
Marc wrote:
-19C, Holy Cow!

That's not even cold.

Something makes me think the people on the photos here would agree ;-)

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jacara/d...llery2005.html

Karsten

It was just a brain-fart on my part. For some unknown reason I thought
that I has to add -32F to that -19C number. I'm getting
senial(spell?) in/durring my mid-life crissis.

Jim Burns:
Funny though, we were
never afraid of the snow tunnels and the snow caves collapsing on us!
After
the snow was piled up along driveways and in parking lots we'd attack
it
with shovels, digging tunnels through it or making caves. I remember
one we
made that had several rooms connected by tunnels. One room had heat
and
lights provided by a homemade burner made of a tin can stuffed with
rolled
up cardboard soaked in parafin wax.

Thanks Jim, I remember THAT winter I was 12 yrs old, we did the same
thing and also my friend's dad pulled us along on pbluic roads as we
rode on a sled. I miss being young. This year I'm gonna help my
daughters w/ their igloo and snowman for sure.

I've seen pictures of the Helio w/ skis, but I bet retracting the skis
on the Mit would be interesting.

Yeah I meant brakes. I thought they just throw the angkor(spell?) out
the window when they're ready to stop. :)

Yeah, I saw a Discovery Channel thinghy on that. Brrrrrrrrrr Cold.....

You call part of the inn the "airport building"?

Yeah, the building closest to the runway we call the "Airport Building".
The building with the tower we call the, uh, "Tower Building"...

Not too imaginative, but functional...

(We also have named the hallways now, believe it or not. Our newest -- the
"Hall of Heroes" -- is decorated with photos and paintings of famous pilots.
And the second floor of the Airport Building, outside the Amelia Earhart
Suite, is the "Women's Floor" -- with all women pilots of note...)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Dave Stadt wrote:
Oh yea, bars and ice fishing eh.

Houghton is home to Michigan Tech University. There are many
academic, technical and cultural activities to participate and enjoy.
Granted that if you are not into outdoor sports and activities like
skiing, snowshoeing, sledding, ice fishing or ice climbing - (Yes,
quite a few hardy souls do that. One research assistant that I knew
trained year around to prepare for his M. Everest climb) winter can be
rough. For the rest of the year, it is a fantastic resort place. Last
year, a guy at work retired, bought some land and built a vacation home
there. He stays in NY only during the harshest part of winter.

Hai Longworth

Jay, Jay, you are getting old. A little red-headed dynamo that can melt the
snow off the roof and you don't know what else to do in the winter?

Sheesh.

Jim




But I sure wouldn't want to live there in winter. Unless you live and
breathe snowmobiles, there ain't diddly-squat else to do.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"