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		<title>st. louis summertime spirit</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/07/19/st-louis-summertime-spirit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This summer we decided to forgo major travels and enjoy a series of brief excursions just beyond our usual stomping grounds. Our most recent adventure took us to the gateway city&#8211;St. Louis. Now, I didn&#8217;t know too much about St. Louis, but in my imagination I kind of likened it to vacationing in Gary, Indiana [...]]]></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>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>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>embracing tacky tourism</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2010/07/07/embracing-tacky-tourism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a week in the hiawatha national forest</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2010/07/06/a-week-in-the-hiawatha-national-forest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s tough keeping up with the travel posts when you&#8217;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 &#160;Driving east to the [...]]]></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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		<title>headin&#8217; north to michigan&#8217;s up &#8211; day 1</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2010/06/21/headin-north-to-michigans-up-day-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We kicked off our summer adventure yesterday with an eight hour drive north to Michigan&#8217;s UP with our first destination being Chassell, MI at the base of Keweenaw Peninsula. We arrived around 5:30 and just chilled and explored the little cottage where we&#8217;ll be staying for the next week. It&#8217;s really quite nice&#8211;simple, small, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>grand canyon, one edited photo</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2009/07/11/grand-canyon-one-edited-photo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend suggested a few tweaks to the GC photo I posted, so I gave it a whirl (using LightZone instead of Lightroom). I had actually already edited the previously posted photo some but may have been a little too zealous. This version does seem more natural to me and has more depth. What do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the grand canyon, just one photo</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2009/07/11/the-grand-canyon-just-one-photo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took hundreds of photos while visiting the Grand Canyon and I was consistently disappointed with each one. The sheer expanse and utter magnitude of this place can not be adequately represented. As a photographer, I was frustrated and beaten; as a human being, I was awestruck. So, just one, at least for now&#8230;]]></description>
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