Just got back from there most leaves gone but still great day!

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On Oct 20, 2012, at 10:11 AM, Bob Woodbury <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hope you got to see Lake of the Clouds. Magnificent, and I imagine more so at this time of year.
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> On Oct 20, 2012, at 7:30 AM, Erik Biever wrote:
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>> Paula and I, along with our friends Betty and Ron Deustermann, travelled to Houghton for what may be Minnesota's last road trip to Michigan Tech for quite some time.  With the impending breakup of the WCHA as we have known it, the Gophers will probably not play here for the next several seasons.  Too bad for us, because this has become our favorite road trip over the years.  We first visited the Keweenaw Peninsula for Tech's Winter Carnival in 1993.
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>> Yes, there was a hockey game last night.  Tech was not impressed by the visiting Gophers' #1 ranking and dominated the first two periods, taking a 5-2 lead into the second intermission.  The Gophers looked out of place on the NHL-sized surface.  Perhaps they had it too easy last weekend on the big ice at Mariucci, where they swept the slower Michigan State Spartans.  The Huskies kept moving their skates and took advantage of nearly every Gopher mistake.  Tech led 3-1 after the first period and really put the game away in the second, chasing Gopher starting goalie Mike Shibrowski from the net after extending their lead to 4-1.  The Gophs played well the rest of the way, holding the Huskies to 4 shots in the third period and drawing within two goals, but the final outcome was not in doubt. This is a different Tech team than we have seen in recent years.  MTU coach Mel Pearson has truly turned his program around.
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>> Along with our happy hosts, Liz and Bob Gilreath and their sons Rob and Paul, we retired to the Keweenaw Brewing Company in downtown Houghton to reflect upon the game surrounded by hordes of happy Huskie fans.  They were very nice to us and the beer was good, too.  Today we will do some sight-seeing in the nearby Porcupine Mountains, one of the parts of the western Upper Peninsula we haven't seen before.  The rematch is at 7:00 EDT tonight.  Perhaps the Gophers were still on Central Time last night, and will be better prepared for tonight's opening faceoff.
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>> -- Erik