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		<title>Snow &amp; Spire: Flights to Winter in the North Cascade Range</title>
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		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/scurlocks-snow-spire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Odds & Ends]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Scurlock]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[EVENT INFO: Join North Cascades Institute for a book release celebration for John Scurlock&#8217;s Snow &#38; Spire: Flights to Winter in the North Cascade Range. November 30, 2011 7-9 pm. Skagit Station Meeting Room, 105 E. Kincaid St, Mt Vernon. Free! John Scurlock makes his living working as a paramedic for the Bellingham Fire Department, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swimming with the Salmon</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/swimming-with-the-salmon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jess Newley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cascade River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humpies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutrient cycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[salmon in the trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skagit River]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I think we&#8217;re going to the moon because it&#8217;s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It&#8217;s by the nature of his deep inner soul&#8230; we&#8217;re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.&#8221; ~ Neil Armstrong In the fall, the Skagit River is flooded with dying salmon. I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Have you ever&#8230;&#8221; Part II</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/have-you-ever-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/have-you-ever-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, half of the members of our latest cohort of graduate students posted â€œhave you everâ€¦â€ questions, sharing the triumphs and tribulations of our nine-day backpacking trip and challenging you to create your own â€œhave you everâ€ story. This week, the rest of the students tell their stories. Ashley Kvitek Have you ever hiked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have you ever&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/have-you-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/have-you-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades National Park]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever traversed the North Cascades mountain range, from one side to the other, carrying nine-days of food? Have you ever slept under the stars for eight nights with your classmates? Have you ever thought that backpacking could be a part of graduate school?  The fourteen new students in North Cascades Institute&#8217;s graduate residency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Road Trip: Yellowstone</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/naturalist-notes/road-trip-yellowstone/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/naturalist-notes/road-trip-yellowstone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naturalist Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Odds & Ends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lamar Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Road Trip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wyoming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yellowstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yellowstone Association]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=10207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As much as we love North Cascadian landscapes, we here at the Institute are still called to visit and experience other amazing places on our planet. We publish accounts of the places Institute staff and graduate students visit in our Road Trip series. About this time last year, summer solstice, with its long days filled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ephemeral Beauty of Solitude</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/beauty-of-solitude/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/beauty-of-solitude/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 17:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bicycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canoe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canoeing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diablo Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades National Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ross Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a long winter in Washington. Though it is late May, temperatures remain cool at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center and the surrounding mountains are still blanketed in snow. Leaf buds are just opening and most wildflowers have yet to make an appearance on our trails. An occasional errant butterfly gives us hope [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Search of the End of the Road</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/end-of-the-road/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/end-of-the-road/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 20:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie-Bennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades National Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For several weeks I have had the goal of pedaling from the gate marking the seasonal road closure on Highway 20 (near mile post 134) to the snow wall&#8211;where clearing of the snow-covered highway ends. Near the end of each winter season, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) begins plowing the North Cascades Highway once the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full Moon Rising</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/full-moon-rising/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/full-moon-rising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canoeing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diablo Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades National Park]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=9162</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of the M.Ed. residency, every graduate student writes down several goals. These personal goals are for both our teaching practicum as well as for what we hope to accomplish during our residency experience. One of my residency goals was to go on a full moon canoe every month. So far, I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grad Retreat: Exploring Heather Meadows to Samish Flats</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/grad-winter-retreat/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/grad-winter-retreat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CeCe Bowerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eagles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naturalizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skagit Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snowshoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=8636</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I signed up for North Cascades Institute&#8217;s M.Ed. Gradute Program, I knew it would be an incredible opportunity, but I did not fully anticipate the diversity of experiences I would have. Based at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center, the winter quarter is a quieter time, primarily focused on group projects for our non-profit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in My New Home</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/new-home/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/new-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 18:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Strich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avalanche]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Though I was born in San Diego, California it doesnâ€™t feel like home.Â  For the last eight years I have lived and traveled in Japan and Chile.Â  Each successive place in which I have lived or traveled has been nice, and my heart has slowly been pulled away from the sunshine and blue skies where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Road Trip: Exploring the Grand Canyon, part 3</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/grandcanyon3/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/grandcanyon3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie-Bennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rafting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Road Trip]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[The third installment in our ongoing Road Trip series, in which Institute staff visit other amazing places around the country and bring back stories and photos to share! This article is the final installment in a three-part series.] After spending 11 days on the Colorado River, we took a rest on our twelfth day and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Road Trip: Exploring the Grand Canyon, part 2</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/grandcanyon2/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/grandcanyon2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie-Bennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rafting]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=7672</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[The third installment in our ongoing Road Trip series, in which Institute staff visit other amazing places around the country and bring back stories and photos to share! This article is the second of a three-part series.] Continuing our journey down the Colorado River, our fearless group reached Hance Rapid (rated an 8 on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Road Trip: Exploring the Grand Canyon, part 1</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/grandcanyon1/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/grandcanyon1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie-Bennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rafting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[The third installment in our ongoing Road Trip series, in which Institute staff visit other amazing places around the country and bring back stories and photos to share! This article is the first of a three-part series.] On the morning of November 11th, one ofÂ our boatmen sat perched on the bow of hisÂ raft and read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sahale Stars</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/sahale-stars/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/sahale-stars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Special Guest</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[backcountry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Backpacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glaciers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades National Park]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Jack McLeod, guest blogger I recently took the Spirit of Place writing workshop at the Learning Center with Nick O&#8217;Conell. Here&#8217;s my story from that workshop about a trip to Sahale Glacier. This is the third program I&#8217;ve participated in at the Institute and they&#8217;ve all been wonderful &#8212; so thank you! My tent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer&#8217;s summit</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/summers-summit/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/summers-summit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Backpacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades National Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ross Lake]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is a summit experience? For the 10th cohort of graduate students,  in NCI&#8217;s residency program, the 9-day backpacking trip that culminated their first quarter of graduate school was a summit experience, both literally and figuratively. This year the cohort split into two groups, with six students and one instructor with each group. Team veg [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starting Out Hot!!</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/starting-out-hot/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/starting-out-hot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth Adventures]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[August is here and so is the second session of Cascades Climate Challenge! As summer temperatures begin in earnest, the intrepid second session students have arrived and are getting set to head out into the field. After meeting at Seatac airport, we spent our first few days getting to know each other and our surroundings. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Road Trip: The Olympic Peninsula</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/olympic-peninsula/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/olympic-peninsula/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[archaeology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[kayaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native peoples]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural history]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=5260</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As much as we love North Cascadian landscapes &#8212; and with over 7,000,000 acres of protected public lands in Washington and British Columbia, there will never be an end to options for explorations &#8212; we here at the Institute are still called to visit and experience other amazing places on our planet. We&#8217;ll publish accounts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A saunter up Stetattle Creek</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/saunter-up-stetattle/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/saunter-up-stetattle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelsi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naturalizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades National Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=3545</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tell me about a path less traveled and I will take it. In the North Cascades National Park, there is such a plethora of paths to choose from when planning an adventure that it seems so many can become overlooked. On cold winter days, when light is little, I aim to try out these less-traveled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fall skiing on Marmot Ridge</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/fall-skiing-on-marmot-ridge/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/fall-skiing-on-marmot-ridge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skiing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=3093</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fresh snow on Mt. Baker, night time lows near 20 degrees in the mountains, and forecasts calling for snow below 3,000 feet; we had to go skiing. Let&#8217;s be honest, we didnâ€™t have high expectations, it was the first day of November. But, as Ian, Arielle, Adam and I loaded the car in the dim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blitzing Trapper</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/blitzing-trapper/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/blitzing-trapper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan Magee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mushrooms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades National Park]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The morning of September 27th was one of those mornings that you wake up, look out the window and know instantly that there is nothing keepinâ€™ you indoors. When I walked out into the day, it didnâ€™t matter what I did as along as it involved being active in my huge backyard of the North [...]]]></description>
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