Gotta have more Kromer!

To paraphrase Christopher Walken (Gotta have more cowbell!), I gotta have more kromer! So, with that in mind...

I love this video. Not only do I love my kromer, but I recognize most of the places in the video--this is where I'm from!

From Wisconsin Public Television:
"In Wisconsin February 24, 2011- Stormy Kromer Hat"
http://video.wpt2.org/video/1815595547

Having a bit more fun as I watch the video, I had to link to places that remind me of home.

Here is the sign that is shown at 0:27 of the video:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=46.471534,-90.202322&spn=0.000478,0.002036&z=19&layer=c&cbll=46.471534,-90.202322&panoid=EqDrj0kB85hY5bdrP3KRQA&cbp=11,191.69,,0,5.62
Note that although this story seems to want to focus on Wisconsin, Stormy Kromers are made in Ironwood, MICHIGAN! And in this shot the car is heading to Ironwood, not Hurley! :)

At 0:34 in the video, we are here:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=46.44987,-90.182101&spn=0.001915,0.008143&z=17&layer=c&cbll=46.449865,-90.182091&panoid=qgYyM6AnT02gqU1_sEpllg&cbp=11,202.6,,0,-9.82

At 0:36 in the video we are here, looking at all the strip clubs on main street in Hurley:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=46.449878,-90.180384&spn=0.001915,0.008143&z=17&layer=c&cbll=46.449867,-90.180374&panoid=qAgj8R8IqMhbzQHPJ2XeTQ&cbp=11,109.49,,0,-4.84
Note that again, perhaps subconsciously, they seem to want to head towards Ironwood!

Bobby Jacquart, and Jacquart Fabric Products, shown at 0:38 in the video, is here:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=46.460854,-90.142372&spn=0.00408,0.008143&z=17

The gas station shown around 0:52 in the video is here:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=46.449878,-90.181789&spn=0.001915,0.008143&z=17&layer=c&cbll=46.449869,-90.181804&panoid=1LWYRTuwKdSLSX451cJeCg&cbp=11,315.57,,0,-7.69

The shot on the bridge as you cross from Ironwood into Hurley at 0:42 is here:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=46.449907,-90.178324&spn=0.001833,0.008143&z=17&layer=c&cbll=46.449908,-90.17831&panoid=q6gjcn6KzTEBAckjcGONBg&cbp=11,247.68,,0,0.14

And turning around and looking back to Michigan at 0:44 is here:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=46.449907,-90.178324&spn=0.001833,0.008143&z=17&layer=c&cbll=46.449908,-90.17831&panoid=q6gjcn6KzTEBAckjcGONBg&cbp=11,130.64,,0,5

After that a number of locations are repeated, so I won't keep going with a link for every single location. :)

Notice the Green Bay Packers colors on the kromer shown at 3:36 and at 7:10 in the video!

The sign shown at 3:58 of the video is here:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=46.463226,-90.142758&spn=0.003666,0.016286&z=16&layer=c&cbll=46.463238,-90.142748&panoid=1tpYpO6ZzLe1r1e1mG5oRA&cbp=11,249.62,,0,-2

I love the old-timer around 6:04 of the video. My kromer (one of the original Milwaukee kromers, by the way) is one I've had for probably 15 or 20 years now. Sadly, living in Atlanta now, I don't need 3 or 4 kromers like I would if I still lived in the U.P. :(

I love the story at 6:20 in the video. Sad, but touching. I guess you'd have to have a kromer to understand.