Exploring the Wonders of Minnesota
When you can get out and see something without leaving your car, it makes for a perfect pandemic activity! We visited Minneopa State Park in the fall to do a candlelight walk and when we arrived, we learned that they have a bison drive! We’ve gone on bison drives in Custer State Park and Rocky …
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During the “safe at home” period, we started trying to get out to a local state park once a week. We focused on our brainstorming efforts on parks south of the Twin Cities to stick to our geographic region until life opens up a bit more. We scoured the book “60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: …
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Quarantine Chronicles! When Minnesota went into “safe at home” at the end of March, we saw all of our bucket list plans disappearing. We went into lock down days before we were supposed to see a Timberwolves game to finish our sports section! This was obviously not the biggest concern at the moment, but it …
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In Austin, MN there’s a museum dedicated to Spam. Or as one billboard says – “14,000 square feet of square meat!” I’m an absolute sucker for any type of tourist attraction like this. One of my favorite family trips as a child was to the Jello Museum in LeRoy, NY. (They’ve got a jello brick …
In Colorado, we had a bucket list of visiting every site run by the National Park Service – parks, historic sites, monuments, recreation areas, all of it! We still have that goal for Minnesota, but we’re also excited about visiting many of the state parks. Minnesota has an extensive and affordable state park system – …
One of the most exciting parts of moving from Colorado to Minnesota was the return of true fall. Apple picking, fall colors that are more than yellow, apple cider, fall festivals – all of it! We were excited to discover that the Minnesota State Parks embrace the fall season with lots of activities and festivals. …
When you first move to a new location, you discover places that you couldn’t find on Google maps. Fireside Apple Orchard was that place for us! Located just outside of Northfield, we spotted it on one of our drives to Interstate-35 and after some quick Googling discovered they would be having a grand re-opening. What …
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