[michmoldman]

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Originally Posted by michmoldman

For this area it is mostly Illinois & Indiana plates. Everywhere you look it's endless IL and IN plates. Sometimes I have to drive over to the Lake just to remind myself that I am still in MI and not IL. This year there has been a LOT of Alabama, and Mississippi plates as well. More than I can remember seeing in the past years. I have to wonder is that thanks to BP, or am I just noticing them more, either way I see them every day. Most days the kids can rack up 35-40 different states watching license plates going to the beach and back. Weeks-ends they can generally get 45-49 (only see Hawaii about 1 or 2 times a year).

We also seen a lot of Missouri plates in the U.P. We also had to remind ourselves we were in Michigan from all the Wisconsin plates up there.

[tecpatl]

Yesterday I counted parked cars on Main St. on my way home. 4 Indiana, 3 Illinois, 3 Ohio, 2 Texas, 1 Connecticut, 1 New York, 1 New Jersey, 1 Arizona, 1 Missouri and 11 Michigan. Pretty diverse group, but I was surprised not to see any Wisconsin. I guess they're all over in Door Cty or up in Da UP. MI plates were outnumbered by out-of-staters, but at 3 pm, prime beach, late lunch, and shopping time, that's not a surprise. Local folks were at home, at the film festival or out on the boat somewhere.

[tecpatl]

Lots of cool boats coming into Leland this past week, including tall ships

This is the schoolship Inland Seas, stopping with crew and a bunch of students

This is the Europa, a BIG tall ship, a Bark to be exact. Built in very early 1900's and refitted a couple decades ago as a cruise ship. It sails all over the world. Was awesome to see it in Leland, anchored just outside the harbor.

[sunshineann]

Gosh, I love this state. Beautiful ships, sailing on the beautiful waters, in beautiful Michigan...