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sleeping bears, bumper cars, and the tip of a peninsula

July 18th, 2010
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Wow–I can’t believe we’ve been home for a week. Even though we’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 [...]

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embracing tacky tourism

July 7th, 2010
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After spending two peaceful weeks in the U.P., where at times we had beaches, trails, and the road all to ourselves, we went into a bit of culture shock as we made our way to the tacky tourist spot of the Mackinac area. On our way to the Mackinac area we stopped at the Seney [...]

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a week in the hiawatha national forest

July 6th, 2010
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It’s tough keeping up with the travel posts when you’re traveling, so this is about a week old, but before the experiences drift too far from my recent recollection, I thought I would capture a few of them now. We spent last week in and around the Hiawatha National Forest near  Driving east to the [...]

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