State Park
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Camping in St Croix State Park
May 20, 2022 to May 22, 2022This year, we decided against planning big vacations until we finalized our imminent trip home. Like many folks living abroad, it has been at least 2.5 years since we visited our family members due to the pandemic. Our initial plan was to fly home this early summer. However, we decided against it to wait for… Read more…
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Grand Marais
Mar 21, 2022 to Mar 26, 2022On our 10th visit to the MN North Shore, we made our first-ever visit in the early spring season. We shied away from this time of the year in the past because spring is usually very wet, but we wanted to snowshoe for one last time before putting our gears away. It was unseasonably warm… Read more…
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Willow River State Park
Mar 6, 2022After spending a night at our friends’ place, we headed to Willow River State Park in Wisconsin for a hike. Considering the terrible driving condition, staying overnight was a wise choice because the evening rain turned icy, followed by multiple inches of snow accumulation. We tried to decide between this state park and Fort Snelling… Read more…
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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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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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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…
