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* This file contains the slide objects to be presented in the photo gallery and   *
* trip journal. The MakeCaptions1 function defined elsewhere will use the objects *
* found in the "slides" (case sensitive) array. Each array element will contain a *
* single Slide object which means it must have a reference ID, link, width, and   *
* height. The reference ID string, the width and height are integers, the link    *
* is a string. To define where the hyperlink text within the link goes surround   *
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* Parameters for the Slide function call are (reference, link text, width, height *
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defaultSlideHeight=600;
defaultSlideCopyright="2003";

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defaultMaxPerRow=1;
defaultAlignment="below";
lastUpdate="February 15, 2003";

var slides = new Array();

// February 1
slides[0] = new Slide("01", "<ref>Andy near his tarp.</ref> We ended up picking a campsite close to where we parked. We had pulled our sleds along a teardrop shaped path to reach this site. We did not realize we had turned so much until we saw Andy's car glinting in our headlamps last night. We could have taken a straight line hike through the woods and reached the same spot in much less time. 10:05.");
slides[1] = new Slide("02", "<ref>Dennis by his tent.</ref> Even though the campsite was near the road it wasn't a bad campsite. The ground was fairly level and we all slept well. The green pyramid is a GoLite Hex. I used this tarp on the trip and found it to be a decent tarp. I think I may still prefer the Megamid and its related tarps. 10:05.");
slides[2] = new Slide("03", "Take a look at <ref>how hard Dennis and Andy are working</ref> to climb this steep hill. They made it to the top. I did not. I would lose my footing and slide back. Kick-step, kick-step, kick-step, start to slip, slide, traverse to fresh snow, kick-step, kick-step, slide. Once I really got stuck I got stuck good. Andy and Dennis got some amusement at least especially as I slid yelling, \"No no no no no...\". 10:56.");
slides[3] = new Slide("04", "It is an overcast day. <ref>We really cannot see that much from the observation platform.</ref> The Lake is fairly calm with just afew small ice floes floating in the distance. 12:12.");
slides[4] = new Slide("05", "None of us is quite sure <ref>what these reddish trees are.</ref> Though not visible in the picture the leaves have the flat appearance of what I think are cedar. 16:28.", 525, 700, "2003", ".jpg", 115);
slides[5] = new Slide("06", "<ref>Just some interesting damage to this cedar tree.</ref> We saw woodpecker holes and plenty of fungus damage all over. This is the same grove of trees as the previous photo. 16:29.");
slides[6] = new Slide("07", "<ref>Snow bows these branches down.</ref> Surprisingly most tree are not covered in snow. I guess it has generally melted or fallen off. 16:56.");

//February 2
slides[7] = new Slide("08", "<ref>A funky bare birch (I think).</ref> While the bulk of the trees I noticed were evergreens now and then something like this tree would pop up. 12:50.", 525, 700, "2003", ".jpg", 115);
slides[8] = new Slide("09", "<ref>Oak trees do not shed their leaves until the spring.</ref> Joe stands under this oak bower. 12:53.");
slides[9] = new Slide("10", "<ref>Yikes. I'm being attacked by a snow serpent.</ref> This serpent should not be confused with the even rarer snow python. Andy and Dennis walked by this remarkably curved, partially obscured, branch without even noticing it. 12:57.");
slides[10] = new Slide("11", "<ref>A glimpse of the dunes on the lakeshore.</ref> As you can see there is so little snow that sand peaks through. 13:27.");
slides[11] = new Slide("12", "<ref>A panoramic view of the dunes that are near the lakeshore.</ref>  Spindly grasses and shrubs make there homes on these ever shifting dunes. Even a tree can gain purchase on the shifting sands. 13:28.<span id='hide'><br>If you prefer to view the scene as if ou were there turning your head <a href='javascript:OpenImage1(\"36\")'>then take a look at this QuickTime movie.</a></span>", 2549, 453);
slides[12] = new Slide("13", "<ref>Snow piles on top of floating ice.</ref> I imagine the overhangs in the ice are caused by the constant motion of the water of Lake Michigan flowing against the ice. 13:38.");
slides[13] = new Slide("14", "<ref>Andy strikes out along the ice floes.</ref> None of us is actually on the beach at this point. We're all moving about on top of the thick ice that is floating on the lake. 13:41.");
slides[14] = new Slide("15", "<ref>More ice floes.</ref> The contrasts of the white ice against the dark gray (with a hint of blue and sometimes even deep green) waters of Lake Michigan is stunning. 13:47.");
slides[15] = new Slide("16", "<ref>One more glimpse</ref> of some of the wonderful shapes the snow and ice take as they build up and float upon the lake. 13:47.");
slides[16] = new Slide("17", "None of us knows <ref>what these bird tracks are.</ref> The snow basket on the hiking pole provides some scale. 13:56.");
slides[17] = new Slide("18", "<ref>The bird travled a modest distance along the beach.</ref> This picture doesn't quite capture the entire route traveled. 13:56.");
slides[18] = new Slide("19", "The bird's <ref>landing spot is shown here.</ref> You can see an imprint of a wing tip just above and to the left of the first footprint of the bird's path. 14:03.");
slides[19] = new Slide("20", "The beach is a busy place. <ref>More tracks. This time though we know what made them: humans.</ref> Our tracks come in from the right and the straight lines and footprints within them mark Redfog's passage hauling his sled behind him. 14:11.");
slides[20] = new Slide("21", "<ref>The tracks on the left are unwelcome and illegal: snowmobile tracks.</ref> Nordhouse Dunes is a federally managed wilderness area and snowmobiles are forbidden. The posted signs see to be frequently ignored. We saw snowmobilers where we should not have our first night out. 14:12.", 525, 700, "2003", ".jpg", 115);
slides[21] = new Slide("22", "<ref>Oh dear. A fatality.</ref> I always knew snowmobiles were dangerous.  Seriously, Andy is fine. But I wonder how well the the ecosystem handles snowmobile traffic. To those snowmobilers out there I don't have anything against you per s&eacute; but you should stay where you are permitted. 14:13.");
slides[22] = new Slide("23", "On our way back to the parking lot <ref>We saw this nearly complete snow covered arch of a branch.</ref> Quite pretty. 14:49.");
slides[23] = new Slide("24", "The pepper on the snow to the right of the tree <ref>is actually snow fleas.</ref> Snow fleas are small insects that eat forest debris. They're active all year but pretty much invisible when the snow is not around. They are maybe an eight of an inch in length. 15:00.");
slides[24] = new Slide("25", "Yahoo! I don't believe I actually yelled anything. <ref>It is easier to slide down this large hill than walk down it.</ref> This is the large hill we climbed back in February 2000 when we first visited Nordhouse Dune. 15:06.");
slides[25] = new Slide("26", "<ref>Looking towards an arching artesian spring</ref> near Frankfort in the Betsie River. 17:35.");
slides[26] = new Slide("27", "The water flow out of the spring <ref>can be seen falling back to earth.</ref> I am not sure if the snow and ice hanging off this tree is from the spring but since I did not feel any spray when standing by the spring I am guessing it's just a nice piece of snow. 17:43.");
slides[27] = new Slide("28", "You can <ref>almost see the entire arch here</ref> and Joe gives you a bit of a sense of scale. 17:46.");
slides[28] = new Slide("29", "<ref>Yours truly</ref> at the artesian spring along the Betsie River. 17:49.");
slides[29] = new Slide("30", "<ref>Dusk at the Frankfort Lighthouse.</ref> The light beacon on the left is barely visible but the main Frankfort light is obvious. Each lighthouse has its own unique signature of light color and frequency of flashes to tell sailors precisely which lighthouse they are seeing. 18:13.");

// February 3
slides[30] = new Slide("31", "Just barely visible <ref>on the center ice floes on its left edge on the peak</ref> is a bald eagle. We watched this bird fly a little and then settle back on the ice floe and seem to eat something. The Platte River has salmon running most of the time so perhaps the eagle had one of them (either caught alive and killed or already dead). We are at the mouth of the Platte River trying, in vain, to see the Sleeping Bear on her dune but visibility was very limited. 13:03.");
slides[31] = new Slide("32", "<ref>Here I go down the dune incline.</ref> This was my last run using Joe's sled. The run went very well until my landing after hitting the natural jump. According to Joe the sled and I went virtually vertical before leveling out and then coming in for a very steep and hard landing. As you can see the landing bounced me off the sled. But, any landing you can walk away from is a good one. I sure raised up quite a cloud of snow. 15:19.", 900, 684);
slides[32] = new Slide("33", "<refThe Point Bettsie lighthouse.</ref> Snow and ice pile up along the shore near this lighthouse which emits, as far as I can tell, five steady beams. 16:16.");
slides[33] = new Slide("34", "Joe is <ref>standing in front of a wall of ice that has built up.</ref> Although it is hard to see here the ice wall has a green tint to it. Ice and snow build up around the Point Betsie lighthouse was plentiful. 16:23.");
slides[34] = new Slide("35", "A final <ref>view of the Frankfort lighthouse and beacon on the south pier.</ref> What really stands out though is the fre-standing ice arch. 17:02.");
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