UP Overland 2011

meafordmike

Adventurer
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More to follow, Photo bucket is pissing me off
 

meafordmike

Adventurer
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All dusty, AC not working!
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Sunrise at High Rock point, from bed.
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Supper with good friends.
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My homemade "cheapAroo"
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Someone left their radio on all night! ......Tom :Wow1:
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meafordmike

Adventurer
Scouting out a good spot to camp at High Rock point
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Found it!
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This is why my wife allows me to spend money on the Cruiser and Tacoma, and drag her on these trips!
Me cooking
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Keri-Ann eating the steak dinner I cooked. with wine and all
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Breakfast in bed.
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As soon as we stop driving I set up her hammock, and then I set up camp and cook while she relaxes!
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But my wonderful wife comes with me, and allows me to upgrade my toys when needed.
In this short video you can here my wife being scare by the angles.
 
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Rattler

Thornton Melon's Kid
Thanks for posting that video Mike. I was curious how the new setup was through that part. I guess the longer wheelbase helped. I was "sandwiched" between a couple 80s for a while that day.

By the way, I wish my truck sounded like yours!

Hopefully I will have some pics up a little later today. I just finished going through them this AM.
 

TJDIV

Adventurer
Wonder if I'll ever get through these pics :)

A few from the trip:

Sunrise at High Rock Bay
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Post sunrise photo shoot, return to tent for morning slumber pic ;)
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Rolling out!
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Joe staying clean following the pack in his CJ with the windshield down. Hard core.
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Gathering some firewood for the last night's community pit in Joe's CJ. That's O-riginal miles ya'll
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Firewood loaded up on TJ's Disco (Kristian and TJ did some horse-tradin')
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If you haven't tried the harf-n-harf, you're missing out! Summer Bear.
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UPO Gen-V
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Sean (aka Ian) getting some free money
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U.P. goop
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Break time
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Hiking Bare Bluffs, beaming light into the rocks
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Joyous fun on Gay Beach
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Many are missing, but a group shot at the Huron River campsite
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To be continued...
 

Rattler

Thornton Melon's Kid
The last batch.
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It was once again a fabulous trip and a big thanks goes out to Tom and Kristian for all their labors they put into this event.
 
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bluedog

Adventurer
A few more

Saturday's hike at Bare Bluff
Luke and Heather
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Us
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Mike and Teddi
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Last nights camp
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Posing on Gay beach (It's not wrong)
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To be cont.
 

1stDeuce

Explorer
I went to school at Michigan Tech, and I am SSSOOOOO jealous of your trip!!! I miss the way Superior smells, and the sound of waves lapping at the shore. I did a LOT of exploring around on all the old roads in the Keweenaw, and some new roads too, and then we moved to the area north of L'Anse and covered most of that ground too! Lots of lonely places to hang out and have the world to yourself if you wanted it that way! Thanks for the pics and trip report, looks like a lot of fun!!
Chris
 

upcruiser

Perpetual Transient
Ok, just finally getting to my trip pics, returned last night from Isle Royale National Park after 5 awesome days of paddling. I think I am 4 trip reports behind now at this point :Wow1: I didn't snap as many shots as normal as there was a professional crew along shooting as well as a bunch of photogs on the trip, I focused mostly on shots of people and a few rig/scenery pics. I will post up shots as I go through them..

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Since folks started arriving two days before the trip, I have some pre trip shots, a little cliff diving at black rocks in Marquette

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emarald waters

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Wendy and Brendan sampling some singletrack on Marquette's south trails

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Wendy, Brendan, Meredith, and Mike on the Gorgeous trail.

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While I was goofing off with everyone in Marquette, TJ and Tom were burning some midnight oil on their rigs and fabricating some new exhaust parts for mine. TJ owns UP Autotech who is our vehicle support provider for UPO. This is just a portion of his shop, sick! Big THANKS!

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A yard full of Cruisers, my backyard was a bit of an overland oasis pre trip.

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Evening at camp one along the Sturgeon Gorge Wilderness. Savannah, one of the handful of super photogenic kids on the trip....

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First stop on day 1 at Wolf Lake, Alyssa, my navigator/copilot.

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Pulled off on the Baraga Plains for a quick break.

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The forest around night 1's camp
 

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