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Continue reading →: Italy is for Friends!
October 18, 2025 and Val and I are leaving the Italy part of our Europe 2025 trip. We’ve been traveling with various friends since we first arrived in Zurich, Switzerland on September 13. One friend came with us when we left Chicago, then the three of us met up with…
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Continue reading →: Glacial Lakes State Park, MN
At the end of August, we finished camp hosting duties at Glacial Lakes State Park just outside Starbuck, Minnesota. This was our first time being hosts and we chose a remote state park for our first adventure into hosting to see what was involved; better to be underwhelmed than…
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Continue reading →: Summer 2025 Camping Starts in July
We’ve started our summer camping a little late this year beginning at Rock Cut State Park in Love’s Park Illinois July 11-15, followed by East Arbutus Campground near Black River Falls, WI and we just left Sauk River Park in the city park of Melrose, Minnesota. Melrose is a gem…
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Continue reading →: Normandy and a Day at Mont Saint Michel
November 12, 2024 Our guide, Johann, picked us up early from Le Grand Hotel d’Argouges. Our Airbnb had been a 15th century hotel turned into private flats. It was grand in that it was old with large rooms, high ceilings, and interesting architectural features. Outside on the street side the…
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Continue reading →: 16 Days in the Highlands
We’ve just finished 16 days in the Scottish Highlands and it’s been pretty smooth, everything going as planned, weather has been good, accommodations have been great to stellar and there have been no delays or hiccups except one thing and even that was corrected with no affects to our schedule. …
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Continue reading →: Time to Fly
The excitement is building – the day of departure has arrived. We’ve spent many months planning our fall trip to Europe. After our summer camping trip (which I have yet to upload), we put our Oliver travel trailer in storage in Hammond, Louisiana and checked on our sailboat, giving the…

