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Pat Miklic and Vickie Mowry walked side by side in Lower Harbor Park. It was mid morning and the path was mostly filled with runners or parents walking their kids to the park. The pair stood out due to their slow peaceful gait. They explained that they were visiting Marquette from Pennsylvania. This was their second time in the area, and they said that the last time they visited they fell in love. Miklic talked animately about everything that they enjoy about visiting. "There's so much. The beauty number one. You have the most beautiful trees. The trees are gorgeous here. Such lovers in this land. People have made it so people friendly. Look at this wonderful pathway for everyone to run and walk. Everyone is outdoors doing something. I could go on and on." Mowry added: "We love just looking at the vastness of Lake Superior." They also talked about their life at home. "I'm retired," Miklic said. "My mom is 83," Mowry interjected. Before retirement, she worked as a teacher and a secretary. "I worked a lot of jobs. I started before I was 16. I worked all my life until I retired," she said. Now, she said, she is enjoying retirement to the fullest, "I major in just enjoying life. I have a lot of fun. I go to the Y and I work out. I love it. How else can a person do what they want to do at any moment? I can just do whatever I want. That's probably the best thing about retirement is that you can just follow your instinct."