By Charlie at Pasty Central on Wednesday, October 24, 2001 - 01:30 am:
It has been our priviledge to meet thousands of new friends through Pasty Central over the years. And even though we originally called it the "Keweenaw Pasty Cam", hundreds of regular visitors have identified themselves as being from Marquette and the surrounding area. I wish we could devote daily features to the "Marquette Pasty Cam" or "Escanaba Pasty Cam" or Iron Mountain, St. Ignace, Munising, Ironwood, or the Soo, etc., etc. The U.P. is simply too beautiful to ever exhaust the possibilities.
On a sunny day in Marquette recently, Joan Velde took this shot from the bluff overlooking the Harbor, and then drove down to the docks (just beyond the smokestacks in the view above) to get a closer look.
By the way, the original Pasty Cam guy, Jonathan Hopper, spent the first year of his life in Marquette (back when Gerald Ford was President). My wife and I and our newborn boy moved there to help start a radio station. Our original office was down there by the marina. Thanks, Joan, for bringing back fond memories.
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P.S. Several of Jonathan's shots in the past year are among your top choices in the voting for the 2002 Pasty Cam calendar. While the majority of folks have been voting by email, quite a few have used the discussion pages to cast their votes. 