Minnesota

Train Travel and Other Musings on an Unplugged Weekend

September 7, 2011
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An excerpt from my journaling and personal note-taking that I jotted down while we were in transit from Portland to St. Paul, last week aboard Amtrak’s Empire Builder. Yes, we willingly spent 36 hours on a train across the northern part of the US, and I’d happily do it again. – – – – – [...]

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1 | Canal Park Lighthouse

September 1, 2011
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Duluth, Minnesota’s Canal Park is one of my favorite places to visit, largely because the two lighthouses that extend from the Aerial Lift Bridge into the harbor. This is one of those lighthouses.

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Minnesota-Bound and a Forced 36-Hour Unplug

August 26, 2011

Check out Value Mags for top magazine deals. We leave for Minnesota this afternoon on Amtrak’s Empire Builder, and head east through Oregon, up into Washington through Spokane, then up through Idaho, Glacier National Park in Montana, North Dakota, and arriving in Minnesota sometime Sunday morning. To say I’m excited is an understatement. This will [...]

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Meet My Niece! This is Natalie Grace.

May 2, 2011

Oh, you knew there’d be a blog post with nothing but pictures of the cutest baby in the world, right? I am shamelessly, SO already that aunt. I had breakfast with a girlfriend of mine this morning and couldn’t resist pulling up all the pictures I took yesterday on my phone. Today, I finally got [...]

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Minnesota Visit: Friends, The Herkimer, and a Baby Shower

March 24, 2011

I spent last week in Minnesota visiting friends and family, and loved being able to spend so much time there. My sister, who is due in just about 5 weeks now (!!!), had her baby shower, and I loved being able to be a part of that. Beyond family time, which I posted the first [...]

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