Category: Travel

• A Sauna for All Seasons

  I am a relative newcomer to the Minnesota sauna culture.  [Note before proceeding further:  sauna is pronounced SOW-na, not SAW-na. Use this handy pronunciation guide from PBS if you need further instruction!]  If my husband had his druthers, a sauna would have been the first structure on our little piece of lake property in the northern Minnesota…

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  02/28/2013

  Life, Travel

  barrel, bath, cabin, Finnish, health, lake, Minnesota, sauna, seasons

• Travel Theme: Bridges

  The lift bridge in Duluth, Minnesota is a unique feat of engineering that is best demonstrated as one stands to the side watching the center lift for the numerous lake freighters and ocean vessels that stop in the city.  The port of Duluth is the farthest-inland freshwater seaport in North America. The Duluth Public Library has…

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  02/25/2013

  Travel

  Aerial Lift Bridge, bridges, Duluth, freighters, Lake Superior, lift bridge, Minnesota, port, ships, Weekly Travel Themes

• Weekly Photo Challenge: Forward

  

  Walking the hallowed grounds of Arlington National Cemetery, I yearned for the assurance that we will move forward as a nation toward peace. The wars throughout America’s history have shaped the thoughts and aspirations of generations, and touched the lives of millions around the world. The monuments in our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., often memorialize…

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  02/25/2013

  Life, Quotes, Travel

  Arlington National Cemetery, forward, hope, peace, postaday, war, Washington D.C., weekly photo challenge

• Weekly Photo Challenge: Home

  When I saw this week’s photo challenge, my first thought was, “I should have delayed my last post, because that photo perfectly evoked feelings of home for me.”  So, please indulge me as I share with you another scene from that peaceful, sunny morning.  After living near its shores for over 20 years, Lake Superior…

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  02/08/2013

  Life, Travel

  bench, home, Lake Superior, Minnesota, postaday, snow, sunny morning, weekly photo challenge, winter

• Weekly Photo Challenge: Unique

  The crop art is always unique at the Minnesota State Fair. A stop at the Agriculture-Horticulture “Ag-Hort” Building is a “must” for our annual trip to the Minnesota State Fair.  Displays of competitive entries range from Christmas trees, to honey and bee-related items, to flowers, to fruits and vegetables.  Crop art tops the list of my favorite…

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  02/01/2013

  Garden, Travel

  crop art, Minnesota, Minnesota State Fair, postaday, State Fair, unique, weekly photo challenge