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50@50 – Upper Mississippi River; IO, MN, WI

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Landscape embodies the evidence of natural events, and “the cumulative evidence of human adjustment to life on earth.”[*]  Culture, embodies our human response. Rivers play a big part in culture; few have dominated culture in North America as much as the Mississippi River.  Entire volumes...

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50@50 – The Wisconsin Glacier; WI

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Ahh - this is my longest post to date!  It consists of three sites across the Wisconsin Ice Age Trail The northern Midwest’s reputation, primarily as a frigid environment briefly visited by summers’ humid heat and mosquito infestations, is enough to discourage southern visitors from venturing...

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50@50 – Baker County, OR

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Baker county, population 16,700 is a remarkable place -  and stunningly beautiful [whadaya mean?? all you see from I 84 is a Mc D, a couple cheap  motels and a gas station].  Really, I mean it.  With family living there, I had the opportunity to...

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50@50 – Land of Cheese & Beer; WI

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Think “Wisconsin” – what comes to mind? Yes, Beer and Cheese. Travel Wisconsin, lists 25 cheese factories and 16 breweries that offer visits.  More exist, but some guard their operations more closely, I suppose. As a woman who carries the “beer” gene, I was obliged to...

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50@50 – Green Bay, WI

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Think “Wisconsin” – what else comes to mind?  Fish and Fur, of course! By the 16th century, over fishing in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, and nearby seas, had nearly depleted European sources of Cod.  Fish was not only a food, but fishing represented a way of...

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50@50 – Columbia Gorge Day 2, OR/WA

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The four elements, highly visible in this region, continue to shape the land.  Fire, in the form of volcanoes, continues to rumble, hiss and spew.  Water, defines the region for food, trade and recreation.  Air, in the form of wind, brings in moisture to nourish...

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