Great Lakes Cities

[xzmattzx]

A bicycle is considered a vehicle in most states. Riding a bike while drunk can result in a DUI, just like driving a car while drunk.

[Centropolis]

Originally Posted by suburbanite

Seeing as just being drunk in public is technically illegal, doing so on a bike wouldn't change anything. I think an officer would likely use public intoxication laws to stop a cyclist that was obviously impaired.

well, not inherently, public intoxication is not a crime in my state just as passengers in motor vehicles having open containers of intoxicating beverages is not illegal. in other words depends on the state.

[Centropolis]

Just checked state of missouri law: Bicycles are non-motorized. No application here nor does Missouri have public intoxication law.

So, it seems mostly attached to public intoxication laws only in applicable states as it’s a non-motorized vehicle. If the state doesn’t have a public intoxication law - intoxicated bicycling is not a crime. I mean hell, ive been on bike kegger rides pulling keg/taps in the open...not to mention we have a trail through wine country where people actively bike between wineries and drink.

[Innsertnamehere]

Originally Posted by Acajack

"Drunk cycling" would be illegal in some way, in most jurisdictions I assume.

In Ontario I believe you can only get hit with public intoxication, no different than walking. Which is crazy because you can get a DUI on a canoe, but not a bike.

[Centropolis]

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

In Ontario I believe you can only get hit with public intoxication, no different than walking. Which is crazy because you can get a DUI on a canoe, but not a bike.

what the fuck? getting wildly drunk in a canoe in the ozarks with national park rangers and state police watching is a state sport in missouri. i think they started to try to ban full sized kegs in boats/rafts within national park administered areas on ozark mountain rivers in missouri but other than that...

[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

mackinac's character already is "summer tourism destination".

the island has a permanent population of ~500 people, but i've heard that on summer weekends the population swells as high as 25,000 people including all the day-trippers, tourists, cottagers, and summer workers.

300 extra people are not going to radically upset that balance.

I've heard that the 1980 film "Somewhere in Time" has a cult following and some of the fans make the trek to the Grand Hotel. I kind of like that film. Wish your way back in time through self hypnosis. Sometimes when I'm at the Hotel Del Coronado I close my eyes and pretend it is the late 1950s and I meet Marilyn Monroe while she is filming "Some Like It Hot" and she takes a liking to me. One day maybe I will open my eyes and it will be 1958 and Marilyn will be at the next table and I will say something clever or funny and make her laugh and the rest is history.

[pj3000]

Originally Posted by xzmattzx

A bicycle is considered a vehicle in most states. Riding a bike while drunk can result in a DUI, just like driving a car while drunk.

which is complete and utter bullshit, of course

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by pj3000

which is complete and utter bullshit, of course

Yes and no. People have been killed or disabled for life after being hit by cyclists.

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by CaliNative

I've heard that the 1980 film "Somewhere in Time" has a cult following and some of the fans make the trek to the Grand Hotel. I kind of like that film. Wish your way back in time through self hypnosis.

yes, the movie still has a cult following, though now that it's approaching its 40th birthday, i think you'll find less enthusiasm for it in 2019 than you might have had in 1999.

although, the Grand Hotel still hosts an annual "Somewhere In Time" themed weekend, so some people are definitely still into it.


Grand Hotel:


source: me

[Steely Dan]

the first cruise ship of the season has docked in milwaukee:


source: https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showt...#post159850424

[IrishIllini]

Was that shot taken on film? Looks decades old.

[Boisebro]

Originally Posted by IrishIllini

Was that shot taken on film? Looks decades old.

it's a screenshot from a video from jsonline.

[TownGuy]

Some of my favourite evenings on the Great Lakes are the calm ones, everything is still and glass like as far as the eye can see.

(Last week)

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

the first cruise ship of the season has docked in milwaukee:


source: https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showt...#post159850424

Isn't there a multi-year initiative between Great Lakes cities to significantly boost the cruise ship industry? Apparently, it was far bigger many decades ago than it is today.

[Steely Dan]

Viking has announced that it will offer new cruise itineraries on the great lakes starting in 2022 with its new Expedition Class vessels.

i think these new viking expedition ships will be the largest cruise ships to ever sail the great lakes. 670' long and 30,000 tons.

that's still a very far cry from the bloated floating hotels that ply the caribbean, but still significantly bigger than the other cruise ships we've seen to date on the great lakes.


source: https://www.cleveland.com/business/2...cleveland.html

[homebucket]

Beautiful ship.

[Handro]

Wonder why no Chicago? Also those are crazy expensive, a 12 day cruise in Europe is like 3k, both Great Lakes options are 7k+...

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by Handro

Wonder why no Chicago?

chicago can't hog all of the fun for itself.

give it time. if this first foray proves successful for viking, expect expansion.

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

Viking has announced that it will offer new cruise itineraries on the great lakes starting in 2022 with its new Expedition Class vessels.

i think these new viking expedition ships will be the largest cruise ships to ever sail the great lakes. 670' long and 30,000 tons.

that's still a very far cry from the bloated floating hotels that ply the caribbean, but still significantly bigger than the other cruise ships we've seen to date on the great lakes.


source: https://www.cleveland.com/business/2...cleveland.html

Is this the same 'Viking Line' that operates large ships between Finland and Sweden/Estonia? I'd certainly be interested in a cruise from Toronto to Chicago and back. Surely there are enough people on the Great Lakes to support something like this.

[austlar1]

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