The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

Rista1313

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Those are some pretty falls. You must have gotten a lot of rain there lately with the water on the falls being so muddy. Those pasties sound delicious. I honestly hadn't heard of them until I read the Harry Potter books, although I think I knew them previously as Jamaican hand pies. I love your shirts!

Totally different than Patties from Jamaica! Although I love this just as much!!!

Actually the reason the water is dirty looking is:
The dark brown color in the water is nothing to worry about. This color originates from the tannins that leach from the cedar swamp at the start of the Tahquamenon River.
 

donaldtoo

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I knew I recognized it. One of my very best happy places. I could stare out that window and watch for hours.

Indeed, on both counts...!!! :)
The first time we ever ate there, on our first family trip in '01, the lower floor was so darn crowded.
There are many buildings at WDW with upper floors, but, most aren't accessible to the public.
We spied the stairs and saw that they weren't roped off, so up we went. There was almost nobody else up there.
Every time we've eaten there since, we just head straight upstairs and have always been able to get a window table, because of how few Guests were up there. A great view, and a fun place to people watch while you chow down...!!! :hungry:;):)
 

MouseDreaming

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Well sort of......The dark brown color in the water is nothing to worry about. This color originates from the tannins that leach from the cedar swamp at the start of the Tahquamenon River.
I had to look it up, and we are both kinda right.
Where I go, the water is from Black River. The water gets its color from Hemlock trees, and the black rock that forms the bottom.
Although, I was always told it had to do with all the copper in the area. So, technically, I was still wrong, and learned something new.
 

Songbird76

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As if there was any doubt I feel sorry for the people who got to the farm market after me:angelic:
I haven't been to the market in a long time....not even sure it's been open actually. But we've been getting a lot of fresh fruit and veggies to munch on. I finished the grapes today, but I just got more kiwis, a watermelon, some cauliflower, and carrots. I finished the oranges yesterday. It's all been soooo sweet and good. No need to add sugar to anything, even the strawberries I had a couple of weeks ago, though I do eat those together with bananas and/or grapes to sweeten them up.
 

93boomer

Premium Member
We had a good time up north... only got lost once... (which seems to be mandatory every roadtrip) but didn't go too far out of our way. We went to Tahquamenon Falls, both Upper and Lower, and we went to a few casinos, we also went to the area of ft Michamackinaw near the foot of the bridge, and we had a pastie show down to decide which we liked best. And saw the biggest seagull we've ever seen!

Here are a few pictures!

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Upper Falls
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Lower Falls
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After the falls we made our way back to our hotel, checked in, and Scott took a short nap. Then it was time for the Pastie show down, Bessie's Versus Lehto's.
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For those that have never had a Pastie, it's a traditional hand pie, filled with ground skirt beef, potato's, onions, and either Carrots or Rutabaga's. Some people eat it with Ketchup, and some eat it with gravy. It's said that ketchup is a upper pennisula thing, and gravy is lower Michigan. However, I've always eaten them with ketchup. Unanimously, Scott and I both preferred the bottom one, which is Bessie's. It has carrots, but the seasoning was much tastier, and had a better mouth feel.

We went to a few casino's afterwards, and broke even... yay for free entertainment.

Yesterday we woke up and went to breakfast, and then went to explore Mackinaw City, which is a big tourist trap, but we did find our way to the fort area and I got to put my feet in the very cold water!

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Love his shirt!!
 

Songbird76

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Those are some pretty falls. You must have gotten a lot of rain there lately with the water on the falls being so muddy. Those pasties sound delicious. I honestly hadn't heard of them until I read the Harry Potter books, although I think I knew them previously as Jamaican hand pies. I love your shirts!
I was thinking pasties were like a British or Welsh thing. It was something the men could easily take out with them when they worked in the fields or whatever and they had the thick crust so if their hands were dirty they could eat just the main part and throw the crust away. I think I saw something about it on some National Geographic or Discovery channel thing YEARS ago, before I moved over here.
 

Rista1313

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I had to look it up, and we are both kinda right.
Where I go, the water is from Black River. The water gets its color from Hemlock trees, and the black rock that forms the bottom.
Although, I was always told it had to do with all the copper in the area. So, technically, I was still wrong, and learned something new.

Funny you should say Hemlock trees because when we were walking the trails my husband said, wow I haven't seen so many hemlock trees! Then he proceeded to tell me about the poison berries they create...
 

Rista1313

Well-Known Member
I had to look it up, and we are both kinda right.
Where I go, the water is from Black River. The water gets its color from Hemlock trees, and the black rock that forms the bottom.
Although, I was always told it had to do with all the copper in the area. So, technically, I was still wrong, and learned something new.

For what it's worth, I thought it was Minerals (iron) in the area!
 

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