Category: Travel
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Florida Keys
Hemingway house, Key West, 6 toed cat cemetery, Kapok tree…
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Spring Break in the Everglades
A rather unusual destination but a fantastic place to visit. You really do see tons of wildlife right up close but in the wild. Bromeliads, a manchineel tree (tree of death), it’s sap -and fruit can kill you, crocs and alligators together- the only place in the world that happens, unusual birds, mangroves galore and…
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A little weather
So, I’m in the FL keys with the family for spring break. Was all Margaritaville until dinner. Key West was cool, etc. Then WHAM. Drove 40 miles back to the hotel in it. Not super fun. Hoping tomorrow is drier!
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Making lemonade in December
So, Bryant doesn’t want me to post this, but I’m not ashamed to admit that the girls and I had lice. Ugh! Not fun, but what can you do?! Pay the Ladybugs (lice removal squad) $600+ and move to a downtown hotel for 48 hours, that’s what! It’s a spontaneous stay-cation. When we get home,…
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Buffalo Gals on the ranch!
For MEA we spent a night at the Buffalo gals ranch in Houston, MN. We took the scenic route down hwy 61 along the Mississippi. Had a great time touring the ranch and stayed overnight in Cody’s Cabin, named for the buffalo who “starred” in Dances with Wolves. Bryant found a bleached skull for his…
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The Madsen or “Jen is a Wimp”
We occasionally ride bikes to school. Hillary rides her own, and I carry Lily in the Madsen or “bucket bike”. A few reasons I don’t take it more often: 1) It gets heavy up the hills, and it feels like everything is a hill! 2) I have trouble starting the loaded bike from a full…
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Paul Bunyan Land
We spent Labor Day weekend at crow wing state park, near Brainerd, in a camper cabin to avoid dealing so much with rain and mosquitos. It turned out great! We did the kid version of fishing, hiking, canoeing, and camp fire cooking. On the way home we stopped in to see PB and his pal,…
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Isle Royale
While at the North shore, we took the ferry from Grand Portage for a day trip to Isle Royale National Park, Michigan It was rainy and cold on the way over and back. I swear the rain was beginning to turn to ice. And there was not room for everyone to sit, so it was…
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North Shore Adventures
We went up nort’ to have some fun for 4th of July. Hillary and I did a wood-fired oven baking class at the North Woods Folk House. We made 2 types of bread (flat bread, and focaccia) but I guess I didn’t get the camera out when we were working on the focaccia.…
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BWCA – in Winter
Some buddies of mine (Scott and Mike) were planning a winter ski trip to the Boundary Waters. I heard about it, and promptly (and rashly) invited myself. They graciously allowed me to join. 😉 The planning started in mid-January, for a trip that was planned for President’s Day weekend (Feb 15-17). Now that the trip…