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Trips

Chicago

We went to Chicago December 25-27, 2019! We stayed at the Embassy Suites on the Magnificent Mile which was fun. Wednesday, December 25, 2019 It was over 50F so we were able to go ice skating and enjoy Maggie Daley and Millennium park. We went up the Hancock Observatory which was a pretty good view […]

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Trips

Colorado Springs

I visited with Aaron and Mark & Kate in Colorado Springs in October 2019! We did a cool hike a little bit into the mountains. We didn’t hike quite as much as we otherwise might have due to a snowstorm that weekend. But we got to play some board games and check out some breweries […]

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Camping

Wilderness State Park

The girls and I camped up in Wilderness State Park and visited the UP from September 5-8, 2019. Thursday, September 5, 2019 It took us about 5 hours to drive to Wilderness with two stops along the way – one for Culvers for lunch and one for gas. We set up camp and then drove […]

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Backpacking

Long Range Traverse

From Alltrails (https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/newfoundland-and-labrador/the-long-range-traverse): The Long Range Traverse is a 22.4 mile point-to-point trail located near Sallys Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada that features a lake. The trail is rated as difficult and is primarily used for hiking, camping, and backpacking. https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/newfoundland-and-labrador/the-long-range-traverse This was quite the first backpacking trip to go on. It was awesome. The […]