Mile 1111 – Newberry, Michigan, in Michigan’s upper peninsula. Via Port Huron and the magnificent bridge across the Mackinac Strait between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. The Great Lakes provide natural air conditioning. Approaching the Mackinac Strait, the temperature dropped from 88 to 73 F. Lots of wilderness here, few people. The inhabitants are called U.P.s (pronounced U-pees). The gastronomic offerings are limited so we tried one of the local specialties: “pasties” (nothing to do with strippers, although the shape would be appropriate). It is like a beef/veggie turnover. Not bad, but tomorrow I have to have something different.
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