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The boat had to be turned in on Wednesday afternoon. We headed back to the marina a little early since we knew it would take a while to unload everything. Since it was still early in the day we hopped on the ferry over to Madeline Island - the biggest
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Tuesday morning we moved one island over to Rocky Island because we heard the beach had sea glass. Olivia had been begging to go to a beach, so she was very excited to get to play in the sand. After spending an hour walking the beach we headed to our
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We always plan at least one summer road trip on the bus. Last year we wanted to go to Michigan, but everything was shut down. This year we wanted to go to Yellowstone, but campsites are booking a year out with all the pandemic RV owners on the road. We
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Rain in the forecast today cancelled our water park plans. Time for plan B... aquarium.
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There is so much to do on the north shore, which made deciding what to do a little difficult for our short weekend of camping. I really wanted to visit Tettegouche State Park that was 4 miles away from our campground. It is supposed to be amazing and it'
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Right outside our campground is an adventure ropes park. Not my thing. But Emma saw it and wanted to try it. I must say... I am pretty impressed. The whole system was pretty sophisticated and Emma figured it out quickly. All I can imagine is falling to my death. Clearly
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Another weekend... another camping trip to a new campground. This time we headed 4 hours from home, past Duluth, up to the north shore. We stumbled upon this campground last year when we visited Black Beach. It was still being built and just opened this summer. The best part...? It
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Wednesday's activities included another kid favorite... wet n wild day! Technically you have to be 6 to participate... so we might have fibbed a little to get Olivia in. Olivia was scared to try the slip n slide. I finally convinced her to give it one try. Of
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The last week of July our city does a week long festival called Leprechaun Days. Obviously last year it was cancelled... but this year it is on! Today was one of the girls favorite events - the Blarney Stone hunt. Kids run around the soccer field collecting plastic coins and