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Sleeping Bear Dunes Voted 'Most Beautiful Place in America'
ABC News/Travel ^ | 8/17/2011 | ALBERTO ORSO and SABRINA PARISE

Posted on 08/17/2011 9:45:02 AM PDT by Lakeshark

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Heh. I can't believe I'm posting something from ABC News. They may not have gotten this right, the other areas are beautiful as well; it is for certain this area of the country is drop dead gorgeous, go to the link for pics.
1 posted on 08/17/2011 9:45:05 AM PDT by Lakeshark
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To: grellis; rintense

For once, a good news Michigan ping.


2 posted on 08/17/2011 9:45:52 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: catpuppy; Darlin'; derllak; Borax Queen; Darksheare
Eat your heart out....

:-)

3 posted on 08/17/2011 9:47:27 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: Lakeshark

Most Beautiful? I have nothing against the Great Lakes but looking at those photos not sure that’s the location I’d pick. I like the name, though.


4 posted on 08/17/2011 9:51:18 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture (Could be worst in 40 years))
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To: Lakeshark

Thanks. Will be there in about a week.


5 posted on 08/17/2011 9:51:23 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Lakeshark

America is loaded with beautiful places.

Big Sur, the Maine Coast, the Grand Tetons...so much to see here.


6 posted on 08/17/2011 9:52:32 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: Lakeshark

I had no idea that Yosemite was no longer in America. Just kidding, congrats to MI.


7 posted on 08/17/2011 9:53:33 AM PDT by Lou Budvis ("Socialism...the smiling face of slavery")
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To: Lakeshark

Most beautiful? Hmmmmm... that’s an impossible thing to judge. Certainly a topic for harmless conversation.

I’ve been their, it’s gorgeous, and not far from the UP. I love northern Michigan. (Am I, as an Ohioan, allowed to say that?)


8 posted on 08/17/2011 9:53:45 AM PDT by brownsfan (I miss the America I grew up in.)
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To: brownsfan

Actually, I’ve been THERE, sheesh.


9 posted on 08/17/2011 9:56:05 AM PDT by brownsfan (I miss the America I grew up in.)
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To: brownsfan

“I’ve been their, it’s gorgeous, and not far from the UP. I love northern Michigan. (Am I, as an Ohioan, allowed to say that?)”

Hey brownsfan, we use to vacation in N.Michigan. Gorgeous up there...Mackinaw Island awesome... The fishing awesome...the weather unpredictable even in Aug....the golf awesome....the Beer awesome....we just spent a week in Grand Haven and did the sand dunes near Muskegeon. Nice State and very underrated except for a crappy football team in Ann Arbor.


10 posted on 08/17/2011 10:01:21 AM PDT by oust the louse (A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.)
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To: Lakeshark

I don’t know about all that. I like the view out my office window here in Texas. I can see a highway, some other office buildings, some dead grass, some trees, a few longhorns, etc.

It may not be an idyllic scene, but I know that everyone down there is free. I can’t say so much for people in Michigan.


11 posted on 08/17/2011 10:02:03 AM PDT by tpmintx (The people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who VOTE for a living.)
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To: Lakeshark

12 posted on 08/17/2011 10:02:53 AM PDT by softwarecreator
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To: brownsfan
I’ve been their, it’s gorgeous, and not far from the UP. I love northern Michigan. (Am I, as an Ohioan, allowed to say that?)

Since U of M ended their football program, Ohio is a now a friendly neighbor state. One of my favorite drives in the country is along the north bank of the Ohio River Valley on Route 52 between Cincinnati and West Virgina. Beautiful!

13 posted on 08/17/2011 10:03:26 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: steve86

Those pictures don’t do justice. The beach there is among the most beautiful in the world.


14 posted on 08/17/2011 10:03:33 AM PDT by sand lake bar (This bag may be used as a toy)
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To: Lakeshark

Beautiful pictures.

I grew up on the north end of a sand bottom lake called Crooked Lake (Calusa - Indian Name) located in a sleepy town called Babson Park in Central Florida. The area is named the “Ridge” because of the high elevation. Bok Singing Tower is five miles North. This lake is over 100 miles around the shoreline. My house faced East on the coveted North end and the sunrises were magnificent. When your home is on a hill looking out over that huge lake, you feel like you’re in paradise because you have a birds eye view, not at all what is usually seen in areas of the rest of the State. Lots of great fishing too! Bald Eagles everywhere. Oh, and no snow.

Thanks for posting and bringing back some wonderful memories.


15 posted on 08/17/2011 10:07:37 AM PDT by poobear (FACTS - the turd in the punch bowl of liberal thought!)
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To: Lakeshark

Had a great visit to the dunes in the summer of ‘63.

Re: the videos of the ten places. When will the TV folks quit placing those infernal crawls across the bottom of the viewing screen? They always block part of the scene and in many instances, the most important part of what is being shown. But, it is all about them, isn’t it.


16 posted on 08/17/2011 10:08:17 AM PDT by miele man
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To: sand lake bar

No offense, but I would put this place last in the list of 10.


17 posted on 08/17/2011 10:10:18 AM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter Hobbit)
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To: softwarecreator


18 posted on 08/17/2011 10:16:38 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Dixie Yooper

“Since U of M ended their football program, Ohio is a now a friendly neighbor state. “

And in response, OSU has ended theirs.


19 posted on 08/17/2011 10:18:31 AM PDT by brownsfan (I miss the America I grew up in.)
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To: Lakeshark

Lots of beautiful places in Michigan.

If I die tonight, I hope I wake up in Grand Marais Michigan.


20 posted on 08/17/2011 10:26:54 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin)
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