Jeff Reardon said:Oh yeah, I knew there was a lot of lumbering in Michigan, but we claim Paul Bunyan as one of our own. LOL!
I was exiled in Michigan for a few years when I thought I was going to end up married to a Michigan girl I met in college, and the UP, especially the Porcupine Mountains, was the only part of the midwest that reminded me of home. Lansing and Ann Arbor not so much.
Mark W said:Jeff Reardon said:Oh yeah, I knew there was a lot of lumbering in Michigan, but we claim Paul Bunyan as one of our own. LOL!
I was exiled in Michigan for a few years when I thought I was going to end up married to a Michigan girl I met in college, and the UP, especially the Porcupine Mountains, was the only part of the midwest that reminded me of home. Lansing and Ann Arbor not so much.
Sorry to burst your bubble Jeff, Paul Bunyan is native Minnesotan.
Mark
Jeff Reardon said:Mark W said:Jeff Reardon said:Oh yeah, I knew there was a lot of lumbering in Michigan, but we claim Paul Bunyan as one of our own. LOL!
I was exiled in Michigan for a few years when I thought I was going to end up married to a Michigan girl I met in college, and the UP, especially the Porcupine Mountains, was the only part of the midwest that reminded me of home. Lansing and Ann Arbor not so much.
Sorry to burst your bubble Jeff, Paul Bunyan is native Minnesotan.
Mark
No way. The man left the coast and started walking inland carrying an oar until nobody knew what it was. He may have ended up in Minnesota after passing through Michigan, but he had to start on salt water.
Jeff Reardon said:We'e currently having a debate about whether or not to add Babe. But ours is pretty tall.
Not the largest at 31 feet, but much larger than the poor Minnesota cousins.
Per Wikipedia: "Smaller (although still larger than life) statues can also be found in the Minnesota towns of Akeley, Bemidji, and Brainerd as well as Manistique, Michigan; Ossineke, Michigan; Muncie, Indiana; and Lakewood, Wisconsin."
You guys do have a log chute ride in the Mall of America, though.
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OK, maybe yours is bigger (still doubtful as all you east coaster brag and exaggerate) but it does appear we have more. We must love our native son more that you guys.....
I do remember seeing Babe up north many many years ago when we went and walked across what was then considered the Mississippi headwaters. That was a cool trip I recall.
Mark