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Article: Doing the dunes in Porter County
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- October 21, 2001
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Even as the weather cools, Porter County's dunes sparkle with colors, and Lake Michigan seems tranquil.(PHOTO - Color) (PHOTO PROVIDED)
Family activities abound in Porter County, whether it's summer or winter.(PHOTO - Color) (PHOTO PROVIDED)
It's the colors that captivate at the Indiana dunes. Spread out before you like a Navajo blanket is dark-chocolate wet sand, beige-colored dry sand and the variegated shades of blue of broad expanses of lake. A purple ribbon of haze floats on the horizon. Wispy, white cirrus clouds drift across a blameless blue sky.
After a heart-pounding climb to a high dune, you spread out a beach towel ...