Michigan U.P. pics

[boxhead]

Here are some pics of our u.p. trip last july:

What it looked like upon arrival and for the first three or four days:

What it looked like afterwards:

Ever ride with a broken wrist?

Easy way to ease the pain!!! ;D

Mt Houghton, 1100 feet above superior ;D

Friend at lake superior shore:

Probably why my bearings were so bad, it was over the seat in some quick ruts but didn't get stuck!!! ;D

Copper Harbor, and you can see isle royal way off in superior:

More obstacles on the beach:

 

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[tistheman5]

looks nice...didnt have anything to drink did ya? ;D

 

[boxhead]

I can't remember!!! ;D Actually I got pretty wasted the day I broke my wrist, almost fell on the tent trying to get inside! ;D Day after I used that strap in the picture to pull the clutch in and climb up Mt. Houghton over logs and **** up to 1100 ft on the gps. That was pretty ****** up to do one handed.

 

[boxhead]

Here's a couple more:

Better have some good skids in the u.p.!!!

Road going back to the campsite:

 

[DeathShadow]

Now that ^ looks like ******* fun.

 

[fearnofish06860]

dude, i need to get up north and ride, that looks sooooo fun!

 

[boxhead]

It's ten or eleven hours north of us fish, almost the same distance as myrtle beach without leaving michigan!!! It gets much better than that, and much more dangerous death. That road gets some huge boulders and nasty erosion areas about four or so miles more in. I wish we would of had pics of the boulder field we found on the beach, every one of those fuckers was at least three feet in diameter and no dirt exposed underneath. Sport quads shouldn't be there unless the riders have quite a bit of experiece, theres quite a few areas where you can easily kill yourself if your going too quick. On the top of that mountain you can't tell but theres a cliff that goes three hundred feet straight down at least, and the trail is two way without a spot to turn around, can be easily mistaken to turn and drive off the cliff. On the beach theres a memorial actually where a kid drove a quad off a 20ft ledge and had it land on top of him in the water, was all jagged rocks there also, must of been nasty. The worst part is there's nothing up there once so ever, and hard telling how many hours to the nearest hospital. I think the nearest one would be in Houghton, a few hours back south. Expect some pretty harsh situations up there, almost guaranteed to break something on your quad, injure yourself, or deal with sudden 50 degree drops in temperature outside with 50mph winds. Place can get pretty ******* nuts! ;D ;D ;D

 

[fearnofish06860]

sounds like fun, like one of those hardcore rides that you go on just to see if you and your quad could make it lol

 

[boxhead]

Here's even more...

Ever know that nasa launched rockets out of michigan, heres proof even though some stupid **** damaged the landmarker:

Taking a break at the bridge

Another of the mountain

Here's the cliff, my friend's standing at the edge

Another cool stretch of beach

A close up to the broken wrist fixer upper, never give up on riding!!! ;D

The u.p. is like a totally different state than the l.p., the dirt is all copper compounds so the mud is a bitch to get off, and the terrain is very mountainous and rocky. At the point the weather is about ten times as nuts as michigan's weather here, good idea to bring a lot of ******* off and rain gear, definately needed. Also a good idea to bring a somewhat high powered rifle, quite a few bears up there and no authorities.

 

[fmfwarrior21]

That looks like alot of fun ive never done a trail ride like that before.