Recent Ramblings

  • Whitewater State Park

    Whitewater State Park

    Spent 3 hours hiking in Whitewater State Park. We hiked up to Chimney Rock, Inspiration Point and Coyote Point to witness the beautiful fall colors in the park. Definitely one of the best state parks in our area. Read more…

  • Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

    Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

    A pleasant day strolling around at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum before buying some apples from the Apple House. The last time we visited this place was in late 2009. Read more…

  • Rocky Mountain National Park

    Rocky Mountain National Park

    Three years later, we finally made our second visit to Colorado. We spent the first 5 days in Rocky Mountain National Park and the remaining days in Westminster, about 20 minutes away from Denver, to attend a self-paid conference. Day 1 – We began our day at 4:30 AM, heading to the airport only to… Read more…

  • The McGlones at Oxbow Park & Zollman Zoo

    The McGlones at Oxbow Park & Zollman Zoo

    We met up with the McGlones at Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo to do a family photo shoot for them. We moved the plan up an hour earlier due to possible rain in the area and it turned out to be a great idea. Otherwise, the zoo would have closed by the time we arrived.… Read more…

  • Apostle Islands Ice Caves & Sled Dog Race

    Apostle Islands Ice Caves & Sled Dog Race

    We celebrated Chinese New Year by taking a 4-day trip to Wisconsin in the one of the coldest winter months in the recent years. The purpose of this trip was to visit the Apostle Islands Ice Caves and the 19th annual Apostle Islands Sled Dog Race. On Thursday, we began our slow journey in a… Read more…

  • The Minions

    The Minions

    We helped Jenny and Andy to do their yearly family photo shoot at our place. The Halloween theme for this year is Minions from the “Despicable Me” movie. We spent our late morning taking pictures in Silver Lake Park. It was blistering cold on an otherwise beautiful day. After lunch, we headed to the big… Read more…

  • Fall Colors in Minnesota

    Fall Colors in Minnesota

    Amidst our hectic schedule working on a home garden expansion project, we did a 4-day trip to northeastern Minnesota to see the fall colors. The last time we visited this area was in 2011. The fall colors in Banning State Park was much prettier this time compared to our visit in 2011. We did a… Read more…

  • Alexxandrya Haeflinger

    Alexxandrya Haeflinger

    We took a few hours off from our hectic weekend schedules to take some senior photos for Alexx. In return, Kurt bribed us with Rick’s super delicious fall-off-the-bone BBQ ribs for dinner. The cloudy afternoon was absolutely perfect for portrait shots. This album contains half of the overall shots taken. Read more…

  • An Epic Fishing Trip in Canada

    An Epic Fishing Trip in Canada

    We had an adventurous “eat-what-you-catch” walleye fishing trip in Canada with Rick and Kurt. It was a very last minute trip for all of us. A week prior to the trip, Elson from Due North Outpost Camps inquired Rick’s interest to go fishing this year to backfill the available slot. We made our decision in… Read more…