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Asylum Lake 10 October 2015
Asylum Lake 10 October 2015 Just under a year ago I started a hiking journal of sorts in my blog. I didn't know I was starting it at the time, but people kept coming to look at it, so I kept it up. Thanks! It's been fun! So today we hiked Asylum Lake again. It was a gorgeous day again, and we left earlier than usual because I wanted chance to watch Michigan demolish Northwestern in the Big House. It was fifty eight degrees and sunny, perfect hiking weather and we did a two and a half mile walk, round trip, to the east end of the big lake, and the creek that feeds into Little Asylum Lake. Gracie loves that creek and she likes taking a dip in the swimming area on that end of the lake. There were buzzards circling overhead, and when we got to the lakeshore, several redtailed hawks were circling too. I don't often see them in groups like that, and it was beautiful to watch them floating , and climbing, and closing back in. It was homecoming weekend for Western Michigan University so there weren't as many students as there might have been, but we did have the company of several luscious coeds. (I wish I could post THOSE pictures.) The plants here are at different stages than at Al Sabo. This is a forest of mostly oak, with a large area of oak savanna, and a tallgrass prairie restoration. The grass is six feet high, as it was when the first settlers arrived here, and as it was for thousands of year before that. The Native Americans used to burn Prairie Ronde regularly to keep it up. Prairie Ronde was named by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle when he passed this way in 1680. There were tribes along the St. joseph River who were hostile to the French on LaSalle's return from the Illinois, so his company took an overland route to Detroit from the ancient portage between the Kankakee and the St. Joseph in present day South Bend. Ordinarily the traverse would have taken them down the St. Joe to Lake Michigan and around the lower peninsula into Lake Huron. They passed through Little Prairie Ronde south of Decatur and Prairie Ronde in Kalamazoo County, and left us this lovely name. And Michigan won, 38-0, their third shutout in a row, a streak not repeated since 1980! Vive Harbaugh! Become a member now and get a free tote bag. |
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Ha! I'm sure you remember me! ....No? Well, Mr. BigHouse my alma mater happens to be your favorite nemesis, AND the winner of the greatest upset ever witnessed in NCAA football... ... APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY!!!! GO MOUNTAINEERS! HA! Oh yeah, in case I forget =>
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More cool pics - very nice. Then you said . . . "people kept coming to look at it, so I kept it up", and I was speechless. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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A very informative post, accompanied as usual by beautiful pictures!!!! WITHOUT PASSION LIFE IS NOTHING
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Ha! I'm sure you remember me! ....No? Well, Mr. BigHouse my alma mater happens to be your favorite nemesis, AND the winner of the greatest upset ever witnessed in NCAA football... ... APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY!!!! GO MOUNTAINEERS! HA! Oh yeah, in case I forget => Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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I like Michigan State just fine, as long as they aren't playing the Wolverines! That one's coming up next weekend. Go Blue! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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And I forgot..I don't know how to recommend a camera, but I liked my Nikon Coolpix pretty well. What do you have now? The Nikon I'm using now was a gift from my brother-in-law when he upgraded, which made it easier for me- the price was right! So the selection of my own upgrade was out of my hands. It's hard to decide, there are so many options. I might NEVER have upgraded if he hadn't. Send me a message about it, and we'll talk. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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November will roll around soon...you KNOW what that means. Go Bucks. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Thank you dear! I got very interested in our local history a few years back, especially in the French explorers and voyageurs who came this way. They were pretty thin on the land, but you still see some French place names here, and particularly in the U.P. I would love to have seen it then, in the seventeenth century. Probaly the most well known pioneer in the South Bend area was Alexis de Coquillard, pronounced of course by Hoosiers as Alex duh Coke Willard. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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More cool pics - very nice. Then you said . . . "people kept coming to look at it, so I kept it up", and I was speechless. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Great photos. Liked the history too. As to the Harbaugh reference, California's(Stanford and SF 49ers) loss is Michigan's gain. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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I always see the buzzards in groups around here, they look so beautiful overhead and so fucking ugly on the ground. And just fucking huge, 5'-6' wingspans, one nearly flew thru my windshield once. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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They are, and I don't know what they are. I see them at Asylum Lake, but I didn't notice them at Al Sabo. I'm going to have to investigate that. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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A very informative post, accompanied as usual by beautiful pictures!!!! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Thanks Kinky. To tell the truth, I'm glad too. I've had great fun doing it. The bloggers here have been wonderful about it. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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it wouldn't have been the greatest upset ever if Michigan had been a run of the kill team. Our victories are counted by the greatness of our opponents. Sniff. However, I doff my hat to you. So, here's to Michigan... blue on!
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Yeah, well it's only a big deal for us because of the greatness of the Wolverines. One of my best buddies is a Michigan man, and over the years he has caused me to become a sorta kinda fan. I root for Michigan except against the ACC. (which aint sayin much, but it's all we got around here). So, here's to Michigan... blue on! Having said that...I'm a White Sox fan, and the funniest banner I ever saw was in Wrigley Field, home of the Cubbies. It said "Keep Chicago beautiful- shoot a Sox fan!" Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Your hiking blog posts are some of the best posts in bogland!
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Your hiking blog posts are some of the best posts in bogland! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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I liked California, and I liked living in Arizona and New Mexico too, but the Great Lakes is my home and the circle of seasons seems immutable to me, as natural as drawing breath. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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KZ you do live in a beautiful part of the world.. I love your pics hugssssssss V Become a blog watcher sweet_vm
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KZ you do live in a beautiful part of the world.. I love your pics hugssssssss V Hugggggggggs B Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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All of the photo's are great! as always. Your color is lovely. We have a few more weeks before we really get the Fall show.
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Buni, those would be great posts! I love the blogs about the doings in people's daily lives, and you would make that topic sing like the drunken Star Spangled Banner! Bitching can be very entertaining if done with enthusiasm and panache, you know. Please do write those posts! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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All of the photo's are great! as always. Your color is lovely. We have a few more weeks before we really get the Fall show. Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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Yep! And so far this is a good year! Become a member now and get a free tote bag.
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