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Camping 2020: 5 cancelled trips, 2 long distance road trips and only 4 local campgrounds (compared to 7 last year). What a crazy camping season! This is our last weekend of camping for this year. We camped here last year in October... and it snowed. I didn't really
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We started heading home this morning. We decided we'd stop about halfway home for the night. On our way we visited at the Pioneer Auto Museum. This place was very similar to the Miracle of America museum we visited in Montana 2 years ago. It was building after
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We stayed at a campground in Rapid City because of all the different kids attractions. Our campground turned out to be right next to the two I wanted to go to. In the morning we went to Reptile Gardens. We came here on our last trip and it was so
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Wednesday we hit the popular South Dakota sightseeing spots. First up... Mount Rushmore. I really need to get the girls to wear sunglasses again.... at least for pictures. Next stop... Custer State Park wildlife loop. Emma REALLY wanted to feed the wild donkeys. I was a little worried we wouldn&
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Emma and I started our Tuesday with a horseback ride through the Black Hills. Afterward Braden and Olivia met us for a 4 hour UTV ride through the Black Hills. We stopped to wade in a creek, eat wild raspberries and explore an abandoned gold mine. I have never been
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Our very first long road trip in the bus was to Mount Rushmore and South Dakota three years ago. What's crazy about this picture from 3 years ago....? (1) Olivia is now wearing the same clothes that Emma was in back then. (2) You will probably see photos
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The midwest doesn't play around when it comes to cheese curds. Since they couldn't have a traditional cheese curd festival this year they did a drive through one instead. We drove almost an hour to get some delicious curds. I don't think Braden wants
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We got it all in for our last day of camping... petting zoo, pool (all day!), mini golf, ice cream, candy bar bingo and s'mores. 2 PM every day is ice cream time. My favorite... a small twist cone. Both girls won at candy bar bingo! We finished
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It was forecast to thunderstorm all day. It was the perfect excuse to head home for a little while and get some kitten snuggles. Turns out the forecast was wrong. It was really overcast and chilly all day, but it barely rained. That meant more pool time. Not really a
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The morning started off with a visit to the petting zoo. The rest of the day was spent at the pool. The diving board was very popular with both girls. Olivia isn't usually a huge swimmer... but she lasted all day at the pool. 2 PM is ice
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This is one of my favorite camping destinations in Minnesota. The last 3 years we've stayed here a whole week. A whole week is really long and by the end we're all exhausted, grouchy and 5 pounds heavier. This year we shortened it to 4 days,