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		<title>A reunion, with room to roam, in Michigan</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s not where you go or what you do as much as who goes along for the ride. We are at such an awkward juncture <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://roadstraveled.com/a-reunion-with-room-to-roam-in-michigan/" title="A reunion, with room to roam, in Michigan">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Food as a sense of place, identity</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[I had the fun challenge of defining my homeland by its food this month. It was part of a little exercise to spread goodwill via <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://roadstraveled.com/food-as-a-sense-of-place-identity/" title="Food as a sense of place, identity">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Beyond March Madness in Indy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Bergin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2021 20:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The nation’s hotspot for sports this month is Indiana, where 170 pro, college and high school basketball games happen in 33 days. Indianapolis is the <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://roadstraveled.com/take-ten-plus-march-madness-in-indy/" title="Beyond March Madness in Indy">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ice castles, Winterfest, cooking classes, cocktail contest</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Bergin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 01:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[End-of-year holidays are history, so now what can preoccupy your time and mind? Opening as soon as weather allows, likely mid to late January, is <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://roadstraveled.com/ice-castles-winterfest-cooking-classes-cocktail-contest/" title="Ice castles, Winterfest, cooking classes, cocktail contest">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Little Lanesboro, and the river that runs through it</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Bergin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 02:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Much of the allure of little Lanesboro, Minn. – 50 miles west of La Crosse – is about the river that runs through it. Root <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://roadstraveled.com/little-lanesboro-and-the-river-that-runs-through-it/" title="Little Lanesboro, and the river that runs through it">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Christmas movie props/costumes, holiday windows fill Castle Noel in Ohio</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Bergin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mark and Dana Klaus love Christmas. Big time. You’ll find them at Castle Noel in Medina, Ohio, where the Christmas spirit lives all year. Big <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://roadstraveled.com/christmas-movie-props-costumes-holiday-windows-fill-castle-noel-in-ohio/" title="Christmas movie props/costumes, holiday windows fill Castle Noel in Ohio">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Take Ten: Gems in, near Galena</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Bergin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2019 14:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Near the northwest corner of Illinois is resilient little Galena, which wears its history as a badge of honor and foundation for tourism. Galena got <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://roadstraveled.com/take-ten-gems-in-near-galena/" title="Take Ten: Gems in, near Galena">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Take Ten: Excellent anniversaries</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Bergin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2019 23:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Birthdays and anniversaries that end in a zero tend to generate more attention than average in our personal lives. The start of a new decade <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://roadstraveled.com/take-ten-excellent-anniversaries/" title="Take Ten: Excellent anniversaries">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>21c: Where art museum, lodging merge</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Bergin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2019 22:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My mind and body are weary from rising at 3:15 a.m. to catch the first flight out of Madison, but the aerial hops are quick, <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://roadstraveled.com/21c-where-art-museum-lodging-merge/" title="21c: Where art museum, lodging merge">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Chicago Detours: Get to know the neighborhoods</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Bergin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2018 03:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One way to get to know a city is through its attractions – the monuments, museums, biggest and best local marks of distinction. We seek <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://roadstraveled.com/chicago-detours-get-to-know-the-neighborhoods/" title="Chicago Detours: Get to know the neighborhoods">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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