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We were in Houghton, MI, (the UP – Upper Peninsula) last Thanksgiving visiting our friends. Here are two family photos that were taken during the traditional “get the Christmas tree” outing.

The first has a classic photobomb from their youngest. Which made us smile for the second shot.

As part of our trip to Buffalo, NY, we took a hike to Eternal Flame Falls, which is located in Chestnut Ridge Park.

A small cave at the waterfall’s base emits enough natural gas to create an on-going 6-inch flame. Here’s a picture of the flame and then a Photosynth panorama I took with my iphone (using the Photosynth app).

Here are a few other pictures I took along the way.

Our family spent the Independence Day weekend in Houghton, MI. We stayed with our long-time friends, the Shaws. It’s always a party with 4 adults, 6 children, and 2 dogs staying in one house!

This year, we took a hike up to Hungarian Falls. It was a nice hike, with lots of sharp drops-offs that provided the kids plenty of opportunities to startle the adults.

After the hike, we watched the fireworks at Lake Linden. It was quite an impressive show for an economically-depressed small town in Michigan. Stimulus money?

Testing out the WordPress iPhone app to post to the blog.