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Indiana Dunes National Park

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Marjorie Turner Hollman is an author, creator, and observer who loves the outdoors. Link to all Marjorie’s books.

Have you ever felt like you’ve been someplace before, even when you know the surroundings are new to you? On a recent trip I got that feeling, though perhaps, it was more of an echo of the past. Different state, different circumstances, and with different people. One common denominator tied my memory with the reality: sand dunes. We stopped to visit Indiana Dunes National Park. The Indiana Dunes State Park is adjacent to the national park and thus a substantial stretch of dunes buffers the surrounding area from the mighty waves of Lake Michigan.

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Napatree Conservation area, Westerly, RI

Napatree Conservation Area, Watch Hill, Westerly, RI

Marjorie Turner Hollman is a writer who loves the outdoors. Link to all Marjorie’s books.

Call us contrarian, but we much prefer visiting beaches almost any other time than summer. Off season, beaches are uncrowded, parking is much less problematic, and you are quite likely to spot migrating waterfowl just off shore. For all these reasons and more we set off on a brisk, windy, March day to explore Napatree Conservation Area at Watch Hill, Westerly, RI. The Watch Hill Conservancy holds a conservation easement for this area. Here’s a link that can answer many frequently asked questions about Napatree.

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