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Day 62
1. July
2000, Duluth to Marquette
Today
there was going to be a final test section for North America but when
we arrived at the time-check the time given to drive it was extended.
It is all to do with the Independence Day holidays and the fact that we
are driving through more populated areas, so that it makes sense to take
the safety precautions of not making any tests for the time being. We
are happy with that, after more than enough tests in the recent three
weeks. There will be two more in Morocco, though.
From Duluth we drove through Wisconsin, famous for dairy, onto Michigan,
a state famous for its automotive industry. But we do not see many cows
or cars as most of our routes take us over lonely forest roads. At the
lunch TCs, which are normally in populated areas, it is interesting to
meet the people who drove some distance just to see us. On our stop in
Glidden, Thomas, an Englishman now living in Minnesota gives us $20 for
the "Doctors Without Borders". (Many thanks!)
| TC 232: Duluth OUT |
7:
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17 |
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| PC |
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| TC 235: Glidden IN |
10:
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57 |
232.27 km |
| TC 236: Glidden OUT |
11:
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54 |
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| TC 237: Mercer IN |
13:
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24 |
98.75 km |
| TC 238: Mercer OUT |
13:
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25 |
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| TC 239: Paulding |
14:
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15 |
54.45 km |
| PC L'Anse |
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| TC 243: Marquette IN |
18:
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00 |
230.96 km |
Overall 1 hour 47
minutes penalty
The
official results can be looked up on this website
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The rally is
restarted in Duluth in front of the museum ship William A. Irvin.
The weather is rainy.
In the morning:
forest gravel roads in the rain
In the afternoon:
forest gravel roads in the sun
In the late
afternoon: Forest gravel roads are blocked by logging companies
- we have to drive on the highway. Saved by the lumberjacks!
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Driving out
of Duluth
Dutchmen Joop
and Han with Han's 356 Porsche.
Auto enthusiasts
along the road.
Gravel never
comes without dust and the dust manages to get everywhere inside
the car and the trunk.
Marquette is
a small harbour town in Michigan.
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