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Article: idyll hours; There are two ways to do Lanesboro in autumn: on the weekends, when there's a bevy of activity, or during the week, when the mood is one of reflection and tranquility.(TRAVEL)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- September 13, 2009
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Byline: BILL WARD; STAFF WRITER
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On a balmy autumn afternoon last year, acorns crackled and popped beneath my feet along a narrow path at the Eagle Bluff retreat just outside Lanesboro, Minn. The trail led to a cliff-top opening, with a vista bereft of virtually any sign of civilization. Just limestone bluffs teetering above the placid Root River, dotted by vibrant evergreens and ... deciduous trees whose colors had faded to bland yellows and soft browns.
I had missed the peak of fall colors in these parts -- "it lasts about three days," said a Parkway Pub bar-stool wag later that day, "but when ...