United States
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Camping in Wild River State Park
Aug 16, 2019 to Aug 18, 2019We decided to join a large group of friends to camp in Wild River State Park over the weekend. This time, we had a total of 6 families occupying 4 campsites. All of us wondered whether the camping trip would be cancelled due to the forecasted all-day rain on Saturday. It vividly reminded us of… Read more…
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Chicago
Jul 14, 2019 to Jul 20, 2019We made our 3rd visit to Chicago. The last time we were there was 9 years ago with sis. This time, one of us attended a workshop in downtown Chicago and another one of us worked remotely from the hotel. We didn’t plan much sightseeing activities since we covered most of the major attractions in… Read more…
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Frontenac State Park
Dec 25, 2018This year, we celebrated brown Christmas in Frontenac State Park. Amid government shutdown, we weren’t sure the state park would be opened but decided to chance it and drive there anyway. The park was opened but there were no employees seen and the restrooms were closed. Although the temperature was below the freezing mark, our… Read more…
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Camping in Scenic State Park
Sep 6, 2018 to Sep 9, 2018A week prior to this camping trip, we had been watching the weather forecast intently because it had rain the entire week due to the slow moving tropical storm. Fortunately, the cold front from Canada prevented the storm from moving further north and we were spared from having to deal with wet days throughout the… Read more…
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Kayaking on Zumbro River
Aug 25, 2018Spent a splendid day kayaking on the Zumbro River with Cristine and David. We parked our vehicle in Hammond before hitching a ride with our friends to Zumbro Falls. After renting our kayaks at a nearby outfitter for $30 each, we leisurely floated for a little more than 3 hours. The Zumbro River between Zumbro… Read more…
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Death Valley National Park
Feb 4, 2018 to Feb 10, 2018We made a last-minute getaway to escape the Bold North’s tundra winter by visiting Death Valley National Park. Dubbed “the hottest, driest and lowest national park” in the United States with the summer temperatures often exceed 120F, we went from temperature of 1F with wind chill of -20F to 80F where we had to swap… Read more…
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New York
Oct 30, 2017 to Nov 4, 2017We arrived in New York a few hours after a major coastal storm had passed, which caused more than 1 million power outages in the Northeast. The strong wind from the turbulence was so severe that the LaGuardia Airport had opened only one runway that morning. That said, that was the only bad weather we… Read more…
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Andrew & Jenna’s Baby Gender Reveal Party
Oct 8, 2017We were invited to help capture the scenes during Andrew and Jenna’s baby gender reveal party. I was initially told to attend a “sex” party at a given date. Immediately, heartbeats increased… interest piqued… thoughts gone wild. Never ever I was invited to a sex party. Then, some further clarifications from Kurt… Oh… the John… Read more…
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Camping in Itasca State Park
Sep 28, 2017 to Oct 1, 2017Spent three nights camping in Itasca State Park. We covered almost all state parks along the North Shore but never been to the northwestern part of Minnesota until now. We initially planned to do this trip on the first week of October, but decided to move it up a few days earlier because the state… Read more…
