Notes on Marquette

Random notes on the area, from emails, etc. -

I'm in Marquette, michigan, which is in the upper peninsula, which is GORGEOUS. Amazing. on lake superior, the nicest of the great lakes, methinks. I went swimming in it twice yesterday. Cold (like ocean in maine), but nice.

I'm actually in this little town sand river, right outside of marquette. I drive into marquette every day, sometimes twice. It's a 15 minute drive. Marquette is very cool - at first it reminded me of Biddeford, Maine, but now, more like Portland - cool little restaurants, funky younger people - though a lot of sort of 'townies' too, uneducated folk who never went away - right on the water, which is GORGEOUS. Water everywhere you can see. i swear, it looks 'bigger' than the ocean.

jem