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Snow My God

So we got some snow. You might have heard. Dale got out of work early on Tuesday and had Wednesday off–as did most of Chicagoland. Even our local Starbucks was closed. A fella pushes into the wind. With my old … Continue reading

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Yellowstone VII: Grizzly

Have we dragged these photos out long enough for you? It’s a bit much, I know. But this is my virtual scrapbook so you’re stuck with it if you visit. We weren’t expecting to see Grizzly bears, particularly not up … Continue reading

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Yellowstone VI: Where the Buffalo Roam

In my last post, I forgot to include this quick video snippet I took while at the overlook for the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone–it gives you my view and I thought it was pretty spectacular! I’ve said repeatedly that we … Continue reading

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Yellowstone: Vacation Part V

Dale took some really spectacular photos in Yellowstone and he finally gave me some to post. I’m epically behind on blogging but I’m home sick with the plague so I’m playing catch up! On our first day in Yellowstone we … Continue reading

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Vacation Part IV: The Long (and Winding) Road to Yellowstone

The day we left Keystone, South Dakota, we knew it would be a long day. We had a full day of driving ahead of us with a few ideas for side trips (Devil’s Tower, most notably). But the sky was … Continue reading

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Vacation Part III: Crazy Horse Indeed.

Once we got to South Dakota and got that whole Mt. Rushmore thing out of the way we had a few other things to see! In fact, we want to go back to this area because we missed so much! … Continue reading

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Our New Tent

Exciting news for blog followers! Heh. We bought a tent. REI was having a super sale so we picked up this huge Base Camp 6 tent. It sleeps 6 (allegedly). This will open up all sorts of adventures for us. … Continue reading

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