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Old Jul 26, 2017 | 08:59 PM
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If you travel across the upper peninsula of michigan at Escanaba take 35 along lake michigan (Green Bay) there is a few camp grounds on the beach and its a nice ride and it hooks back up with 41 at Marinette.
 
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If you travel across the upper peninsula of michigan at Escanaba take 35 along lake michigan (Green Bay) there is a few camp grounds on the beach and its a nice ride and it hooks back up with 41 at Marinette.
ahh perfect! That's the exact route I'm planning on taking. I'll check it out!
 
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Old Jul 26, 2017 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by alex369
If you travel across the upper peninsula of michigan at Escanaba take 35 along lake michigan (Green Bay) there is a few camp grounds on the beach and its a nice ride and it hooks back up with 41 at Marinette.
ahh perfect! That's the exact route I'm planning on taking. I'll check it out!
 
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Old Jul 26, 2017 | 10:19 PM
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If you're taking 212 across SD don't miss stopping for gas in Faith. That's a long stretch of nuttin and if you don't top off you may not make it. If you're staying off the interstate it's wishful thinking that you'll have cell service.

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Old Jul 26, 2017 | 11:19 PM
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Excellent! Forget the naysayers. I'm sure you won't be getting this far south, but you'd be welcome here if you were.

Good Luck!
 
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Old Jul 27, 2017 | 01:34 PM
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Excellent! Forget the naysayers. I'm sure you won't be getting this far south, but you'd be welcome here if you were.

Good Luck!
thanks, Crazy!
 
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Good luck tomorrow, and looking forward to reading about your trip.
 
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