Hexagons Anyone?

The Class B Rally is over.  We had fun with the group.  Today we traveled through the UP of Michigan, Wisconsin and now we're set up at a KOA Campground in Cloquet/Duluth.  We're bracing for severe thunderstorms this evening and overnight.  

Do you know what a "Yooper" and a "Troll" are?  We didn't either until our rally in the UP.    

What Da Heck Is A Yooper?

The people that live in the Upper Peninsula or the U.P. are called "Yoopers" and are proud of it. The people that live under the bridge are called "trolls." The song "I'm a Troll Man" was written about them. Lots of trolls from down below dream about moving to da U.P., but there's no work here. So we let them come up to relax, enjoy and spend their cash, but they gotta go home afterwards.

Where is Yooperland?

From Da Yoopers School For Da Truly Ungifted

Yooperland Geography 1034

The state of Michigan is broken up into two peninsulas - the Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula. They are connected together by the Mackinac Bridge.

 

Adapted from John Hinde Inc. Distributed by Antigo Card Service

Yooper names for the Mackinac Bridge - Da Crossing, Da Bridge, Big Mac, Troll Turnpike.

Yooper names for the Upper Peninsula - Yooperland, Da U.P., Da Yoop, Yoopsconsin.

Yooper names for the Lower Peninsula (Michigan, Da Mitten, Troll Land, Detroit)  

I had fresh strawberry French toast for supper.  Yummy!

I'm crocheting my hexagons for my pin cushions.  I'm on my 8th set.   When I'm home I will fill them with batting, single crochet them close and add the yarns wrap arounds and buttons.  

We're on our way to the Head Waters of the Mississippi tomorrow - that is if it doesn't rain too hard or we may stay over here in Duluth another day.  

Beautiful Day in Upper Michigan

The bluest sky...lovely warm sun and a nice light cool breeze! 

It doesn't get better than this for camping!

Throw in a little crochet after a long walk and it's perfect.  

Hope your day was as wonderful as ours.  

RVing Again

Hubby drove about 400 miles yesterday and almost 500 miles today.  I don't know how he does it.  But we are here in Upper Michigan for the Class B RV Rally.  While Hubby was driving I multitasked.  I am so behind in reading my magazine subscriptions.  Determined to catch up I packed all my unread "Better Homes and Garden" magazines from last year and this year.  I read quite a few on the way from Pennsylvania to Upper Michigan yesterday and today.  

I'm crocheting in the van too.  I bought along lots of cotton yarns from my stash and crochet supplies to make the hexagons for my pin cushions.  I was happy to find some jumbo markers in my supplies that clip close.  I was so tired of the open ones that would work their way loose as I crocheted around the hexagon.  

Where we are camped was at one time an army base that housed the military in trailers.  The old concrete pads and hook ups are still here.  No cable, no WiFi and the one bathroom I saw I wouldn't use.   No problem though...luckily we have a shower in our van albeit a tiny one.   

The rally starts tomorrow officially and runs to Sunday morning.   We joined the pot luck dinner tonight in the rally tent and now we are back in our van for the evening. 

Guess we will watch a DVD tonight.  Have a good night!

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