More on Grandkids and a Trip Back Home

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Michigan Traveler

Veterans’ Day this year was a unique experience.  Pat and I spend the afternoon taking our granddaughter, Katrina, shopping for her birthday present.  While we were in a department store and I was waiting outside the fitting room while Katrina was trying on clothes, I heard an announcement that veterans could get an additional discount on any purchase – what a deal!  Then we had dinner at Applebee’s for their Veterans’ Day special.  What a great time to be recognized for your service to your country and spend special time with family.

I had a special treat the next day when I took Katrina out for her first kayaking experience on the pond at the campground.  She took to it like a duck to water!  She is just like her dad; she had to find out how fast she could go!SkillPath Seminars contacted me to teach a project management class to the Accident Fund in Lansing on November 15th.  I thought this was a great opportunity and Pat and I started making plans to take full advantage of it.  We flew into Detroit on Sunday, drove to Lansing to spend some time with David.  He is doing fine and still working at Granger’s while looking for full time work.  We had a nice dinner with our friends, Susan and Gary Aten, before going to Stan and Betsy Pash’s house.  It’s great to have friends who invite you to stay in their home when you announce you are going to be in the area. Thank you Betsy and Stan!

Monday we took care of doctor visits and other “stuff” that is still based in Lansing.  Pat met with her “lunch bunch” friends and I had lunch with a friend from the National Guard.  Later Pat, Dave and I met my sister, Susan and her husband, Gerry.  We had a good time sharing stories of our travels and their trip to Europe.

While I was teaching at the Accident Fund, Pat went to Saginaw to do some early Christmas shopping with her sisters.  While the training went well, the hit of the evening was having Dave fix dinner for me at his apartment.  I can testify that he has picked up some of his mom’s cooking skills.

After a leisurely trip back to Mississippi, we were able to spend some more time with Sandra and the girls before we headed to Orange Beach, AL to spend Thanksgiving with our friends, Darcy Toth and her husband, Roger.

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Visiting the Grandkids

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Michigan Traveler

We’ve been in Mississippi for a little over a week now and we’re enjoying the warm weather. To us, it seems more like early September than November.  We spent the first week at the Ross Barnett Reservoir campground where we stayed last spring.  It’s a beautiful locale but about 35 minutes drive from Sandra and the girls so we’ve moved to Wendy Oaks RV resort a little south of Florence (which is south of Jackson).

Clarissa

Sierra

We attended the church Halloween party with Katrina, Clarissa, and Sierra on Halloween night and watched them play all of the games and win candy prizes.  All three of them also won a cake at the cake walk!  They were pretty excited about that.  Bob had to leave for Pittsburgh on Tuesday (returning on Thursday night) but Pat got to see Katrina’s last football game.  She was her team’s best player and Sierra and

Katrina

Clarissa were great cheerleaders!

Cheerleaders in Action

We had Sandra and the girls over for dinner last Friday night and then the girls stayed overnight with us.  We visited all of their favorite places at the Reservoir—the boat launch to pick up shells and feed the ducks, and the playground, both for the swings etc. and to dig in the sand.  We also hiked along the Pearl River below the dam, an interesting view of the dam with lots of white sand. Katrina returned home Friday evening but the twins spent Saturday night with us and then we took them to church on Sunday morning.  They’re attending Marvin United Methodist Church so we felt right at home!

After we settled into our new campsite yesterday we again had Sandra and the girls over for dinner.  Katrina had requested cheesy potatoes and apple pies in the pie irons (we had chicken and vegetables as well).  It was warm enough that we could eat outside at the picnic table and then sit around the campfire for dessert.  It was a wonderful evening!

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Visiting Elisabeth in Raleigh

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Michigan Traveler

While family and friends are bundled up at Spartan Stadium at MSU for the MSU-Wisconsin game, I was standing barefoot in the sand grilling burgers, only a few hundred feet from the beach at Kitty Hawk, NC – what a life!

Pat and I arrived in the Raleigh area on October 9th and set up camp at the Falls River Recreational Area.  This is a great campground with nice, deep sites and plenty of space between camp sites.  Elisabeth met us at the campground for dinner and a campfire.  It was great to see her again and to be able to spend time together.

Tuesday I went to Pittsburgh for my Corps of Engineers Leadership Development Program.  Pat and Elisabeth hung out together while I was gone and Elisabeth and I went kayaking on Falls Lake after I returned on Friday.

A few years ago we discovered a winery between Raleigh and Wilmington that had some great Muscatine wine, so Saturday was spent traveling to and touring the Duplin Winery.

Duplin Winery

I can’t remember the last time I went to a Michigan State Fair, but now we have gone to two state fairs this year!  The North Carolina State Fair was great, with all kinds of good food that is not good for you, but fun to eat.  We checked out the garden displays, historical and craft displays.  When we walked by the North Carolina Army National Guard recruiting booth I saw they had a climbing wall and, of course, this old Army Ranger couldn’t pass that up.  While the age limit was 45, they let me climb it anyway and I DID make it to the top!

Later in the week I took the opportunity to do some handyman work around Elisabeth’s house.  It was fun and after three tries I finally got the exhaust fan in her guest bathroom fixed!  I guess I should give up my dreams of home repairs as a career.  The rest of the week was taken up with checking out some to the area around the campground, more kayaking and handyman work.  We had a great time visiting with Elisabeth.

On Saturday, Oct 22nd, we headed to the Outer Banks to stay at the Kitty Hawk RV Park.  At first I wasn’t very impressed as it looked like your typical trailer park.  However, it all changed when we realized we were right across the road from the ocean – a one minute walk from the trailer, and we had an ocean view from our living room.  Later in the day we went to the Wright Brothers Memorial.  The memorial was built on Kill Devil Hill which is a sand dune; consequently it is always moving.  In fact it is over 450 feet from its location in 1903 when the Wright Brothers made their first powered flight.  In preparing the memorial the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stabilized the dune with a variety of grasses.  After that we went to Jockey Ridge State Park, which is known for outstanding kite flying and hang gliding.  We flew kites until after sunset.

Sunday we checked out the Currituck Lighthouse.  Elisabeth thought this would be good because I had already visited the other four of the five lighthouses on the Outer Banks.  It is also the only unpainted brick lighthouse on this part of the coast.  That afternoon we headed to Roanoke Island to tour the ‘Lost Colony.”  Three expeditions landed at Roanoke.  The first two returned to England, but the third group was supposed to be permanent.  The Governor returned to England to get more support, but was unable to return for three years.  When he finally returned the colony was gone without any sign of where they had gone or why they had left; hence the “Lost Colony.”Monday we went back to the Wright Brothers Memorial.  They had a display of WWII gliders and I was able to meet a glider pilot who had flown in Operations Market-Garden and Varsity.  Boy, did he have some stories to tell!

This next morning we were up early to watch the sunrise and then headed back to Raleigh. Back at the Falls River Recreation Area, I couldn’t help but notice we were one of three campers in our area of the campground; it was like having your own forest!  There are some benefits of camping late in the season.  After some housekeeping and trailer washing, we headed out on Thursday for Mississippi.

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Gettysburg, PA and Fredericksburg, VA

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Michigan Traveler

Gettysburg is known as the Turning Point in the Civil War, the time when the Army of the Potomac came to the realization that Robert E. Lee could be defeated.  What an opportunity to walk the ground and stand in the battle positions of the units that stumbled into one of the most significant battles of the Civil War.  The three days of battle took place from July 1-3, 1893, when Robert E. Lee moved the Army of Northern Virginia north to threaten the Union Capital. We arrived at the Artillery Ridge Campground around 2:00 on Wednesday and immediately took a Ranger-led presentation of the third day of the battle.

Artillery Battery position on Cemetery Ridge

This was the day General Longstreet led a final attack, now known as “Pickett’s Charge,” that almost broke the Union line.  From that day on, Lee was forced to fight a defensive battle, until he surrendered at Appomattox.  The next day we started at the Visitor Center watching a brief film and the Cyclodrama, a 3600painting of the battle.  From there we went to Little Round Top for another Ranger-led program on what is one of the best known (and my favorite) story of Gettysburg, the action of Colonel Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine on the second day of the battle.

16th Michigan Regiment Monument at Little Round Top

Friday we headed further South and camped at the RV park of Fort A.P. Hill, near Fredericksburg.  By this time Pat’s battlefield tour “fun meter” was about maxed out so Saturday saw Bob touring the battlefield at Fredericksburg by himself. 

Fredericksburg was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.  General Ambrose Burnside’s Army of the Potomac attacked across a mile and a half of open fields against Lee’s Confederates who were protected by a sunken road.

The Sunken Road

It has been said that war brings out the best and the worse of men.  At Fredericksburg it brought out the best of men in Sergeant Richard Kirkland, known as the “Angel of the Marye’s Heights.”  Hearing the Union wounded moaning as they suffered in the field, Sergeant Kirkland gathered a bunch of canteens, jumped over the stone wall of the sunken road.  Risking his life, he moved among the wounded, propping them on the knapsacks and giving them water.  Union sharpshooters first thought he was stealing from the wounded and tried to kill him, but once they realized what he was about, withheld their fire.  Sergeant Kirkland survived Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, and was promoted to Lieutenant, but was killed at Chickamauga.

The Angel of Marye’s Heights

Later, back at the campground, Bob did some maintenance on the trailer and we head for Raleigh, NC on Sunday morning.

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Bar Harbor & Acadia National Park

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Michigan Traveler

Our stay in Acadia National Park has been great!  The hiking is like nothing I have done back in Michigan.  Pat and I hiked around South Bubble Mountain, and along the coast near Sand Beach as we described in earlier posts. I hiked with a Ranger-led hike on Beech Mountain (in the rain) and Pat and I also hiked to the top of Cadillac Mountain and over Pemetic Mountain.  It is certainly not like hiking at Rose Lake State Recreation Area!

We got our kayaks in the water in Thomas Bay, just north of our campground.  We launched as the tide was going out and it was interesting to see more and more of the coastline appear as the water receded.  The weather that morning was terrific and we had a picnic lunch on a small island.  The water was as clear as tap water and we saw a couple of crabs scooting along the bottom of the bay.  There were cranes, seagulls, and cormorants all around the shore of the bay.The best morning we had was the day we saw the sun rise from Cadillac Mountain at 6:25 am.  Cadillac Mountain is the highest point on the eastern seaboard and when the sun rises, you are seeing the first sunrise in the continental United States – what a sight!

Not everyone realizes this, but Acadia National Park is on Mount Desert (the last part of a meal, not an arid, sandy place) Island.  However, there is another part of the park across Frenchman’s bay on the Schoodic Peninsula.  Much of the park there is the Schoodic Education and Research Center, one of 20 National Park research learning centers across the country.  While there are hiking trails there, the best part is going out to the point. The beach is slabs of volcanic granite with seams of volcanic lava called diabase dikes between the pink granite ledges.  Even on a relatively calm day the crashing of the surf against the ledges is a sight to see!

On the days when the weather wasn’t the greatest we rode the Island Explorer, a fleet of busses that offer a free rider service throughout the entire island.  It’s a great way to see the sights and not have to worry about being distracted from your driving.

Bar Harbor is named after a sandbar that connects the island mainland to Bar Island.  At low tide you can even drive across to Bar Island.  We took a short hike across to Bar Island on a rather rainy, foggy day.  There were cruise ships in the harbor that looked like ghost ships as we watched them through the fog.  Bar Harbor is your typical tourist town, but in a quaint, attractive way.  We wandered through town on a couple of occasions, as well as having dinner in town a couple of times.

It has been a great time and I wouldn’t mind coming back here again sometime, possibly as a volunteer so I could lead hikes instead of just going on one.

Monday we pull out and will spend about a week traveling to Raleigh, NC to spend some time with Elisabeth.  We plan to pick up a set of Honda generators so we can “boondock” where we don’t have electrical hookups, and visit the battlefields at Gettysburg and Manassas on our way to Raleigh.

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Bar Harbor, ME (Sand Beach)

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Michigan Traveler

It’s Sunday (9/25) and Pat and I decided to hike the area bear Sand Beach, which is the only sandy beach in Acadia National Park.  It was a beautiful day and a great hike.  We’ll just let the pictures tell you about it.  Click below the picture to go backward or forward in the slideshow.

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Bar Harbor, ME

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Michigan Traveler

Our trip to Bar Harbor took a little longer than expected.  We were told the original L.L. Bean store was right on our route in Freeport, ME.  Bob decided that this was an opportunity that could not be passed up.  We spent about three hours wandering through a great outdoor shopping experience.

After a night in the Walmart near Palmyra, ME we arrived at Bar Harbor on Tuesday.  One of the first things we had to do was get Bob’s bike fixed.  He had taken a spill while we were at Cape Cod and bent the rear wheel.  The day was pretty wet and overcast, so Bob got some work done and we made plans for the next day.

Wednesday turned out to be a beautiful day, warm and sunny!  We drove to Cadillac Mountain, which is the highest point on the Eastern seaboard at 1,530 feet, and named after the same Cadillac that founded Detroit.  The sights were out of this world, it seemed like we could see forever.We didn’t waste the good weather.  We headed to a place called South Bubble Rock and hiked around it, stopping for lunch on the shore of Jordon Pond.  The first leg of the hike was pretty challenging as it was downhill on a slope that looked like a rockpile and we descended about 600 feet in a third of a mile (By the way, this is a good definition of “steep”).We still had plenty of time left and decided to drive to the Visitor’s Center and ride our bikes on the Carriage Roads around Eagle Lake, a ride of about 13 miles.

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Boston Area (Hanscom AFB), MA

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Michigan Traveler

After having a whirl-wind weekend with Elisabeth in the Boston area, things really slowed down as she left for home on Sunday night and then I left for a business trip to Pittsburgh on Tuesday morning.  That left Pat at the trailer for three rainy days!  She did get out to exercise at the gym at the Hanscom Air Force Force Base each day and to do a little shopping but it was mostly a relaxing time.

I flew back into to Boston’s Logan Airport on Thursday night and took the subway as far west as possible so that it was only a 15 minute drive for Pat to pick me up at 10:00 pm and the next day was sunny again—perfect timing to get in some more sightseeing!

Salem National Park

We toured Salem and had dinner at a recommended restaurant in Glouchester out on the coast north of Boston.  Salem was unique.  The national park area really focused on the economic history of the port—most of which I don’t ever remember from history classes but was fascinating!  The rest of the town focuses on the witch trials and all that that involved—lots of museums and gift shops.  The cemetery was interesting—lots of barely readable headstones from the 1600’s and 1700’s.  There was also a memorial to all of those executed as witches.  Dinner in Gloucester was at a very informal diner—we were expecting something more—but was delicious, best fried shrimp Pat has ever had!

Memorial to the “Innocents”

The next day we returned to the North Bridge in Concord—this time to kayak under it.  The Concord River is a scenic river—very wide right now with all the rain the area has had.  Bob enjoyed paddling right among the trees!  It was pleasant and relaxing as we took time to picture what it was like in 1774 when the Revolutionary War started there.  Afterwards we stopped for ice cream at the placed that was labeled by our campground hosts as having “big ice cream” (as opposed to the “bigger ice cream” a little farther down the road).

Kayaking on the Concord River

Sunday morning I  was back to work, flying out of Boston very early in the morning for Chicago.  This time Pat had five quiet days but the weather was much better so she did a lot of bike riding—west to Concord, east to Lexington and also onto base to do grocery shopping.

The weekend included a trip to Cape Cod with a stop in Plymouth to see Plymouth Rock where the Pilgrims landed and a replica of the Mayflower.  On Cape Cod we visited Hyannis and the JFK museum, the National Seashore and several lighthouses.  The day was cool but there were still people swimming in the cold Atlantic!  We didn’t try it.  We also managed to stop at the “bigger ice cream” shop for a banana split to share.

Mayflower II

JFK Memorial in Hyannis Port

Our next stop is Maine—Bar Harbor, here we come!

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Boston Area, MA

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Michigan Traveler

We arrived at the Hanscom Air Force Base, near Bedford, MA, late Wednesday afternoon (August 31) with plenty of time to set up before dark. The park has two distinct sections—one with no shade, but 50 amp hook-ups for electricity (which means everything can be powdered at once and no worries about using the hair dryer when the TV and A/C are running) and another with larger sites with trees but only 30 amp power. When checking in they ask if we want full hook-up, which to me means electricity, water and sewer hook-up. To them it meant 50 amp electricity, water and sewer so they assigned us to the open area. We came out of the office, looked at all the nice shady sites, realized that ours was in total sunshine, and returned to the office. Needless to say, we have a 30 amp site, we can turn off the A/C when Pat needs to use the hair dryer!

Thursday was a relaxing day with a pleasant bike ride into Lexington (rest stop was at the village green where the Red Coats met the Colonials in the first battle of the Revolutionary War) and a trip to the base exchange for some groceries. Late afternoon saw us at Boston Logan Airport to pick up Elisabeth coming in from Raleigh, NC.

There was nothing relaxing about the next three days but we reviewed a lot of history! Friday included more Revolutionary War history with a hike along Battle Road Trail near Concord—site of Paul Revere’s capture, Hartwell Tavern and North Bridge among other places. We visited Louisa May Alcott’s home (where she wrote Little Women) and Walden Pond (of Ralph Waldo Emerson fame). Saturday and Sunday were days spent in Boston walking the Freedom Trail, climbing to the top of the Bunker Hill monument (294 steps), touring the USS Constitution and cruising Boston Harbor. We also ate some delicious Boston food! And had sore feet every evening! But we all enjoyed it and the time with Elisabeth was great! Unfortunately we had to leave her at the airport Sunday evening—the time was all too short.

Militia Drill at Hartwell Tavern

Concord Bridge

USS Constitution

Faneuil Hall

Old North Church & Paul Revere Monument

Monday we woke up full of energy again—must be all that healthy Boston Food, so we rode our bikes back out to North Bridge in Concord and to the Fruit Market not far from the campground. Our total mileage was about 19 miles and we were back in time for lunch! I think the hit of the ride was when we had to stop to let a woman cross the bike path with her FIVE GOATS ON LEASHES!  Now that was a first!  The rest of the day was relaxing (at least for Pat, Bob had to pack) and then we had a campground picnic in the evening. It was a nice chance to meet more of our neighbors here. Some of them spend many of the winter months in Key West at the military campground so maybe we’ll see them there if we make it there in February/March.

Concord Bridge & the Minuteman Monument

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Cayuga Lake, Finger Lakes Region, NY

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Michigan Traveler

We had a nice (short) drive to the Finger Lakes, and arrived at our campsite before lunch on Tuesday, Aug 16th.  We were staying at the Sned-Acres Family Campground.  It was a very pleasant site with lots of open space and contained a cemetery that had headstones dating back to the Revolutionary War days.  After we set up we drove down to Taughannock Falls State Park Taughannock Falls and hike back in to see the Taughannock Falls.  It’s amazing to think that these falls started at the shore of Cayuga Lake and have worn away the rock so much that they are now ¾ of a mile away from the lake.  Granted it has taken hundreds of years for this erosion to take place, but Mother Nature will always win any argument.  We took the kayaks out for a short paddle on Cayuga Lake from the State Park to the mouth of the Taughannock River.  The water was crystal clear and the winds were light, making it a very nice paddle.

Taughannock Falls

I had work to do to prepare for a workshop I was doing the next week and had to work every morning from Wed through Fri to make the final preparations for it.  Wednesday afternoon we decided to drive around and check out some of the local shops and wineries.  I swear I have never seen so many wineries in one area in my life!  I thought the Leelanau Peninsula in Traverse City had a lot, but the Finger Lakes outdid them to an extreme.  One of the places we checked out was an Amish shop.  It was a neat place to browse the Amish crafts and they also sold local wines.  Needless to say we tasted several and bought a bottle.  While there we asked about a local site where we could get to the lake and she directed us to a state park a few miles away.  We drove over and went in to snorkel for a while.  The water was pretty cold (Surprise! We are in New York!), but crystal clear.  We saw lots of small fish and a BIG one that I thought was a freshwater drum.  Pat saw it first and popped up and asked if I had seen it.  “It was huge!” she said.  About five minutes later I saw what I thought was the same fish and she was right!  I guessed it was about two feet long.

On Thursday, we checked out a few more wineries and shops and that evening took a dinner cruise on Seneca Lake to celebrate our 38thwedding anniversary.

Anniversary Cruise

Our actual anniversary was not until August 25th, but I was going to be in DC presenting a workshop at Dulles Airport that week, so we thought it was appropriate to celebrate early.  It was a wonderful night.  The sky was clear, comfortable temperatures and a light breeze.  The food was good and the company excellent!

I finished up my work on Friday and we decided to hike a trail at the Robert Treman State Park.  We thought we would hike back to Lucifer Falls and then go for a swim.  Their swimming area was at the foot of a waterfall and we thought that would be a neat feature.  We started hiking along the Rim Trail and the trail was pretty steep at the beginning, but then leveled out.  We came up to a bridge that let us cross over to the Gorge Trail and that would take us to Lucifer Falls.  About this time we had experienced a few light drizzles and thought the rain would hold off until we were close to the end of the trail.  Well, we were wrong, very wrong!  It started to rain and rain hard, Pat said we should try to get to the falls anyway.  So we pressed on and the rain came down even harder, with thunder and lightning.  We made it to the falls, often hugging the face of the cliff along the river to get out of the rain, took some pictures and headed back to the truck (about 2 1/4 miles away).  The rain continued; the sky was black, the thunder and lightning continued.  We were soon soaked to the skin, our glasses so streaked with water that we could hardly see and the trail was sometimes two inches deep in water.  When we made it back to the truck I changed into my bathing suit so I would have something dry to drive in. What an adventure that was!  I think we will definitely be more prepared the next time we do a “short, little” hike.

Saturday was a work day on the trailer.  Pat did laundry while I washed the trailer.  The manuals suggest that you wash the roof periodically to make sure it stays in good shape.  You just don’t know what fun is until you have been 13 feet up on top of a slippery trailer roof, on your hands and knees scrubbing off several months’ worth of dirt and bugs.  Then the sides – I wish God had made me about two inches taller, I may have to buy a ladder!

Sunday we rode our bikes around the local area, there are some really killer hills in this area!  Then we generally goofed off and relaxed the rest of the day.

Monday we headed out early, headed for Oneida Shores County Park, near Syracuse, NY.  We decided to stay at Oneida Shores so we would be close to an airport.  I had a workshop to present at Dulles Airport in Washington, DC on Wednesday through Friday.  The next week I had to present another workshop in Lakeland, FL.  I left on Tuesday for Dulles.   While waiting at the boarding gate I thought I felt the building shake a bit.  I thought it may have been caused by the movement of the jetway bridge.  While I was seated in the plane, waiting for the boarding to be complete, Pat called to tell me that there had been an earthquake in Virginia and I should check to be sure the workshop would still be held.  They let us off the plane and we waiting in the terminal while the FAA made sure it was safe to use the airports on the east coast.  Check out my post on www.implementimprovement.com about the great customer service at Syracuse-Hancock Airport! I’ve been delayed for a lot of reasons, but being delayed due to an earthquake was a new one!

Everything went fine during the week, then we heard about Hurricane Irene was working her way up the east coast.  I had no problems on the way back on Friday, but was concerned that we were camped in New York and that was where Irene was headed.

On Saturday Pat and I visited the New York State Fair.  It was a great time checking out the displays and food booths.

According to the news it looked like the storm would track east of Syracuse and we would be OK.  My flight to Lakeland was going through Detroit and would miss most of the weather.  I talked with Pat off and on and while Syracuse was getting its share of the rain, it wasn’t too much.

My flight back on Tuesday was without incident and we pulled out the next morning to head for the Hanscom Air Force Base RV park.

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