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[Note: see my YouTube playlist<\/a> for the latest videos, starting with July <\/strong>28<\/strong>th<\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I indicated in the previous North Dakota post, I’m playing catch-up and trying to get a month’s worth of photos posted, so pardon the lack of text to accompany the pictures taken walking through the state of my birth. I had an outstanding time meeting up with family and friends and made a lot of great new memories while recalling old ones together. I hope the following pictures provide a small taste of hiking across the “Land of 10,000 Lakes.” Yours, Michael (Max)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gotta be a midwesterner to appreciate this one<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Canadian wildfires = hazy skies in Minnesota <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Church or not, that is one lame-ass<\/strong> pun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looks tranquil, but once the sun went down, the bugs were gnarly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crossing the U.S.’s longest National Scenic Trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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He filled my water bottles, and my imagination<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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First discarded Bombay Sapphire seen on the hike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nice tree tunnel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Walking the Lake Wobegon trail near St. John’s University,  one of my Alma Maters <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another day, another grassy campsite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I have been so advised<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sauk Center’s own Sinclair Lewis <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wild storm aftermath, volume 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wild storm aftermath, volume 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wild storm aftermath, volume 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Showing off some old man wrinkles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The hat that replaced my trusty sun hat which ended up in a porta-potty. I lost this one too, a mere 2 weeks later. Do’oh!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Guns before family, bold prioritization<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A new spin on the old sticker: “I voted…for a felon.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Celebrating halfway complete with Bryce, my friend of 55 years, and a big slab of tiramisu <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Local Minnesota press in White Bear Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My mom and step-dad on the bottom row, more family and friends up top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Friends and former IT colleagues- we hadn’t seen each other in years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My good friend and former colleague Jim Pavek, who hosted a get together in my honor and became the only person to hike with me so far!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Downtown Stillwater, Minnesota<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The old lift bridge across the St. Croix river, marking the Minnesota\/Wisconsin border<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Thanks Wisconsin!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Note: see my YouTube playlist for the latest videos, starting with July 28th] As I indicated in the previous North Dakota post, I’m playing catch-up and trying to get a month’s worth of photos posted, so pardon the lack of text to accompany the pictures taken walking through the state of my birth. I had an
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