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Transcript: In Michigan's U.P., Visitors Welcome, Just Don't Stay
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- September 27, 2009
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LIANE HANSEN
NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday
09-27-2009
In Michigan's U.P., Visitors Welcome, Just Don't Stay
Host: LIANE HANSEN
Time 13:00-14:00 PM
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LIANE HANSEN, host:
Marquette, Michigan is a place you have to experience twice.
This trip, I packed fleece and tried to bring a jar of thimbleberry jelly back home. I needed sunblock, and my jelly was confiscated at the airport because it was more than three ounces. Mistake.
(Soundbite of birds and waves crashing)
HANSEN: Daytime temperatures in downtown Marquette were near record high — low 80s. No wind, calm lake, Yoopers were flocking to the shore of Lake Superior. The summer had been colder than normal. So, as the days began ...