It's Nice to Spend Time in Nature Every Once in a While.

"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95) 07/15/2017 at 15:41 • Filed to: None

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Way up in the Upper Pinensula.

for Michigan > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 07/15/2017 at 15:47

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I’ve been itching to get up there lately. It’s been too long.

jimz > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 07/15/2017 at 16:16

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you mean South Canada?

nermal > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 07/15/2017 at 16:23

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Indeed. Why is that waterfall so brown though?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > nermal 07/15/2017 at 16:31

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I think it’s a product of decaying vegetation that leach tannins into the water, or its poop.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > nermal 07/15/2017 at 16:43

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The UP basically got it’s boom from massive iron ore deposits. As far as I know it’s from that iron leaching into the water.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/15/2017 at 16:43

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Actually, I’m pretty sure it’s from iron ore deposits.

jimz > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 07/15/2017 at 16:47

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Joking as I was, I’ve been to Tahquamenon Falls, but not since I was... 12 I think? long time ago. My great aunt used to run a motel in Mackinaw City, so we stayed up there one summer and did a tour of the northern lower and da UP, eh?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 07/15/2017 at 17:27

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Okay so then that’s just gross.

Dusty Ventures > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 07/15/2017 at 17:30

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Oh hey, Tahquamenon Falls! I stopped by there on the way to LSPR last year! It was an interesting contrast because I’d spent the previous day at Niagara Falls

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 07/15/2017 at 18:10

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Yep, it’s tannins from decaying plant matter that end up in the river.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 07/15/2017 at 18:10

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Nope, it’s tannins like Highlander said.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > nermal 07/15/2017 at 18:12

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What Highlander said. Vegetation along the river bank releases tannins into the water and turn it brown.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 07/15/2017 at 19:16

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I stand corrected.

Urambo Tauro > nermal 07/15/2017 at 19:20

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That’s where root beer comes from.

Urambo Tauro > jimz 07/15/2017 at 19:25

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Man, I haven’t been up there since I was... 8, I think. I recall seeing the falls, and going to the sand dunes too. I distinctly remember climbing up a long sandy slope, and it taking so long that it started to rain before I got to the top.

jimz > Urambo Tauro 07/15/2017 at 19:49

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I think my folks still have the pictures from that trip; best part was when a hell of a thunderstorm rolled in while we were taking the ferry back from the island.