OT: I drove across Lake Superior on the ICE! |
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OT: I drove across Lake Superior on the ICE! |
rick 918-S |
Feb 5 2009, 09:25 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,680 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region |
Really strange feeling. I had a claim to inspect yesterday on Madeline Island, WI. I had to drive my car over the lake 2 miles! An inland lake is one thing but Lake Superior freaks me out!
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r_towle |
Feb 5 2009, 09:32 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,624 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States |
awesome...
I would be all over that... Go Ice racing....its hilarious Rich |
drew365 |
Feb 5 2009, 09:34 PM
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These are the good old days! Group: Members Posts: 2,004 Joined: 29-December 02 From: Sunny So. Cal. Member No.: 37 |
Some of those cracks would freak me out to. My parents used to tell me that people would drive across the Hudson River in winter (upstate N.Y.) to save driving to the nearest bridge. I'm usually not in that big of a hurry.
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familienauto |
Feb 5 2009, 09:39 PM
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Volksporsche Group: Members Posts: 136 Joined: 5-November 06 From: UW Seattle Member No.: 7,156 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Don't see that too often over here in Warshington.
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johnnie5 |
Feb 5 2009, 09:41 PM
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914 lover Group: Members Posts: 375 Joined: 14-October 08 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 9,644 Region Association: Southern California |
I think I would drive many many miles looking for a bridge. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)
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ssstikircr |
Feb 5 2009, 09:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 205 Joined: 11-January 09 From: Fair Oaks, Ca Member No.: 9,920 Region Association: Northern California |
that sounds like fun!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving-girl.gif) |
rick 918-S |
Feb 5 2009, 10:05 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,680 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region |
I was listening to a captain of an ocean going ship that was in port in Duluth. He described crossing Lake Superior like crossing the ocean only the wave rythms are more abrupt and the pattern is closer. The lake is so big it's rare for it to freeze over completely.
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Gint |
Feb 5 2009, 10:08 PM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,093 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
That's nutz! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif)
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ericread |
Feb 5 2009, 10:09 PM
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The Viper Blue 914 Group: Members Posts: 2,177 Joined: 7-December 07 From: Irvine, CA (The OC) Member No.: 8,432 Region Association: Southern California |
Ice Road Trucker..... no.....errrr....ICE ROAD TEENER!!!
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SGB |
Feb 5 2009, 10:12 PM
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just visiting Group: Members Posts: 4,086 Joined: 8-March 03 From: Huntsville, AL Member No.: 404 Region Association: South East States |
You took an e30?
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rick 918-S |
Feb 5 2009, 10:17 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,680 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region |
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MrKona |
Feb 5 2009, 10:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 597 Joined: 25-July 05 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 4,469 Region Association: None |
That's impressive... In Portland, OR, we had 10 inches of snow earlier this winter and most of the roads were never plowed. In Duluth someone plows the lake!
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zambezi |
Feb 5 2009, 10:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 711 Joined: 14-April 08 From: Lafayette, LA Member No.: 8,920 Region Association: South East States |
Pretty neat Rick. Most of my relatives live in Washburn or Ashland Wisconsin which is not far from Madelin Island. Have gone there lots during the summer months as a kid.
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rick 918-S |
Feb 5 2009, 11:02 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,680 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region |
Pretty neat Rick. Most of my relatives live in Washburn or Ashland Wisconsin which is not far from Madelin Island. Have gone there lots during the summer months as a kid. Ya, I've taken the ferry over during the summer on several occasions. You must have bee to the Bayfield Apple Festival a time or two. |
dlee6204 |
Feb 5 2009, 11:11 PM
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Howdy Group: Members Posts: 2,162 Joined: 30-April 06 From: Burnsville, NC Member No.: 5,956 |
I was in Northern WI a few weeks ago. It was the first time I've ever been on a frozen lake too. It was definitely something different from what we see in NC. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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Lou W |
Feb 5 2009, 11:23 PM
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"Here Kitty Kitty" my ass...... Group: Members Posts: 4,109 Joined: 9-May 04 From: Roseburg, OR. Member No.: 2,039 Region Association: Spain |
So much for gl.....oh wait (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
That's pretty scary, how'd you like to be the first one or the last one accross? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
ottox914 |
Feb 6 2009, 07:48 AM
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The glory that once was. Group: Members Posts: 1,302 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Mahtomedi, MN Member No.: 1,438 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I was listening to a captain of an ocean going ship that was in port in Duluth. He described crossing Lake Superior like crossing the ocean only the wave rythms are more abrupt and the pattern is closer. The lake is so big it's rare for it to freeze over completely. I doubt the entire lake was frozen over, but the 2 miles to the island sure were! In the Admin building for the ferry boats they have some old black and white pics of the old boats used, the old trucks hauling 100's of pounds of lumber to the island, and some really trippy old air boats. These were scow hulled contraptions with airplane props on the back that would slid over the ice, but still float over any open water, used for emergency travel to the island when boats/cars would not be able to travel. The had to use the trucks to haul lumber because the boats at that time couldn't handle the wt of the truck and the cargo, so most all summer building had to be planned such that the majority of materials had to come over in the winter. We had our honeymoon up at Lutzen, my skiing wife and I, and took a couple pics of us on the shore of the lake, with ice as far as you could see. Shortly after that, I was sent to AL for a month and 1/2, and I brought that pic w/me. The folks down there couldn't believe that was a lake, let alone one of the great lakes, with no water in sight. Sure, they all had ice cubes in their freezer, but to comprehend a lake frozen out that far, some had a hard time believing that. |
seanery |
Feb 6 2009, 07:57 AM
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waiting to rebuild whitey! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 15,854 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Indy Member No.: 100 Region Association: None |
That's pretty freaky Rick!!
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iamchappy |
Feb 6 2009, 08:17 AM
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It all happens so fast! Group: Members Posts: 4,893 Joined: 5-November 03 From: minnetonka, mn Member No.: 1,315 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I was listening to a captain of an ocean going ship that was in port in Duluth. He described crossing Lake Superior like crossing the ocean only the wave rythms are more abrupt and the pattern is closer. The lake is so big it's rare for it to freeze over completely. So true, when windsurfing Superior it's really deceiving as the waves come in in sets like ocean waves but the timing is different, there is no grace period when the waves release and the next wave appears. There is always an undertow and sometimes the waves break up on you and you get slammed by the next one. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) The only near death experiance i've had windsurfing was on Superior. And i've sail the Oregon coast in 40 knot winds. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif) |
anderssj |
Feb 6 2009, 09:03 AM
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Dog is my copilot... Group: Members Posts: 1,689 Joined: 28-January 03 From: VA Member No.: 207 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Rick,
I know it's been cold up there--how thick do you think the ice was? I drove across the St Croix from Stillwater to Hudson back in the mid-90s--ice was more than 14" at that time--brother-in-law (from NC) almost (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stromberg.gif) Stay warm, |
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