Post pandemic travel is a new beast. With borders closed and restrictions in constant flux, we’re navigating a new world .. close to home.
While making plans for where to stay we are often searching coverage maps for mobile connectivity. Often, if you are near a community, a town, or city there is a good chance you'll have a few bars. So let's talk about McGregor, Minnesota. According to all bits of information the Savannah Portage State park is …
Here is a moment I need to say that we are WAY behind in updating this blog again... THIS is why we are not professional bloggers. It's just never going to get on track and I'm becoming okay with this reality. There are times when I go "Squeeee!!!" and point and Jim goes.. "meh." Most …
Judge C Magney State Park was like a fresh breath of air on a hot and sticky day. No really.. it was hot and sticky.. but the river in this park sent up cool breezes. We arrived to find the park had just about Zero mobile coverage, but the beauty of the weekend is not …
We have been very State Park oriented all summer, and with good reason. The state parks are nice, reasonably priced, generally offer some kind of feature or attraction, and the hiking trails are well mapped out. We might have booked State Park sites exclusively, but you Midwesterners are campers.. and I overslept on a booking …
Northern Minnesota is one of my favorite places on earth. My memories of the north shore are just as if not more vivid than those of days at the pool near our home, vacations to the lake, and early mornings at the ice rink. Arriving this week has been a bit like seeing an old …
I should really start writing these before we go home. I'm HOPELESS once we enter the land of the productive members of society. Flashback.. yada yada.. in the not too distant past we were here... A short drive from IL Beach State Park, through Milwaukee, past some breweries, past a cheese castle, down a road …
Continue reading Wrapping up Lake Michigan at Kohler-Andreas State Park, WI
We were really looking forward to having more than a week in one spot to just enjoy a bit of summer, experience Lake Michigan, and do some biking. This stay at Illinois Beach State Park was our ONLY stay in Illinois slated for this summer, and most likely our longest stay in any spot to …
I feel like if we had a word cloud of the content of our conversations with our loved ones it would look like the above. Even when we are at home we might be in Illinois or in Minnesota. Add a 4-5 month road trip to the mix and you are guaranteed to start every …
I'm never good about updates when we are on the move.. or at home apparently. Imagine that this is a few weeks ago and not today... *insert flashback indicator wavy lines here* We had reached out to Tumbled Rock Brewery and Kitchen in Devils Lake, Wisconsin to see if we could park in their lot …
When we landed at Rocky Arbor State park just to the north of the Wisconsin Dells, we were quickly taken with it's dense forest and set back winding road. The water turned out to be really good, and we were feeling like we should stay a few... and sometimes it works out you can be …
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