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	<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">When I&#39;m at Au Sable in Michigan, I love to take long walks around the outside loop of the trails. &nbsp;</span></p>
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		<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Since I&#39;ve been going there for years, I have a couple of favorite spots that I&#39;m always pleased to re-visit.</span></p>
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		<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Stopping at the edge of the beaver pond, I am happy to see that some things don&#39;t change. &nbsp;</span></p>
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		<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">A little further down the path is a large twisting birch tree that I greet like an old friend. &nbsp;</span></p>
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		<em>Christi Sobel is an Au Sable alum, long-time friend of the Institute, and Chief Creative Officer for her own art and design company. &nbsp;You can&nbsp;<a href="">visit her website</a>,&nbsp;<a href="">following her blog</a>, or&nbsp;<a href="">purchase her goods</a>&nbsp;online. &nbsp;You can also find her most weekends sitting at Booth #84 at the Ithaca Farmer&#39;s Market.</em></p>
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