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		<title>quick trip north: a visit to harlow lake and sugarloaf mountain</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/09/25/quick-trip-north-a-visit-to-harlow-lake-and-sugarloaf-mountain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, we drove like crazy people eight hours north to take care of some details as we edge ever closer to realizing our dreams of a northwoods retreat. We&#8217;re almost there now. After more than a year of searching for land, and over a hundred days of trying to secure ingress/egress easements before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>who doesn&#8217;t like barn animals? (i admit it, i don&#8217;t)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Saturday we headed out early to spend the whole day at the annual South Suburban Cook County 4H fair at the Children&#8217;s Farm in Palos Hills. This is a day that Aidan was really looking forward to, and one that Mike and I were dreading. It is a long day&#8211;starting at before 9am and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>big water, big questions, beautiful day</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/07/03/big-water-big-questions-beautiful-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 03:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late afternoon kicking around Marquette, we take to the road and drive east along the lake front. It is a chilly 58 degrees but Lake Superior calls to us, drawing us near. We arrive at Au Train beach just off M-28 as the cover of fog is lifting. I am struck by the geography of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>our land search continues</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/06/03/our-land-search-continues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent last weekend north of Marquette, MI once again, continuing our land search. There&#8217;s a couple of parcels we&#8217;ve got our eye on&#8211;both 40 acres&#8211;one square, one rectangular, both with beautiful high-ridge views of Lake Superior, one with a bubbling creek running through it but with fewer &#160;Aidan by the Nash Creekbuildable sites, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>snowshoeing in big bay</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/01/08/snowshoeing-in-big-bay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 05:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we all headed up towards Big Bay to check out a 40 acre square we&#8217;ve got our eye on. When our realtor told us we&#8217;d need snowshoes to see it, we decided to make a day of it. So, after a quick breakfast, we battled the crazy lake effect snow and drove northwest&#8211;very slowly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>hiking, history, and the i&amp;m canal</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2010/10/19/hiking-history-and-the-im-canal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday, we all headed out for a day about town in beautiful Lockport, IL. The focus of our trip was the historic Illinois and Michigan Canal (I&#038;M). The I&#038;M Canal was commissioned in 1823 in order to connect Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River (via the Illinois River). This marked the first complete shipping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>autumn camping in wisconsin</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2010/10/07/autumn-camping-in-wisconsin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, we took Aidan on his first camping trip. Chris wanted to go someplace closer to home, but I was bent on going to one of my favorite camping destinations&#8211;Governor Dodge State Park in western Wisconsin. The park is in Dodgeville, WI about 40 minutes west of Madison. I&#8217;ve been camping there since I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>life is good</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2010/09/21/life-is-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s funny how sometimes the best weekends are the ones that you don&#8217;t really do anything but spend time with those you love. That&#8217;s how this past weekend was. Originally, we had a pretty busy weekend planned&#8211;a trip to the Adler Planetarium, dinner with friends, visit with family. But, then plans changed and we found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>sleeping bears, bumper cars, and the tip of a peninsula</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2010/07/18/sleeping-bears-bumper-cars-and-the-tip-of-a-peninsula/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow&#8211;I can&#8217;t believe we&#8217;ve been home for a week. Even though we&#8217;re already home I want to post about the last stop on our three-week adventure. We decided to check out Sleeping Bear Dunes and Traverse City on our way home so we booked the Courtyard Marriot for a few nights before heading home to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>holiday on the keweenaw</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2010/06/27/holiday-on-the-keweenaw/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, we can&#8217;t believe our first week of vacation is over already. We were all a bit sad yesterday to leave Whitecaps Cottage and our views of Lake Superior, but we had a good week there&#8211;chillaxin&#8217; (a word Mike adopted recently) and exploring the area. I simply love the water, and being so close to [...]]]></description>
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