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Crisp Point Lighthouse — Paradise, Michigan

Posted on June 29, 2003 by Roger

                            By our third day in Paradise, we’d done everything we’d plan to do and several things we hadn’t planned. It’s not a hot-spot for vacation thrills … Continue reading →

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Whitefish Point Light Station and Shipwreck Museum — Paradise, Michigan

Posted on June 28, 2003 by Roger

We spent three nights in a tiny cabin in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We were about 20 feet from the shore of Whitefish Bay, on Lake Superior. Out the picture window, we could watch tankers steaming down the bay … Continue reading →

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East Channel Light — Grand Island, Michigan

Posted on June 27, 2003 by Roger

My family took a vacation to the Upper Peninsula. Among our adventures was a glass-bottom boat ride on the Shipwreck Tour out of Munising. The captain took us past Grand Island and paused by the East Channel Light. The light … Continue reading →

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Butterfly #18 — Mourning Cloak

Posted on June 17, 2003 by Roger

nymphalis antiopa Tuesday, June 17, 2003 — 3:54 pm Ringwood, Illinois — Glacial Park I took the afternoon off work and drove up to look (unsuccessfully) for Dickcissels. I walked the Deerpath Trail counterclockwise. On the wooded hill near the bench, … Continue reading →

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Bird #416 — Northern Saw-whet Owl

Posted on January 20, 2003 by Roger

aegolius (owl) acadicus (of Acadia, for Nova Scotia) Monday, January 20, 2003 — 9:55 am Lisle, Illinois — Morton Arboretum I drove down to Morton Arboretum where a Hermit Warbler has been seen for the past month or so. (I … Continue reading →

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