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As usual you do a great job on descriptions so that the person reading feels like they are seeing the same. It is like you that you use a song quotation for Colorado. It truly is a beautiful state. Don and I were there several times. Ha
ve a safe trip.

In Michigan, several places have French names that were given to them by the French who explored these American regions, long ago, in the eighteenth century : Rivi?re au Sable, Belleville, B?te Grise, Bois Blanc, ?le Bois-Blanc, comt? de Be
rrien, Cadillac, Charlevoix, D?troit, Eau Claire, Ecorse (angl.), Grand Blanc, Grand Marais, comt? de Grand Traverse, comt? de Gratiot, Grosse-?le, Grosse-Pointe, Isle-Royale, Parc national d'Isle-Royale, lac La Belle, La Branche, L'Anse, lac Vieux D?sert, Les Cheneaux, Marquette, comt? de Montcalm, comt? de Montmorency, Pointe Detour, Pointe-aux-Pins, Pointe Mouill?e, rivi?re P?re Marquette, Presque Isle, rivi?re Raisin, Sault Sainte-Marie, Saint-Ignace, Saint-Joseph, comt? de Saint-Clair, rivi?re Sainte-Claire, Traverse, Grand Rapids (angl.). In Minnesota : Albertville, Baudette, rivi?re Bois-de-Sioux, Cloquet, comt? de Faribault, comt? de Hennepin (< Louis Hennepin), comt? de Lac-qui-Parle, comt? de Le Sueur (< explorateur Pierre-Charles Le Sueur), comt? de Lyon, comt? de Mille-Lacs, comt? de Nicollet (< explorateur Jean Nicolet), comt? de Roseau, Coteau-des-Prairies, Duluth, Flandrau, Frontenac, Gentilly, Grand Marais, Grand Portage, Grand Rapids (angl.), La Crosse, Lac-qui-parle, Parc d'?tat de Lac-qui-Parle, rivi?re Lac-qui-Parle, Orl?ans, lac P?pin, rivi?re Pomme de Terre, lac Pomme de Terre, rivi?re Rouge du Nord, Saint-Cloud, Sedan (< ville fran?aise de la r?gion de Champagne), lac Traverse, Parc national des Voyageurs, Villard. As part of a conference in Quebec, I've met a genealogist who lived in Duluth. She spoke English and French. I can not wait to read the blog tomorrow. Good night and good hiking tomorrow!