[crazyme4878]

Blue is a good color for Michigan. For me, Wisconsin would be green. What color would you say Minnesota is?

[djmilf]

Originally Posted by crazyme4878

Blue is a good color for Michigan. For me, Wisconsin would be green. What color would you say Minnesota is?

Minnesota: Purple. Definitely purple.

[crazyme4878]

LOL!!! I was thinking about Michigan and Wisconsin in landscape colors--but its their NFL colors too!

[MICoastieMom]

Originally Posted by bryan61

Like the freakin UP is a pawn in some geo political chess match between the states. You will have armed revolution if you do try and do anything with the UP besides grant her statehood

eh?

Not at all, Bryan. Michigan would not be Michigan without the U.P. I always tell people that the Good Lord loved Michigan so much that He gave everyone a map, to each peninsula. And then I show them how to hold their hands to make both peninsulas. If your fingers are flexible enough, you can even get both the Keweenaw and Escanaba on the left hand. Can you think of any other place in the world that can do that? Makes Michigan pretty unique, I'd say. What I don't understand is why those "Say-yes-to-Michigan" folks haven't figured out is that this is the ultimate marketing concept! LOL

[Bluefly]

Originally Posted by crazyme4878

Blue is a good color for Michigan. For me, Wisconsin would be green. What color would you say Minnesota is?

This may be pathetic, but your question sort of haunted me throughout my daily life. My first instinct was purple, but that's obviously just because of the Vikings.

Then I realized that I think Minnesota's color is a dark / navy blue - somewhat like Lake Superior - while Michigan is a lighter / sky blue - somewhat like Lake Michigan / Detroit River.

I don't think the Michigan tourism folks build up the uniqueness of the Great Lakes enough. They always show the kids playing on the beaches, but I think a lot of people would be curious about lakes you can't see across, that have riptides, and (at least Superior) 30 foot waves that force massive freighter to take shelter in ports.

I know everyone I've ever known from West to East has said, "What do you mean you can't see across them?"

I have this great picture of a freighter getting engulfed by a wave on Superior - like half the boat is under water.

[crazyme4878]

Originally Posted by Bluefly

This may be pathetic, but your question sort of haunted me throughout my daily life. My first instinct was purple, but that's obviously just because of the Vikings.

Then I realized that I think Minnesota's color is a dark / navy blue - somewhat like Lake Superior - while Michigan is a lighter / sky blue - somewhat like Lake Michigan / Detroit River.

I don't think the Michigan tourism folks build up the uniqueness of the Great Lakes enough. They always show the kids playing on the beaches, but I think a lot of people would be curious about lakes you can't see across, that have riptides, and (at least Superior) 30 foot waves that force massive freighter to take shelter in ports.

I know everyone I've ever known from West to East has said, "What do you mean you can't see across them?"

I have this great picture of a freighter getting engulfed by a wave on Superior - like half the boat is under water.

Yes, I think dark blue is good for MN--so many of the northern lakes are deep and cold and so dark.

I was listening to the Tent Show Radio Show (out of Bayfield) once when the host related a joke about a family visiting Lake Superior for the first time. Their first sight of it was in Ashland (WI) in the park across from Pamida. They get out of their car all excited, exclaiming how big the lake was and then pointed across Chequamegon Bay and asked, "Is that Canada?!" The joke follows up with the radio host saying he didn't have the heart to tell him it was only Washburn. I doubt its true, but funnier then he--!

[jeeg]

Originally Posted by Bluefly

I have this great picture of a freighter getting engulfed by a wave on Superior - like half the boat is under water.

Would you be willing to post it?? I would love to see it!

[Bluefly]

Originally Posted by crazyme4878

Yes, I think dark blue is good for MN--so many of the northern lakes are deep and cold and so dark.

I was listening to the Tent Show Radio Show (out of Bayfield) once when the host related a joke about a family visiting Lake Superior for the first time. Their first sight of it was in Ashland (WI) in the park across from Pamida. They get out of their car all excited, exclaiming how big the lake was and then pointed across Chequamegon Bay and asked, "Is that Canada?!" The joke follows up with the radio host saying he didn't have the heart to tell him it was only Washburn. I doubt its true, but funnier then he--!

Yeah - I had someone see Superior for the first time, look across the Marquette bay to Harvey (which is 4 miles down the road) and say, "It's not that big."

I was like, "That's still us."

I'll try to post that pic of the freighter. It was one of a series taken from the cabin looking down over the hull. Pretty intense.

[crazyme4878]

Originally Posted by Bluefly

Yeah - I had someone see Superior for the first time, look across the Marquette bay to Harvey (which is 4 miles down the road) and say, "It's not that big."

I was like, "That's still us."

Maybe we should start a post listing all the U.S. cities tourists thought were Canada! Really, how could they mistake Harvey? Did they fail to look north? (I'm trying to think of a spot along Marquette that would exclude the northern lake horizon and I can't think of any)

[JoshB]

If anyone is still around who originally posted this the town was called Newberry. I only came back to this as someone gave me rep points for it. How about some new posts to chime in?