He talks of being stopped on the street by a man in a big truck with Texas plates, pulling an all-terrain vehicle and asking if he knew where Forrest Fenn lived.

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Wisconsin: A law calls for mandatory license plates for all ATVs (all-terrain vehicles) operating in public areas.

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The second thing I noticed: Meals were pretty much zero-waste, with reusable plates and real silverware offered to all diners.

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Children like 6-year-old Fariya, a tiny sprite, spin plates on thin sticks and juggle all manner of objects, from pins to balls.

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There is a studied harmony to it all, from the colored dining plates embedded in some of the concrete walls to the diamond-shaped tiles on the floors.

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