1) "Yoopers" do not move fast. Unless you are in a fast food restaurant, you usually seat yourself. Within 5 minutes, your server shows up and takes your order. Your food is usually cooked right after you order, so expect a wait, and comes out hot and delicious.
2) They have a "dialect" here; since they are close to Canada, they talk a little closed-mouth (ruff instead of roof, howose instead of house). There is a Finnish influence here, since a lot of them came to settle here. Their "dictionary" says they don't use proper English digraphs of th- and sh-. They say "dis, dat, deese, doze, and sit" instead of "this, that, these, those, and ---t. For "the" they use "da." But I really haven't heard anyone really talk like that.
3) There are a lot of older people here; those must be die-hard Yoopers.
4) I think Yoopers are just rednecks living in a colder climate. They are a hearty people making do with what they got.
So we are now in Ft. Wilkins Historic State Park. Here is our crib and our digs.
Our crib
Our digs
This is just outside our door, less than 25 feet, and the only thing in the way is foliage.
It is called Lake Fannyhooe (pronounced "Fannyhoe"). I guess the Finns drop the last "e."
Not to brag, but this was the time and temperature about 1 hour away from our campsite, and we were still driving north. Oh well, someone has to do it.
The town near our campsite is called Copper Harbor. We will probably tour the fort and take pics of the lighthouse tomorrow. I just thought it was neat that a small town and a one-room schoolhouse still exist. Cool!
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