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      <description><![CDATA[Dozens of people have to be rescued each year at Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes. Not from the water - but from the sand! Rescues can cost tourists up to $3000! <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/694/p/sleeping-bear-dunes-rescue-cost/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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