Exploring the Wonders of Minnesota
Long time ago, in an era that is slowly fading from memory into legend, people used to congregate together in groups without the fear of widespread infection. Weird, I know. If we turn our attention back a year to last summer, we were initially acquainted to Minnesota through one of these mass gatherings: The Minnesota …
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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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Continuing the state park saga, we consulted the “60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Minneapolis/St Paul” for another manageable hike and an excuse to get out of the house! We grabbed Subway to go, then drove up to the tiny town of Frontenanc located on the Mississippi River just south of Red Wing. It was a …
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When everything got shut down in Minnesota, we weren’t sure how much of our bucket list we’d be able to tackle this summer – touristy destinations aren’t exactly known for social distancing! But we were delighted when the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum announced that they would be opening their Three Mile Drive in time for folks …
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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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If you know me at all, you know that I’m an absolute fan of pure maple syrup. I can’t tell you the last time I had “pancake syrup” when it wasn’t forced on me by restaurants serving up sub-quality breakfast condiments. Growing up in Upstate NY it was always easy to get locally sourced bottles. …
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 …
On our Minnesota professional sports bucket list we started with a Twins game, then followed it up with a Minnesota Vikings game in October. To make it even cooler, it was the prime time Thursday night game! My first in person NFL game was in Denver last year, and Peter has been to games in …
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Just like in Colorado, we’re attempting to visit all* of the professional sports teams in Minnesota. *Not professional soccer. Been there, did that, not enough of a completionist to do it again. It’s so confusing without the TV commentary. We’ve been to a Twins game, a Vikings game (which you’ll get in a Throwback Thursday …
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