Category: Travel
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Never Too Old for the Zoo
It had been years since my last trip to the Lake Superior Zoo — we used to visit regularly when our boys were younger, but the teen years bring a whole new round of interests and activities. With news of a recent birth, and a pleasant summer afternoon, I decided it was time to return…
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Unplugged and Off-the-Grid ~ Conclusion: Heading Home
Our last morning on the water dawned misty and gray. The trees blurred together to create a unified front along the distant shore. The waters were quiet and calm as we slid the canoes back into the water and loaded them once more. Silently, while paddling at an easy pace, I said goodbye to the…
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Unplugged and Off-the-Grid ~ A Change of Scenery (Part 6)
After two nights of camping on the island, it was time to pack up and begin making our way back to our original entry point. We had hoped to spend our last night at a campsite on Cross Bay Lake, but someone else had beat us to it. Paddling on, we had our pick of…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Masterpiece
If I could post a photo of Bernini’s “Apollo and Daphne” sculpture, I would . . . alas, the Borghese Gallery prohibited photography so all I have is my memory of standing with my husband and two boys, just the four of us in the presence of that incredible statue, awed into hushed silence, absorbing…
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Unplugged and Off-the-Grid ~ The Call of the Loons (Part 5)
Ahhhh, the call of the loons. It is a sound that goes hand-in-hand with time spent on the lakes in Minnesota. Across the small bay from our island campsite on Long Island Lake, a pair of loons were nesting in the tall grass between the rocks. They did not wander far, and were never gone…
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