Photos from My Vacation

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Here are a bunch of pictures that I took while my family and I were on vacation at the beginning of this month!

Big Lake St. Germain






Lake Superior

Me standing in Lake Superior

My sister excited to be standing in Lake Superior



Lake of the Clouds






Excited to be eating delicious donuts at Paul Bunyan's


Random telephone booth in the middle of the woods










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