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sufrommich

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12. I'm in the U.P. right now and usually
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 03:02 PM
Aug 2012

spend my summers in the Keweenaw Peninsula or Drummond Island. I've been all over the U.P. and have never seen anything like what you're talking about, where did you see this?

interesting grasswire Aug 2012 #1
They're actually beautiful. Brickbat Aug 2012 #4
The sand hills of Nebraska RKP5637 Aug 2012 #6
holy crap! Uneffinbelievable. Oh, wait... frogmarch Aug 2012 #11
Have you been to Lexington NE lately? kentuck Aug 2012 #15
No, haven't been. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2012 #19
For me it'd be Phoenix Arizona. Initech Aug 2012 #2
Florida, driving from Orlando to Ft. Myers. Brickbat Aug 2012 #3
My trip from Orlando to the Panhandle was similar RockaFowler Aug 2012 #21
There was one town on the way from Orlando to the Cape Warpy Aug 2012 #52
For me driving across Arkansas. s-cubed Aug 2012 #5
I've noticed that, the more RW, the more the combination of RKP5637 Aug 2012 #8
Yup, Arkansas OutNow Aug 2012 #14
Texas panhandle. twizzler Aug 2012 #7
Me too. And OK cali Aug 2012 #47
Thank you for the welcome twizzler Aug 2012 #48
Welcome to DU Warpy Aug 2012 #53
The UP is a world unto itself. COLGATE4 Aug 2012 #9
Mississippi. It's like a whole different country, right out of the Twilight Zone JaneyVee Aug 2012 #10
I got lost driving through Mississippi with an ex-girlfriend, we stopped at a bar to ask Uncle Joe Aug 2012 #16
Gawd, the only sound more annoying than that "music" is Palin's voice. nt valerief Aug 2012 #32
That is great Uncle Joe !! kentuck Aug 2012 #35
that was great riverbendviewgal Aug 2012 #38
Wow!!! Simply WOW!!! n/r RKP5637 Aug 2012 #40
+1 Scuba Aug 2012 #44
I'm in the U.P. right now and usually sufrommich Aug 2012 #12
Back roads on the outside of Marquette - Edited NNN0LHI Aug 2012 #22
Salt Lake City UT and the gulf coast of Fla siligut Aug 2012 #13
I don't have the same impression of either place RZM Aug 2012 #23
Booger Hollow, AR reflection Aug 2012 #17
We have a Boogertown in Tennessee (an area near Dollywood). Fawke Em Aug 2012 #45
I want a pic of the town sign! xmas74 Aug 2012 #50
Colorado Springs, Colorado distantearlywarning Aug 2012 #18
I've been there several times on business. I didn't like Colorado Springs at all. There RKP5637 Aug 2012 #30
+1. I forgot about Colorado springs. Zorra Aug 2012 #33
Yip to this one Johonny Aug 2012 #41
A shame, too. Blue_In_AK Aug 2012 #58
some southern rural area where car radio went 100% religious on sunday Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #20
Southern Utah doohnibor Aug 2012 #24
SE Kentucky, I guess? kentuck Aug 2012 #25
I loved that story in your last paragraph!!! Great!!! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2012 #54
Eureka Springs, AR KamaAina Aug 2012 #26
I never knew that about the UP! Fire Walk With Me Aug 2012 #27
Neither did I xmas74 Aug 2012 #51
Approximately 200 feet outside of Mullinville, Kansas TlalocW Aug 2012 #28
The rural libertarian areas of NH were really interesting. aikoaiko Aug 2012 #29
Northern North Dakota, along US Rte 2. Zorra Aug 2012 #31
DC. The inhumanity on Capitol Hill is astounding. nt valerief Aug 2012 #34
Slab City, California? hunter Aug 2012 #36
I ventured off I-10 in Mississippi looking for gas ... OMG! Zen Democrat Aug 2012 #37
Oh, there are a couple of candidates for that honour...... PDJane Aug 2012 #39
Actually, it was in my home state Texas: Texasgal Aug 2012 #42
Some of the highlands in Maui nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #43
hate to admit it, but my hometown Orlando, FL.... steve2470 Aug 2012 #46
The Upper East Side. rug Aug 2012 #49
Yep, that's a bit scary IMO too! I've known people of wealth that RKP5637 Aug 2012 #56
I lived in Alamogordo, NM from the fall of 1968 until July 20, 1969 slackmaster Aug 2012 #55
Bolinas, CA ... they are liberal but they sure don't like Raine Aug 2012 #57
Yep. Blue_In_AK Aug 2012 #59
I know a place full of friendly small towns where neighbors help each other and welcome strangers libinnyandia Aug 2012 #60
I drove past a David Duke billboard in bfe Louisiana many moons ago NightWatcher Aug 2012 #61
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