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About that bright blue clear water…
When we moved to Cleveland in 2014 and I saw Lake Erie up close, one of the things that took me by surprise was the color of the water. Standing on shore and looking out in the summer months, in many places the most visible stretch of water has a…
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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
A couple of weeks ago, the New York Times had an article proposing five alternative, less crowded national protected lands to consider in place of some of the most visited national parks. Their proposed substitution for Acadia National Park in Maine: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan. Last summer we…
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Summer of Smoke
On Thursday June 29th, we left Cleveland, bound for a long weekend in Northern Michigan to visit with friends and drop my older daughter off at summer camp near Traverse City. The day was one of several poor air quality days that we’ve had this summer in Northeast Ohio as…
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