State Park
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Camping in Wyalusing State Park
Aug 24, 2020 to Aug 27, 2020Facing another round of furloughs, we made a last minute decision to go camping in Wyalusing State Park — one of Wisconsin’s oldest state parks — since we managed to reserve one of the 5 coveted non-reservable campsites (ie: first-come-first-serve basis). This state park caught our attention because one of the campgrounds sits 500 feet… Read more…
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Bayfield
Jul 20, 2020 to Jul 23, 2020This year, we canceled 2 trips that we booked a year ago due to the travel uncertainties in this COVID-19 era. We made a last minute road trip to Bayfield — Wisconsin’s smallest city with a population of just 487 — during my furlough period. The idea was to recharge ourselves from months of hectic… Read more…
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Fall Colors in Minnesota’s North Shore
Oct 10, 2019 to Oct 13, 2019Being Minnesotans, we have a tradition of visiting the Minnesota’s North Shore every few years to catch the fall colors. Prior to this trip, we learned about the potential historic fall snowstorm with frigid temperatures across portions of the north central of the US. We could only hope it wouldn’t derail most of our fall… Read more…
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Sakatah Lake State Park
Sep 7, 2019We continue our adventure to visit a nearby state park that we haven’t been to, and this time, we visited Sakatah Lake State Park in Waterville. It took a little more than an hour drive to get there. The entire day was cloudy and windless, but it was chilly with the temperature hovering around mid… Read more…
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Lake Louise State Park
Sep 2, 2019On Labor Day, we made an impromptu trip to Lake Louise State Park in Le Roy. This was our first time visiting this state park, which is only a 6-minute drive away from the Minnesota-Iowa border. This state park is the site of Minnesota’s oldest, continuous recreation area. Although it began to drizzle when we… Read more…
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Myre-Big Island State Park
Sep 1, 2019Celebrating the long Labor Day weekend, we explored a nearby state park that we haven’t been to yet. We visited Myre-Big Island State Park in Albert Lea, which has a rather big yet shallow lake. After getting several trail recommendations from the park ranger, we chose to do the 4.7-mile Pelican and Esker Trails for… Read more…
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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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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…
