Yandlalwe okwe squirrel esibalekayo — ingasemva yayo inxulunyaniswe neMinnesota kunye neWisconsin, intloko yayo ifikelela ngasempuma eOntario, Canada — Upper Peninsula yaseMichigan yayingumhlaba wokuzingela onamahlathi waseHiawatha kunye nesizwe saseOjibwa. Kwasekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yama-20, iincakuba zentsimbi kunye nezobhedu, iingcungcu zamaplanga, kunye nokuthunyelwa kunye nezikhulu zemoto (kubandakanya uHenry Ford) babambisa amaGreat Lakes ngeesalmon kunye nemithi yesilivere-birch yeenyamakazi ezimhlophe ezinomsila. Ubutyebi obukhulu buqwengwe emhlabeni, ukuchuma kwafika kwadlula, kodwa amakhubalo endalo anqabileyo alo mmandla asahenda abantu bangaphandle. Iidolophu ezishiyekileyo — iMarquette, iNegaunee, iCalumet, ukubala nje ezimbalwa — ziidolophu zangaphambili ezazihamba phambili ngaphambi kokuba kufike ixesha leepaki zeofisi kunye nokukhutshelwa kwabasebenzi. Ezi ndawo ngoku zihambelana nembali ye-quirky, ephantse yalibala. NjengeAlaska, iAppalachia, kunye nelizwe lamaAmish, iU.P. yindlela yokuphuma, ngaphandle kwexesha elidlulileyo lokugcina laseMelika.

Njengomntwana wedolophu yaseDetroit, ndadibana neU.P. phakathi Intsapho yasekhaya ifashoni, ukhwele ibhasi endala emthubi kwisikolo sasehlotyeni. Ukukhumbula kwam kuluvo: ivumba lomkhosi oshiyekileyo kunye neenkuni ezifakwe iinaliti zephayini, incasa yomsinga owenziwe kwalapha kunye neepie zenyama ezibizwa ngokuba zii-pasties, ukuziva ngathi ubumnandi beLake Superior kunye nenkungu evela kwimpompo.

Inxulumene: Izinto ezenziwayo eMazantsi eMichigan

Kwihlobo ephelileyo, ndiphinde ndaphinda ndabona i-U.P. njengembali nembali yenkcubeko, emva kwevili leDodge Magnum. Ndibeka ikhosi ngommandla kunye nabanye abantu baseMichigan kunye ne-antiques hounds: uJoe, umfoti wezithombe, kunye noKaty, umgcini wezobugcisa. Emiswe kunxweme olusemazantsi eLake Superior, embindini phakathi kwempuma nentshona emaphethelweni peninsula, iMunising yayiyindawo yokuqala yokumisa kwindlela esiya kuyo ekugqibeleni: iCopper Harbour, eyona ndawo isemantla eU.P.

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I-Munising yindawo yokundwendwela isikhephe ecaleni kweLitye eliBonisiweyo, umgama ozii-15 leemayile zamatye e-sandstone kunye nemiqolomba kunxweme lweLake Superior. Amagama amaPopu aMatye athatyathwe kukhukuliseko lomhlaba olukroboze amawa kwiiprofayili, kubandakanya neNtloko yaseIndiya, kunye nokwakhiwa kwezakhiwo, ezinjengeMiners Castle. Ubuhle babo butyhilwe kufutshane kwimigqaliselo engafakwanga yokufaka i-dipozithi kwi-dipozithi epeyinta amatye njenge-Morris Louis canvas, i-rusts, imifuno kunye ne-ocher.

Ukusuka eMunising, u-Route 28 wasikhokelela ngasentshona ecaleni konxweme ukuya e-Au Train, isanti eyomeleleyo ebiyela uthango, ingca yaselunxwemeni lwasendle, kunye namanzi afudumeleyo ngokumangalisayo. Iikhilomitha ezimbalwa ukusuka kuhola wendlela omkhulu kuhlala iRed Barn Antiques, apho iitafile zizaliswe ngeagate, hematite, kunye neekristalline ezakhiwe ngentsimbi erayisi egqunywe ngeverdigris-imbonakalo yobuncwane belizwe leCopper Country. Ndifumene nesitayile sezitya ze-Munising ezipeyintwe ngesandla-ezenziwe ngomthi zasekuhlaleni ezazisisiqingatha sokuqala senkulungwane yama-20.

Ngasentshona kweAu Train, siye sahlola ulwakhiwo lobugcisa olwaqala ngokuzinikela emsebenzini kumntu ophefumlelweyo. Ngokufana nePeninsula ePhakamileyo ngokwayo, ekhoyo kwintsalela yexesha elidlulileyo, iLakenenland yipaki yomfanekiso esecaleni kwendlela ethi isebenzise izinto ezilahliweyo zorhwebo ngendlela yezikhumbuzo ezinkulu nezikhulu. UTom Lakenen, umlindi oneminyaka engama-45 ubudala othenge i-37 1/2-acre tract, wenza indlela yeemoto, kwaye sele efake imisebenzi engama-65. Ndineencwadana zamaphepha ezinamaphepha ali-150 ezizaliswe yimiyalezo evela kubantu kwihlabathi liphela, utsho. Ndiyathemba ukuba ngenye imini uBill Gates uya kuqhuba.

ILakenenland ngamava amnandi kodwa ashukumisayo, intwana yealchemy yobugcisa kwindawo ehluthwe izixhobo zayo. Kukho intlupheko apha, omnye umthengisi undixelela, kodwa kukho ikratshi. Ayisiyiyo enye yezo ndawo zeMidwest apho iihotele zibonelela ngenkonzo yegumbi leyure ezingama-24 kunye nelinen yeFrette. Kodwa kukho ixabiso: izindlu zokulala, iikhabhathi, kunye nee-motels zineendawo zokucima umlilo, iintloko zamaxhama akhweleyo, kunye nokusetyenziswa okungafunekiyo kwepine enamaqhina, kwaye zezakho ngemali encinci e-U.P.

Idibeneyo: Izizathu ezili-17 zokuya kwiGrand Rapids, eMichigan

Imigangatho emithandathu yeLandmark Inn, ejonge eLake Superior eMarquette, yinto entle ngaphandle. Yakhiwe ngendlela entle yehotele ngeminyaka yee-1930, yagutyungelwa yiminyaka yokungahoywa — uphawu lokuphakama kwezoqoqosho nakumgangatho ophantsi — kodwa yahlaziywa ngo-1997. Indlu yabahambi egudileyo, ineefestile zeglasi namabala azaliswe ngezinto zakudala, iye yadlala kwiindwendwe ezahluka njengoAmelia Earhart kunye noMaya Angelou.

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Ngabemi abangaphezulu kwama-20 000, iMarquette yi-U.P eyiyo. sixeko. Emva kokuhlola ezantsi edolophini, kunye nokuyilwa kwayo kwenkulungwane kunye nendlu yeDoo-movie, salandela iNdlela 28 eya eNegaunee. Apho, kwigumbi elingaphantsi kwe-Old Bank Building Antiques Mall, safumana iitafile zokhuni zeModernist Munising phakathi kwezixhobo zokuzingela, iirhafu, kunye noomatshini bokuchwetheza be-antique.

Imilenze engama-60 yeemayile ngasentshona-emantla yasithatha yadlula kumanqwanqwa amatye amnyama eCanyon Falls saya kwiTempile yoMbingeleli waseSnowshoe, ejonge eL'Anse Bay naseSingasiqithi saseKeweenaw. I-Tepees iphawula ukujika kwesikhumbuzo sentaba: umfanekiso oqingqiweyo wobhedu obude obuziimitha ezingama-35 ka-Bishop Frederic Baraga, umfundisi wase-Slovenia wenkulungwane ye-19 owasungula uthumo eMichigan, Wisconsin nase Minnesota. Umbingeleli ojikelezayo uphethe izixhobo zorhwebo: umnqamlezo ngesandla sakhe sasekunene kunye neebhokhwe zekhephu ezimbini ngasekhohlo.

Emazantsi enduli e-Baraga, i-traffic yaqala ukuqokelelana phambi kwe-Drive-In, enye yezo ndawo zidibeneyo ze-burger ongaziboniyo uninzi lwezi ntsuku, apho umgcini we-waitress okwishumi elivisayo ekopa itreyi kwifestile yemoto yakho. Izinja ezininzi ezishushu, iifriji ezigobileyo, iingcambu zebhiya edadayo, kunye nokugcinwa komkhenkce kamva, sahamba sihamba ngakumlambo iPortage saya eHoughton naseHancock, iidolophu ezingamawele ezibonisa ukuqala kwePeninsula yaseKeweenaw.

E-Hancock, sanyathela ibala le-Quincy Mine-egcwele ukhula-ngoku eyimyuziyam ezele zizinto ezivela kwindlu yokubilisa eyona ndawo iphakamileyo yokuhambisa umphunga. IHancock inesiporho, kwaye ekuphela kwenduduzo esiyifumeneyo yavela ku-Amy J's Pasty, indawo ekubhakwa kuyo eyenza iipayi zemveli zenyama nenyama yeFinland, esekwe kwivenkile yaseCornish, kunye Nissim , isonka esimnandi esenziwe ngekhadiyam.

Iimpawu zomfanekiso oqingqiweyo weQuaint ziphawula ezitalatweni ezasikhokelela eSand Hills Lighthouse Inn. UBill Frabotta, owayekade engumfoti waseDetroit, uzibiza ngokuba ngumgcini wendlu yesibane, wasibuyisela ngembali yale ndawo, eyona ndlu inkulu neyokugqibela enezindlu zokukhanya eLwandle oluKhulu. UFrabotta emva koko wasirhuqela e-Fitzgerald’s kufutshane ne-Eagle River kwisidlo sangokuhlwa se-walleye eqatywe ipecan kunye ne-butterfly eyomileyo yaseMichigan.

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Ekupheleni kwayo, i-Keweenaw ludederhu lweelali kunye needolophu ezinemigodi ejikelezwe yi-Route 26 kunye ne-U.S. 41, iindlela ezimbini zelizwe ezenza iiluphu ezinqenqemeni zijikeleze iintaba kunye nonxweme lwelo lizwe. Simise nje indlela ukusuka kwigumbi lokukhanya kwiNdlela yama-26 eJampot, indawo ekubhakwa kuyo iUkraine kwindlu entle eshushu eqhutywa ziimonki ezinentshebe ezivela kwiNdawo yoLondolozo eNgcwele yoGuqulo lwaseSkete. Ukukhetha phakathi kweentlobo ngeentlobo zamanqwanqwa exesha aqhelekileyo-anje ngethimbleberry yemveli kunye ne-chokecherry-iicookies zasezulwini, kunye nesiselo esinxiliswe ngotywala, iziqhamo ezisongwe ngetshizi kunye namaqebengwana eeponti ibingumsebenzi weedola ezili-150.

Ukusuka kuhola wendlela, uCalumet uphakama kubonakala ngathi akukho ndawo, indawo yaseAndrew Wyeth yezakhiwo ezinophahla oluphantse lwathi nkqo kunye neecawe zecawa. Xa sele likhaya leetycoon zethusi, le dolophu inemizekelo emihle yezakhiwo zaseFinland ezinempembelelo yokujika kwenkulungwane kunye nendlu ye-opera eyayibanjelwe umculo welizwe kunye nemidlalo yakudala. Ukuhamba ezitalatweni ezixineneyo, apho iimitha zokupaka zibiza i-dime ngeyure kwaye zifakwe emacaleni ezakhiwo ukuze zingangcwatywa kwikhephu lasebusika, kwakunzima ukucinga ukuba ingaba le dolophu yayisendle kwaye inoboya kangakanani yafakwa kwiimogul ezisandul 'ukubunjwa kunye nomxube weplogglot wabaphambukeli kwinkulungwane eyadlulayo.

Kodwa kuyo yonke indawo esasijonga kuyo, kukho iziporho zangaphambili zommandla. Kwi-bistro yase-Jamani ebizwa ngokuba yi-Harbour Haus, apho ii-waitresses kwi-dirndls zikhonza i-schnitzels kunye ne-Lake Superior trout kunye ne-whitefish, i-1,720-pound specimen yobhedu bomthonyama ityalwe emhlabeni, ihambisa izidlo ngakwindawo yokutyela ejonge iminyango yobhedu. Kwindawo yokupaka igrabile ngaphandle kwentsimbi evalekileyo kunye nevenkile yezimbiwa, uKaty noJoe baqokelela amatye angwevu ngombala kunye ne-hematite ebengezelayo ebengezela elangeni.

Ukuqhuba usiya ngasemantla usiya kwizibuko laseCopper, kwisiphelo seU.S. Njengokuba inxeba lemoto lalijijekile nge-asphalt roller coaster, ukukhula okuluhlaza okomhlaza kuhlala kunika umoya ivumba elimnandi lase-alpine. Ngaphambili, indlela ibonakala ngathi yiribhoni emnyama, egxalathelanayo ukuya kwindawo eluhlaza eluhlaza: iTonnel yeMithi. Emva kokuba sivelile safumana enye indlela yokugqibela ebukekayo, iBrockway Mountain Drive, ekhokelela kwingqungquthela yeenyawo ezingama-735 eneembono ezingapheliyo zamawa agangathiweyo ngaphezulu kweLake Superior. Simi apho, sibukele ilanga litshona echibini elikhulu ngaphaya, kwakulula ukubona ukuba ingakanani — kwaye incinci kangakanani — umhlaba ongaphantsi kwethu uguqukile. Ukujonga phezulu, asinakuyibona intsalela yenkqubela phambili kunye nomzi mveliso; sabona kuphela imithi emide kunye neenduli ezinamatye, uphahla kunye nephenyane — indawo entle, kangangamakhulu eminyaka, eye yanika iindwendwe ezinje ngathi ukumangaliswa nezithembiso.

UDavid A. Ugcina ngumbhali wabasebenzi ILos Angeles Times.

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