Upper Peninsula of Michigan
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Nov 1, 2026
Jamie RaskinGUEST
But we're seeing this all over the country.
Jamie RaskinGUEST
Cali Barr in the Upper Peninsula in Michigan, a remarkable candidate.
Jamie RaskinGUEST
Janelle Stelzen in the 10th District of Pennsylvania.
Jamie RaskinGUEST
She came within one point last time.
Tim PetersHOST
I'm your host, Tim Peters, and this program is sponsored by the Copper Shores Community Health Foundation, found online at coppershores.org.
Tim PetersHOST
The Upper Peninsula is a vast geographic area, and a lot of that happens to be forest, and there's not...
Tim PetersHOST
There's not a lot to it, to be honest with you.
Tim PetersHOST
The civilizations are pretty far and few between.
Tim PetersHOST
And that means, while enjoying our beautiful natural splendor up here, some people can unfortunately get lost or get injured and need rescue.
Tim PetersHOST
Therefore, there are a lot of search and rescue organizations throughout the Upper Peninsula.
Tim PetersHOST
And the one that is local to us here in Houghton is Superior Search and Rescue.
Tim PetersHOST
I'm kind of biased here a little bit because I happen to be a member of Superior Search and Rescue.
Matt LasloGUEST
We're from Illinois, but retired in Michigan.
Matt LasloGUEST
We would go to Upper Peninsula, Michigan with the snow lights, and we would just stare at the stars.
Matt LasloGUEST
All you can do is wonder.
Matt LasloGUEST
This is pre-James Webb Space Telescope, which just blew our minimal understanding of what the universe is out completely it's like we've seen like crazy things like
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I haven't let him tell it since.
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This happened in the Upper Peninsula of
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Michigan, north of Rapid River, during the second week of October.
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I was 43, and driving for a small gravel outfit my brother owned.
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The fall I turned 50,
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we finally had 10 days that belonged to us.
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We'd bought an older travel trailer from a couple who were giving up camping, spent most of August fixing little things, and planned a loop from our home in Fort Wayne through the Upper Peninsula and around the western end of Lake Superior.
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We wanted to spend a couple of days near Bayfield, continue toward Duluth, then work our way home.
Tracy LundeenHOST
Well, really.
Tracy LundeenHOST
Now, my friends listening over in Michigan, because we have listeners in the UP.
Tracy LundeenHOST
We do.
Tyler WaltersPANELIST
Oh, yeah.
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Tracy LundeenHOST
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Andrew PerfettiGUEST
Back to going postal.
Andrew PerfettiGUEST
We do all your FedEx, UPS, and U.S. mail.
Andrew PerfettiGUEST
We rent mailboxes out if you need a safe, secure place to receive your mail and all your Amazon packages.
Gary MillerHOST
Severe drought condition is drought condition three.
Gary MillerHOST
So the only place in the Upper Peninsula that is better than severe drought is up near the base of the Keweenaw and the Keweenaw.
Gary MillerHOST
Peninsula, that's it.
Gary MillerHOST
Everything else is extreme drought or worse.
Gary MillerHOST
Not a big chance.
Gary MillerHOST
And we were very, very dry.
Gary MillerHOST
I know the DNR has been fighting a few wildfires up north and the Upper Peninsula off and on and with typically caused by lightning.
Gary MillerHOST
So they've had lightning, but no, not significant rain to stop those fires.
Mike GoodwinGUEST
Like, I show up in Amish country.
Mike GoodwinGUEST
I'm just like, hey, what's up, guys? And everybody's like, yeah, clearly you're not from here.
Mike GoodwinGUEST
Yeah, I've been around, like, Michigan, what y'all call it, the UP? The UP, yes.
Mike GoodwinGUEST
The UP, yeah, man.
Mike GoodwinGUEST
I went over to the, what's that, Cochitow Island, what's the thing? Mackinac.
Mike GoodwinGUEST
Mackinac Island.
Norris HowardHOST
And we've said on this show many times, Jared, that obviously if you win Southeast Michigan, you win Kalamazoo, you win Saginaw, you split Kent County in half, you pretty much won.
Norris HowardHOST
At that point, I'm looking at him like, wow, he may split some, you know, he may split the UP.
Norris HowardHOST
He may split Northern Michigan.
Norris HowardHOST
He may split Cadillac.
Matthew C. GuthrieHOST
also offered.
Matthew C. GuthrieHOST
And I think like when I've had them up in the U.P., spicy ketchup has been offered.
Matthew C. GuthrieHOST
But yeah, was it like the minors in northern Michigan and western northern northern Michigan?
Timothy Daniel FleischerHOST
Well, not that not children.
Matthew C GuthrieHOST
also offered.
Matthew C GuthrieHOST
And I think like when I've had them up in the U.P., spicy ketchup has been offered.
Matthew C GuthrieHOST
But yeah, was it like the minors in northern Michigan and western northern northern Michigan?
Timothy Daniel FleischerHOST
Well, not that not children.
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