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Ely

Dear You,      After days and days of driving north we came to the area where stony beach meets water. The shoreline went as far as the eye could see in either direction. If you stared across you’d see nothing but water everywhere. It felt as if we’d found the edge of the Earth.       We rented kayaks one day to paddle around off shore. We didn’t know how to kayak as a sport, we rented them for a better view of the vast nothingness. We couldn’t comprehend how there was no way to see the other side of the body of water. No matter how far you dared to paddle you never made it far enough to see. I could tell that you so desperately wanted to get far enough from shore to find what lie on the other side.      The birds up north hadn’t learned to fear humans. It didn’t matter how close we paddled toward them, they never swam or flew away. They simply sat and stared at us, both afloat in the water. I could see the excitement dancin...
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The puzzle house

Dear You,      We spent a Thanksgiving weekend on the outskirts of a small town in Colorado. However small a town was in Colorado it was still a pretty big town to us. We were born and raised among fields of corn and friendly smiles. Grocery stores where you were greeted by name and could easily hold a conversation with anyone. Back there we were someone but, out here, we were no one. It was exciting and refreshing.      We only had a couple days before we were due back for family affairs but, we had one goal set for the weekend- conquer the puzzle house. A puzzle house is much like it sounds, a house that is a giant puzzle. You're locked in the house, in one room really to start, and everything is padlocked shut. You must solve little puzzles here and there to find the combinations for the locks. Some of the locks opened chests or drawers that led to more puzzles. The ultimate goal of each room was to unlock the door to the next room and therefore n...
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The Cabin in the Woods

Dear You,      As the speed limits on the roads slow and the curves get sharper the trees grow taller. If you just gaze past all the white bark that looks like it's naturally peeling off the trunks you notice all the branches are so high up that it feels like you can see through the maze of trees for miles. I can see how big your smile is in the slight reflection of the window, feeling so free out here. The Cabin is tucked away down a long driveway off a gravel road. Behind leads to a beautiful cliffside that overlooks Lake Superior; some might say the danger of falling intensifies the beauty. A campfire and wooden swing chair sat near the cliff's edge where we sat and dreamed with our eyes in the clouds.      As the days passed we spent our time believing that we were people of the forest. We fished, hiked, walked in the stream with our bare feet. We were fearless in our youth, full of life and adventure. Everything smelled of dirt and smoke but, not t...
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