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Our Unusual Sighting

Tricia — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:39:43 +0000

dcclark caught a glimpse of the elusive Blizzard T. Husky in February. We had an unusual sighting of our own on the 4th of July – a Stormtrooper!

Ok, maybe it was just a costume. But our son got the biggest kick out of him :)

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Enjoying the PastyFest 2009 Parade

Tricia — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:57:40 +0000

For the first time in 12 years, I missed the annual Bridgefest parade. Other commitments prevented us from attending. So we had to make sure we made it to yesterday’s PastyFest parade – our first parade of the year.

The sky looked a little iffy as we walked to our parade viewing spot. It looked like it could start raining at any moment. Luckily, the rain held off for the 20-25 minute parade.

The parade wouldn’t be complete without a float about pasties! This one gave some info on how to make them. Click for larger view.

Then there was a cute float of women making pasties – complete with pasties made out of paper plates along the side of the float.

No parade is complete without some old cars to enjoy (wacky horns and all!).

Then there are the mascots. Toivo the walking, talking pasty was there but he snuck right up on us and startled me and my son when he came up with his hand extended for a handshake. He came out of no where.

But I did manage to snap pics of Elroy and Firepup:

Trucks from the three local fire departments (Calumet, Laurium and Calumet Township) were at the end of the parade. I was only able to get a decent pic of one of them.

It was a nice, small parade and the kids loved the candy. There were plenty of smiles!

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Lake Linden-Hubbell-Tamarack 4th of July Parade – Part 3

Tricia — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:56:50 +0000

My favorite part of the 4th of July parade is the end of the parade. No, not meaning that the parade is over. I love what comes at the end of the parade…

All of the fire trucks!

I love the flashing lights, the sirens and the honking. I had to take a picture of each truck, and here they are…after the jump.

Well, that does it for the 2008 parade. It was tons of fun and our son got tons of candy. I already can’t wait until next year :)

Here are links to Part 1 and Part 2 in case you missed them.

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Lake Linden-Hubbell-Tamarack 4th of July Parade Part 2

Tricia — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:52:02 +0000

I covered the first part of the Lake Linden-Hubbell-Tamarack 4th of July Parade on Tuesday. Here’s part 2, after the jump…

Stay tuned – there is one more set of pictures from the parade that I will be posting. It’s from my favorite part of the parade – the last, very noisy part of it :)

UPDATE: Here is a link to Part 3.

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Lake Linden-Hubbell-Tamarack 4th of July Parade Part 1

Tricia — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:23:42 +0000

Last week, we left the Keweenaw to visit family in lower Michigan. It’s rough to leave the area for a whole week, but at the same time it is nice to have a change in scenery. I could have done without the stop and go traffic on southbound I-75 on the way down there, but it did lead to a little adventure cruising some back roads in Northern Michigan. It was fun.

I was still very glad to be back home. We missed the Strawberry Festival in Chassell last weekend, but I have a feeling we’ll have to visit a pick-your-own strawberry place this weekend. Mmmm…love those local strawberries!

I also love the 4th of July! My favorite summer day in the Keweenaw is the 4th of July. You have the Lake Linden-Hubbell-Tamarack City parade in the morning. Then you have the Copper Harbor fireworks at night. Of course, there are other happenings scattered across the Copper Country, but I look forward to those two events every year.

We haven’t always watched the 4th of July parade – it became a yearly tradition after our son was born and we lived in Tamarack City. We no longer live there, but we still watch the parade there instead of Lake Linden or Hubbell.

Without further ado, here are some pics from the parade. Since I took quite a few pics, I’ll split up the posts for those who have a slower connection.

Stay tuned for more photos…

UPDATE: Here are links to Part 2 and Part 3.

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