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My great uncle and aunt own a cabin on Lake Michigan along the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. My family has visited in August for decades now, and when Julie and I started dating, she came too. The first time, we had been dating three-and-a-half months. This August will be our tenth year together at the Dunes.

That first year, 1999, something about that trip cemented our relationship. We just clicked. Ever since then, we travel whenever we can.

Okay, check it out. We've been all over Ireland--twice. We've conquered Paris, Amsterdam, and Barcelona. We've traveled domestically to New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and now Baltimore and Washington D.C.

Next up is Florence, Italy. We're just not sure when. We have no qualms about traveling with a baby and being that couple. It's not really fair to the kid, though, to have her grow up and we tell her how many places she visited before she could appreciate them.

Oh well. She'll get over it.

Sorry I missed some days of posting, by the way. Too tough while on vacation. Fun trip, though--another time I'll give you the highlights that you might actually care about. None of that "The National Portrait Museum had a lot of beautiful art" crap, and no slide shows, so don't worry.