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Every guest will be given a traditional
sized Dream catcher at check-in. After looking into its
origin, the Dream Catcher seems to be the perfect symbol to
represent MiGO this year. MiGO believes the dreams of a few
geocachers six years ago are continuously coming to life, and
that the entire Michigan geocaching community has benefited
from those visions. Our strong presence is continuously
opening doors, which in turn, opens up forests land,
greenways, waterways and trails.
History of Dream Catchers
Long ago when the word was sound, an old Lakota
spiritual leader was on a high mountain and had a vision. In his
vision, Iktomi, the great trickster and searcher of wisdom,
appeared in the form of a spider. Iktomi spoke to him in a sacred
language. As he spoke, Iktomi the spider picked up the elder's
willow hoop which had feathers, horsehair, beads and offerings on
it, and began to spin a web. He spoke to the elder about the cycles
of life, how we begin our lives as infants, move on through
childhood and on to adulthood. Finally we go to old age where we
must be taken care of as infants, completing the cycle.
But, Iktomi said as he continued to spin his web,
in each time of life there are many forces, some good and some bad.
If you listen to the good forces, they will steer you in the right
direction. But, if you listen to the bad forces, they'll steer you
in the wrong direction and may hurt you. So these forces can help,
or can interfere with the harmony of Nature. While the spider
spoke, he continued to weave his web.
When Iktomi finished speaking, he gave the elder
the web and said, The web is a perfect circle with a hole in the
center. Use the web to help your people reach their goals, making
good use of their ideas, dreams and visions. If you believe in the
great spirit, the web will filter your good ideas and the bad ones
will be trapped and will not pass.
The elder passed on his vision onto the people
and now many Indian people have a dreamcatcher above their bed to
sift their dreams and visions. The good will pass through the
center hole to the sleeping person. The evil in their dreams are
captured in the web, where they perish in the light of the morning
sun. It is said the dreamcatcher holds the destiny of the
future.
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Dinner |
Baked Chicken & Roast Turkey
REAL Mashed Potatoes w/gravy
Corn
Tossed Salad
Coffee, Tea, Lemonade
Plus, deserts, breads and more.
As always, this
is a family friendly, alcohol-free
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