Category: Travel
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First step in Bryant’s quest for a Spanish adventure!
MN passport office. We arrived 10 minutes early and were first in line. By the time the office opened the line was 26 people long. Our paper processing took an entire hour; good thing we got there early! Yikes!
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An Outlandish Evening
with Diana Gabaldon in Denver. Excellent book talk by one of my favorite authors. She’s a fascinating person with fans who are also an interesting and entertaining bunch. Annie, Amy and I were amazed at the rock star atmosphere; Celtic music, wine, men in kilts… what a night!
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Dolphins and Snorkling
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Florida Keys
Hemingway house, Key West, 6 toed cat cemetery, Kapok tree…
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Spring Break in the Everglades
A rather unusual destination but a fantastic place to visit. You really do see tons of wildlife right up close but in the wild. Bromeliads, a manchineel tree (tree of death), it’s sap -and fruit can kill you, crocs and alligators together- the only place in the world that happens, unusual birds, mangroves galore and…
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A little weather
So, I’m in the FL keys with the family for spring break. Was all Margaritaville until dinner. Key West was cool, etc. Then WHAM. Drove 40 miles back to the hotel in it. Not super fun. Hoping tomorrow is drier!
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Making lemonade in December
So, Bryant doesn’t want me to post this, but I’m not ashamed to admit that the girls and I had lice. Ugh! Not fun, but what can you do?! Pay the Ladybugs (lice removal squad) $600+ and move to a downtown hotel for 48 hours, that’s what! It’s a spontaneous stay-cation. When we get home,…
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Buffalo Gals on the ranch!
For MEA we spent a night at the Buffalo gals ranch in Houston, MN. We took the scenic route down hwy 61 along the Mississippi. Had a great time touring the ranch and stayed overnight in Cody’s Cabin, named for the buffalo who “starred” in Dances with Wolves. Bryant found a bleached skull for his…
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The Madsen or “Jen is a Wimp”
We occasionally ride bikes to school. Hillary rides her own, and I carry Lily in the Madsen or “bucket bike”. A few reasons I don’t take it more often: 1) It gets heavy up the hills, and it feels like everything is a hill! 2) I have trouble starting the loaded bike from a full…
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Paul Bunyan Land
We spent Labor Day weekend at crow wing state park, near Brainerd, in a camper cabin to avoid dealing so much with rain and mosquitos. It turned out great! We did the kid version of fishing, hiking, canoeing, and camp fire cooking. On the way home we stopped in to see PB and his pal,…