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From McAllen, TX driving to Denison, TX then North across most of Oklahoma.

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8 September 2016

Big Cabin, OK - where one turns East on the toll road to Missouri.

East of Joplin, MO on Interstate 44 in Missouri - hilly land underlain by limestone rock

approaching St. Louis from the West - limestone hills
raining and trying to storm

Preying Mantis - welcomed us the morning we stayed at LaQuinta in Bloomington. Illinois

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9 September 2016

traditional farms approaching Sheboygan, Wisconsin from the South

all on Interstate 43

Camelot Blvd., Sheboygan, Wisconsin

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camp - off hwy 57 - SW of Sheboygan -

Joel, Donna, Joseph, Mona - little lake at camp

Ron and Donna at Joans camp

nearby Cedar Valley Cheese factory also makes excellent ice cream

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10 September 2016

Clouds - looking N. over Lake Michigan - Kohler Andre State Park, just S. of Sheboygan

Clouds - looking South over Lake Michigan

Sand dunes behind the beach

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model of the Challenger a Great Lakes centerboard Schooner
made in Manitowos, WI in 1852 and operated in Lake Michigan until 1910.
exhibited at the Kohler Andre State Park

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11 September 2016

My friend Marty in Two Rivers, Wisconsin and his Weekender design sloop

Sailing the Weekender. It is a fine litle boat.
Has a substantial keel, not centerboard.

On trailer de-rigging. The keel is not too deep but gives plenty of lateral resistance.

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Sunrise over Lake Michigan - at the Sheboygan Harbor

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Friends and Family - McD breakfast

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Later in the day high wind pushing Lake Michigan waves over the breakwater - Sheboygan Harbor

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