Though the writer of this travel journal started out doubting the Porkies, by the end of the article, it's clear he gets the draw of the western U.P. state park.
Excerpt: Let’s be clear. The Porcupine Mountains are not mountains.
Mountains are vast and jagged, snow-capped and forbidding. They’re way up there, by the angels and clouds, where the air is thin and views dizzying. Have you seen the Matterhorn? The Grand Tetons? Mount Rainier? Now those are mountains.
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Source: The Wichita Eagle
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