Our First Taste of Wisconsin – The Dells
Travel Dates: August 4-6 We left Minneapolis, MN (again) and drove the long 4.5 hours east to the Wisconsin Dells in one day. We decided it was worth the push to get there in one day – and get in late...
View ArticleAshland Wisconsin, the Apostle Islands, and Cheese
Travel Dates: August 18-26, 2015 After we explored Michigan’s Upper Peninsula along Lake Superior for 8 days, we made it back into northern Wisconsin and landed in Ashland. We gambled on a first come,...
View ArticleHow We Backpacked on Stockton Island in the Apostle Islands National...
Sam and I have never considered traveling in an Airstream “camping”. Camping is what you do in a tent either with a car or in the back country. We had the goal this summer of introducing our kids to...
View ArticleBackpacking With Kids: 3 Day Meal Plan & Freezer Bag Cooking
There are many different types of back country cooking. If you look at the cooking section of any outdoor store you’ll find gourmet, deluxe utensil sets, to simple one pot Jet Boil stoves. For much of...
View ArticleVideo: Backpacking on the Apostle Islands
During our backpacking trip on the Apostle Islands this August, I recorded some video to help us remember the trip. Our two night, three day trip gave us so much video that I ended up with three...
View ArticleBest Summer Road Trips: Lake Superior Circle Tour
Loading up the kids in a minivan and hitting the road over summer break is a rite of passage. I figure if you can all survive being crammed together for days or weeks on end, you can do anything,...
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