Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is a 35-mile long stretch of beaches, forest, giant sand dunes and two islands located on the northwest coast of Michigan’s lower peninsula. As a Michigan-native, I grew up learning about the Ashininaabek lore surrounding Sleeping Bear Dunes and the story always made me really sad. There are a few […]
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Kitch-iti-kipi is Michigan’s largest freshwater spring. It’s located just north of Manistique and a short detour off of Highway 2. It’s within a state park so there is a small entrance fee. According to UpTravel.com “Here more than 10,000 gallons of vibrant, aqua-colored water erupt each minute from the fissures in the limestone base 40-feet […]
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Welcome back to another episode of Casey’s Weekend Warrior Camping Trips! My boyfriend Glenn and I are still on our mission to visit every state park in Minnesota and last weekend we headed west to three of the least visited parks in the state. It was a semi-successful weekend, definitely not as big of a […]
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It’s mid-April and winter is still hanging on in Minnesota. We decided to ignore the fact that it was 28 degrees outside and kickoff our 2022 Minnesota hiking season anyway. Located a little over an hour south of Minneapolis are two state parks, Rice Lake State Park in Owatonna and Sakatah Lake State Park in […]
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This past March, my boyfriend Glenn and I spent a month working remote from Bay St Louis, Mississippi. To be completely honest, we chose it solely because this is where we found a dog-friendly Airbnb available for the entire month. We didn’t know much about the area but after spending 4 months in South Carolina […]
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It’s our third week working remote from Bay St Louis, Mississippi. I’ll keep the intro short, you all know the drill. Here’s what we got up to in week 3! Pulled apart my first crawfish. Louisiana and Mississippi are known for their crawfish. We’ve seen them on the menu at most restaurants and they even […]
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Today marks my first full week of working remote from Bay St Louis, Mississippi. The weather has been mild, right around 70 degrees most days and cooler at night but the sunshine and being able to walk my dog whenever I want is the best. It’s the simple things that make me happy. Our first […]
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This post is going to be a quick overview of Wild River State Park. It’s located along the St. Croix river about an hour north of Minneapolis. We visited for a little Saturday morning hiking but it also has campgrounds, cabins, horseback riding trails, canoeing and cross-country skiing in the winter. The leaves were just […]
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Hi everyone! Welcome to the last stop on our 10-day July 4th roadtrip and this also happens to be the 100th post on my blog! If you missed the first four stops and you’re interested in hearing about how we got here you can check out the posts about Apostle Islands, Porcupine Mountains, Marquette and […]
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The Tahquamenon Falls were the second to last stop on our 10-day road trip across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It’s one of the most popular attractions in the state and as a born and raised Michigander, I had somehow never been. We were coming off of a few days in a hotel in Marquette and it […]
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