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water park camping

erin

Jul 13, 2020 — 1 min read

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, which I have a feeling will be perfect.

We checked in and headed straight to the pool.

For the last 2 years Emma has really wanted to do the monkey bars. Last year she was just a tad too short to reach. Not this year! On the first day she's already done them 50 times.

family time

The girls and I took a detour on our way to Puerto Rico and stopped in Florida to visit my family while Braden headed to the boat a couple days before us to try to knock some projects out. The last time we were in Jacksonville was in March 2023.

the long days

Putting the boat back in the water is always a mountain to climb. I always underestimate my capacity - so I add time to my estimates and start with the intention to knock everything out in a shorter time frame that I estimated. Since I overestimated, it should be pretty

wrapping up

The leaves are changing. The weather is getting colder. That means our time in Minnesota is coming to an end and it is time to get back to the boat. I mean... just look at this weeks forecast. 80 on Tuesday to snow on Thursday. Before we can get back

washington, dc

A day and a half is nowhere near enough time to see DC, but we tried our best. On Saturday we took a break from the boat show and took the girls to the children's museum. On Monday we hit the ground running early to try to squeeze

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