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Land of 10,000 Lakes

By Steve Wright
ESPNOutdoors.com

Friday, November 7, 2008

Photo gallery ORTONVILLE, Minn. — The first thing you notice when you step out into the 19-degree air at 6:15 a.m. is the stars — what appears to be millions and millions of bright stars. It is a striking introduction for the first morning of the Duck Trek. Our hopes and dreams are of seeing ducks fill the skies, but we aren't prepared for what greets us in the dark. When you are this far north and so far away from the man-made lights that stay on through all hours of the night, it ...

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