[I-53]

So, iirc, the last prez to visit the UP was Taft? Some people may not know how remote the area is. Two hundred miles due north of Green Bay through forests, and an occasional small town.

I am not sure if you can look at it as strictly a political calculation. Maybe they just figured you all are as American as anyone else and you deserved some attention for once.

[ride the whirlwind]

What I have heard on our local radio station in Houghton is that FDR was the last sitting president to visit somewhere in the U.P. Taft was the last to visit Marquette.

My late mother made the best pasties. She often used lard (gasp!) in the crust and a little rutabaga along with the beef, potatoes, onions, and carrots. Catsup on top a must. We're Finns, so maybe that's the Finnish version.

[geopyg]

"Some people may not know how remote the area is."

If note for the Electoral College it would be just as remote as the Dakotas, Iowa or almost any state not touching a coastline.