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I believe both spottings of your Crane Flies are species of Large Crane Fly, Family Tipulidae.
Here is a link: http://bugguide.net/node/view/183/bgpage...
I am not sure of the species specific. I browsed around bugguide.net but didn't find an exact match yet. You might consider posting these there for ID purposes. Hope this helps.