Not sure how much that article about the mostly natural likes Minnesota relates to the mostly artificial lakes in the Villages and wakeboarding. Those Minnesota lakes have probably had thousands of years to develop their natural environment. I am way older than most of artificial lakes in the Villages.
Good article though. Kudos to the U of MN. Huge school. One of my three Alma maters. I donate small amounts to their law school where I was Class of 1989 every so often. Also dabbled in various languages while working in their law library. Completed some courses in German, Dutch and Italian . And sat in on a few lessons in Chinese and Japanese. Dropped Russian. They did have courses in many languages.
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