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Pat –

Per our discussion last night – it’s about 560 miles for you to go up through the UP.

It’s about 590 miles for me from where the boat is – through Wisconsin. Mapquest is calling for about 11 hours. If memory serves, it took me 12 hours, plus 2 extra hours (backtracked) to get the boat, in 2005. I’m hoping to get an earlier start this year than last – I left work at 3 PM last year and arrived up there around 5 AM the next morning.

Non-perishable supply shopping begins this weekend; nuts, drinks, booze, etc. Pat, you and I can finish off the details at the grocery in Houghton on Saturday when we get our park permits. If you get a chance in the interim to cross the Ambassador Bridge, pick up a few Cubans, eh?!

Pendleton – I hope you do make the trip over to Copper Harbor. It’s a nice facility – and it’s always nice to go somewhere you’ve not yet been. If you choose Grand Portage, I understand though…it is closer!

Sounds like I’ll have the dump of the bunch. Pat just shined up his Whaler…mine needs some attention!