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Whitewater State Park
Feb 26, 2022With spring just around the corner and the snow quickly melting in the southern part of Minnesota, we woke up from hibernation to stretch our legs. Our initial plan was to snowshoe in Frontenac State Park. However, we decided against it because it had only 3 inches of reported snow depth. So, we visited Whitewater… Read more…
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Door County
Dec 27, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021We spent the remaining days of the year in Wisconsin’s easternmost county: Door County. Several people asked the reasons we chose this spot instead of a warmer location. For one, we never visited Door County in the winter before. More importantly, we literally wanted to get away from people and the questions asked further justified… Read more…
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Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Oct 4, 2021 to Oct 8, 2021We escaped to the Great Plains to visit Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TRNP). In the past, this national park never made it high enough on our list because we worried there was nothing to see, not to mention the long boring drive to a place that is practically surrounded by flat and uninteresting landscapes. However,… Read more…
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Kansas City
Sep 1, 2021 to Sep 4, 2021We made a pilgrimage to 2 cities that bear the same name separated by a state line in search of the best BBQ we could find: Kansas City. Judging by the city name alone, one might say the state of Missouri stole the name from the state of Kansas. However, history says otherwise. Kansas City… Read more…
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Camping in Bear Head Lake State Park
Jul 11, 2021 to Jul 14, 2021A year ago, we reserved a campsite in Bear Head Lake State Park in late June, but we had to cancel that trip because the shower buildings were closed due to the Covid-19 restrictions. This year, with the campsites filling up much quicker than anticipated, we somehow managed to reserve the same campsite. Voted the… Read more…
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Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway
Jun 18, 2021We took a day off from work to visit cousin Troy who had a day layover in Minneapolis. The last time we met him was in 2014. After picking him up from a downtown hotel before 9 AM, we headed to a nearby coffee shop for quick bites. We used this opportunity to bring him… Read more…
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Red Wing
May 29, 2021A day after an unseasonably late frost at the end of May, we woke up from hibernation like groundhogs to enjoy the sun on a long Memorial Day weekend. Our intention was to head up to Frontenac State Park — a park that we visited many times, but we also wanted to explore Red Wing.… Read more…
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Beaver Bay
Dec 28, 2020 to Jan 1, 2021We closed out 2020 by escaping to the Minnesota’s North Shore. Although we have visited the North Shore numerous times, this was our first time staying in Beaver Bay — a very small city with a population of less than 200. The last time we visited the North Shore in the winter was in 2010.… Read more…
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Fall Colors in Upper Peninsula
Oct 12, 2020 to Oct 16, 2020The Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, or simply known as “UP”, has been in our fall season travel bucket list for a long time, but we never made it there because it is located too far away. This year, we decided to do some social distancing in the UP to catch some fall colors. Due to the… Read more…
A Peek Through Dirty Lenses
