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	<title>Skillet Creek Journal &#187; Nature</title>
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		<title>Candlelight Hike Confirmed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been some confusion about tomorrow night&#8217;s candlelight hike/ski at Mirror Lake State Park.  We have just confirmed with the park office this morning that the event will go on as planned, sans skis. The unseasonably warm weather has us leaving our skis at home, but it will be a warm, wonderful evening for a January [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Storm Paddle Devil&#8217;s Lake</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derrickM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why go kayaking on Devil&#8217;s Lake in a snowstorm?  Well, you get the experience of paddling in the artic, the high winds, the cold and the snow stinging at your face, but at the end of the day you get to go warm up on your own comfy couch!  That&#8217;s exactly what I did yesterday for day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Weather Predicted!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derrickM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve probably noticed that the news is filling with predictions of the coming winter weather Apocalypse. That means of course that AccuWeather.com has released their annual winter predictions for 2011-2011.  AccuWeather.com is calling for the worst winter weather in the nation to hit Chicago with Minneapolis predicted to suffer this winter&#8217;s worst chill.  Well, here in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frosty Fruits</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derrickM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wollersheim Winery in Prairie du Sac reported on their Facebook page that they are busy harvesting their 2011 grapes!  Well, here at the Skillet Creek base camp on the other side of the Baraboo hills, our grape harvest took all of about 10 minutes. One vine produced one nice big bucket of grapes.  It&#8217;s time to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Biking Leopold &amp; Pine Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derrickM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Levee Road between Baraboo and Portage Wisconsin is not only a great drive, being one of Wisconsin's designated rustic roads, but it is also an ideal family cycling destination as well.]]></description>
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		<title>Protesters Majority at DLK Centennial Kick-Off</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 13:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derrickM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By one account about 300 people attended yesterday&#8217;s 9:30 am kick off of Devil&#8217;s Lake State Park&#8217;s centennial celebration. An estimated 2/3rds of the people in attendance were there to protest the appearance of Wisconsin State Governor Scott Walker.  Although the crowd of protesters could have easily shouted down the speakers, everyone, including the governor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin, 3 Days By Bike</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derrickM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We began our 3 day bike trip through rural west-central Wisconsin in a downpour.  In fact it rained on and off much of the first 2 days with the sun waiting to show its face until the morning of our very last day.  You may think that&#8217;s a bad thing, but in truth biking in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Storm Clean Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 15:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derrickM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Storm clean up continues around the area today after weekend storms left trees down and caused other damage throughout central Wisconsin.  This picture shows crews cleaning up a downed tree on South Shore Road inside Devil&#8217;s Lake State Park.  Forecasters are calling for a chance of thunderstorms on and off through the week and on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archaeology Day at DLK</title>
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		<comments>http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2011/nature/archaeology-day-at-dlk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 09:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derrickM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kick off the Devil&#8217;s Lake State Park centennial tomorrow, May 7th, 2011, with a look at it&#8217;s prehistoric past. From 10 am and throughout the day the Devil&#8217;s Lake State Park Nature center will be hosting a variety of events including flint knapping demonstrations, a presentation on the Effigy Mound Builders, tours of the mounds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Bad Sledding To Come!</title>
		<link>http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2011/nature/bad-sledding/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bad-sledding</link>
		<comments>http://www.skilletcreekjournal.com/2011/nature/bad-sledding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derrickM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Snow over the weekend here in the Baraboo hills didn&#8217;t fill us with hope that summer would be coming anytime soon, but as someone on our Facebook said, &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry, our three months of bad sledding will arrive.&#8221;  Well, it won&#8217;t arrive soon enough for me, that&#8217;s for sure.  Forecasters are calling for a [...]]]></description>
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