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542 HERE
542 HERE ON THIS FRIDAY MORNING. FROM THE ONGOING PANDEMIC TO POLITICAL DRAMA
OF THE PAST FEW DAYS AND WEEKS,
IT'S BEEN A YEAR. SO WE WANT
I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BREAK
FROM IT ALL THIS MORNING. THAT
IS WHY WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR
CHUCK LAWFORD. EARLIER THIS
FALL CHUCK HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO TRAVEL TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN
TO CHECK SOME INCREDIBLE PLACES
AND MEET SOME GREAT PEOPLE.
THIS MORNING HE'S GIVING US A
SNEAK PEEK OF HIS LATEST BIG
ADVENTURE. OH, CARLOS. THANK
YOU, JULIA. THANK YOU. YOU
KNOW, FOLKS, WE'VE ALL KNOWN
THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO
TRAVEL MUCH THIS YEAR. SO WE
TOOK THE TRIP FOR YOU. AND WE
WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT
OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE ALL NEXT
WEEK ON 13 SUNRISE. CHECK IT
OUT
. ONE LOOK AROUND AND YOU
REALIZE THIS PLACE IS SPECIAL
.
THOUSANDS OF HOOSIERS GO TO
NORTHERN MICHIGAN EVERY AUTUMN.
THIS YEAR WAS A NO GO FOR MANY
HATS. THAT'S OK. WE TOOK THE
DRIVE AND YOU'RE COMING ALONG
WITH US. SO HERE WE ARE IN THE
MIDDLE OF AUTUMN WITH THE RAIN
FALLING, THE WIND BLOWING IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE STRAITS
OF MACKINAW. BUT WE'RE ON OUR
WAY TO A GOOD TIME. FIRST
MACKINAC ISLAND AND THE ONE
HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN YEAR OLD
GRAND HOTEL. I SEE THESE PEOPLE
PULL UP ON THE HORSE TAXIS AND
IT'S THE SAME REACTION
FROM EVERYBODY. THEY LOOK UP
AND JUST GO WOW, THAT'S MY
FAVORITE THING IS THE OH WELL
WHEN THEY SEE THE HOTEL WHEN
THEY SEE THE INTERIOR. THE
HOTEL. WOW. IF YOU COULD SEE MY
FACE IF YOU COULD SEE MY FACE
MY JAW WOULD BE DROPPING. IF I
KEEP UNDER THE ROOF FOR A
COUPLE DAYS THEY'LL UNPLUG IT
UNWIRED AND SAY OK. WHERE YOU
GET ONE OF THESE HORSE RIDES
WHERE I GET A BICYCLE I WAS
LIKE OH WE GOT YOU'LL SEE WHAT
MAKES THIS TINY ISLAND FUDGE
THE BEST IN THE WORLD. AND
WE'LL ANSWER THE QUESTION
WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH MACKINAW
ISLAND'S 500 HORSES THAT GET
YOU FROM POINT A TO B? SLOWLY.
IT'S SOMETHING YOU JUST LEARN
TO LIVE WITH HIM. YOU ACTUALLY
GET TO ENJOY IT. BE AMAZED WITH
A PLACE THAT LITERALLY DEFIES
GRAVITY. OH MY GOSH, THIS IS SO
RAW RIGHT ALONG WITH US TO THE
STUNNING TUNNEL OF TREES WITH
STOPS AT A WORLD FAMOUS GENERAL
STORE AND A FUNKY GALLERY THAT
CELEBRATES OF ALL THINGS
PUMPKINS. SEVEN YEARS AGO HE
STARTED THE GREAT LAKES GLASS
PUMPKIN PATCH AND CONSEQUENTLY
IT'S BECOME A THING. IT'S AN
EVENT FLY WITH US OVER THE MOST
BREATHTAKING LIGHTHOUSES ON THE
GLOBE, SOME OF WHICH ARE
OPERATED BY VOLUNTEERS. THE
ROMANCE OF IT I GUESS IT HAS A
ROMANTIC ASPECT. AND YOU THINK
ABOUT THE ISOLATION AND THE
WAVES AND THE WIND JUST THE
PAST HOUR AND BEING ABLE TO GO
UP THERE TO GET SAND IN YOUR
SHOES AND POSSIBLY IN YOUR EYES
AS WE RIDE THROUGH DUNES
REMINISCENT OF A BAR IN SCHOOL
IS IN SESSION AT A SPECIAL
PLACE WHERE SANTA'S HELPERS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD PO PO PO
UP THERE JOLLY TALENT O O.
THAT'S PRETTY DARN GOOD. YEAH.
OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, DON'T MEET
THE PEOPLE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL
REGION WHERE IT ALL THE SAM
COME FROM . HOW MANY TRUCKLOADS
DID IT TAKE TO BRING THIS HOME
AND FIND WHY THEIR
PERSONALITIES DRAW VISITORS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD? THANK
YOU. THIS IS AWESOME. MY
PLEASURE. LET'S TAKE BON
APPETIT. HI, GUYS. HEY, WE'VE A
SOCIAL DISTANCING BUT IT
DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T HAVE FUN.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU FAR,
FAR AWAY. IT'S ALL PART
OF CHUCK'S BIG ADVENTURE. MY
BIG ADVENTURE KICKS UP MONDAY
RIGHT HERE ON 13 SUNRISE WITH
MORE ON MACKINAW ISLAND AND THE
GRAND HOTEL. NOW YOU CAN FOLLOW
ALONG ALL WEEK AS WELL ONLINE
AT WTA CHART SLASH HOLD ON WTA
DOT COM SLASH BIG ADVENTURE ONE
MORE TIME WTA OUTCOMES SLASH
BIG ADVENTURE IT'S LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT AND THAT'S ONE
PLACE I'VE NEVER BEEN. I'M SO
LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS DAY SO
VALUABLE RIGHT NOW AS I'M
LOOKING AT THAT WITH AND I'M
SAYING I'M TAKING MY FAMILY UP
THERE IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE IT'S
SO BEAUTIFUL AND YOU DON'T GET
ON A PLANE, YOU JUMP IN THE CAR
AND YOU GET IN THE CAR AND YOU
DRIVE IN BECAUSE NORTHERN
MICHIGAN AND WE LEARNED THIS IN
THE ELECTION. IT'S SOCIALLY
DISTANCE CAUSE NOBODY LIVING UP
THERE BUT IT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL
AND BREATHTAKING. AND YOU KNOW,
I I WAS ASKED WHICH ONE
OF THESE PIECES IS YOUR
FAVORITE? I THINK THEY ALL ARE.
BUT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO
LOVE IT. SO NEXT WEEK RIGHT
HERE ON SUNDAY. LOOKING FORWARD
TO IT. SANTA CLAUS IN TRAINING
AND I'LL GIVE YOU A SNEAK PEEK
BECAUSE YOU'RE UP EARLY. WHEN
WE YOUR SANTA CLAUS PIECE THREE
OF THE SANTA CLAUS STUDENTS ARE
FROM SULLIVAN'S HARDWARE IN