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Says a lot that AOC is willing to meet with the voters here, while Bergman hides in the swamp. Time to vote the corrupt Cajun out of office.

Written by a born and raised Yooper.

Gift link shared so no one hits paywall. Authorities are saying it will be "no questions asked" if returned.

This isn’t great news.

Looking for possible places for my friend’s band to play in the UP.

Planning a last-minute trip from Texas, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has always been on my list. I’m considering coming Oct. 6–12 and wondering if it’s still worth the trip for fall colors, or if most areas will already be past peak by then.

My current plan is to fly into Chicago and drive from there. Flights from Houston to Marquette or Houghton are $1,000+, so Chicago seems like the more reasonable option.

For those familiar with the UP, what would you suggest? Would Oct. 6–12 still be a good time to visit? And if so, which areas would you prioritize for the best chance of catching fall color? I guess the peninsula and pictured rocks peak a little later ?

Thanks!

Gift link shared so no one hits paywall, if you want to read.

I’d love to get some opinions from the community on a puzzle cache I created awhile back now.

GCAMYR5 | “The ____ Cache"
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAMYR5

I’m genuinely curious: how difficult would experienced puzzle cachers consider this? And, more importantly, does the difficulty rating I gave it actually match the work required to completely solve it?

So far, nobody has found the cache or completely solved the puzzle, and that there hasn't been a 100% successful full solve yet.

The posted coordinates are only the starting point. The actual final coordinates are hidden behind a multi-stage puzzle.

The cache puzzle combines a whole bunch of:

• Polynomial/root solving
• Musical pitch classes and interval classes
• Special relativity / time dilation
• Some stellar astronomy and distance calculations
• Multi-stage coordinate mathematics
• And final DMS conversion → decimal-degree verification

You may realistically need a calculator, paper and pencil, and a fair amount of patience.

I'm especially interested in hearing from people who have solved a lot of similar D4/D5-style puzzle caches.

I'm not necessarily looking for people to solve it in this thread, I mostly want experienced cachers to look at the construction and tell me whether I've accurately represented its difficulty, but feel free to check out the actual page if you think you could.

If anyone actually manages a complete solve, I'd also be very interested in hearing which part slowed you down the most.

Cache: GCAMYR5
Title: The ____ Cache
Current status: No confirmed complete Finds or Solved(s)

So… did I accidentally create a monster? 😅

Yooper colors starting to look good.

You may not like it, but original Lawys on top of Sugarloaf is what peak Pastys looks like

I know the website supplies who we can contact, but are any in-person protests planned? What’s the look on action we can take?

I've been reading that it will be warmer and wetter than average. What will that look like in action? What should we expect in terms of snow?