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This year we were invited by a family in our church small group to a nearby historic Christmas town. In Farmington, MN, like 15 minutes...

A couple friends and I spent last weekend in Nashville, there to see the Vikings play the Titans. It was the first time in Music City for...

In October 2019 we made a weekend excursion up to Maine. We had only one kid, a little over a year old, and I'd been staying home with...

We had the shortest of trips this week, as my wife and I visited Atlanta without the kids. The purpose was twofold. My wife wanted to...

Last week we were in Alaska again and, while it's always a good trip, it brings some challenges both physical and emotional. From MSP...

The original plan for Arizona was to write up Chase Field, the home ballpark of the Arizona Diamondbacks. We saw a game there for the...

As I've said in the past (The Cactus League), we have family in Arizona and we travel down with some regularity, maybe once a year. At...

Last weekend a couple friends and I were in Las Vegas. As stated previously (see Vegas during Covid), we go about once a year, but this...

Maryland has the 'Eastern Shore' (of the Chesapeake). Minnesota has the 'North Shore' (of Lake Superior). Both are referred to by locals...

Our visit to San Diego included a few run-ins with Stone Brewing. A huge and prominent craft brewing operation based in southern...

To celebrate decades of my parents marriage we spent last week in California, getting back over the weekend. My siblings and I, with our...

It's summer and we're back from our annual pilgrimage to see my wife's sister's family on the Last Frontier. I've written in the past...

Two weekends ago we crossed something off our bucket list, visiting the Bourbon Trail in Kentucky. The impetus for the trip was our 10th...

One of the most popular destinations in Washington DC is the Air and Space Museum, and for good reason. The Smithsonian institution...

Though I'm greatly saddened by the recent violence at the state fair (a brawl/shooting on the Midway Saturday night and a shooting just...

This year the 150th British Open golf tournament, a.k.a. 'the Open Championship,' one of golf's major tournaments, will be played at the...

Last weekend we spent a few days in Wisconsin Dells for the first time as a family. I'd been there a handful of times as a kid myself,...

About a week ago we got back from our (usually) annual trip to Alaska. As I've said before we have family near Homer, AK on the Kenai...

In my head I wanted to have this done the day we moved. Missed that deadline by, uh, a lot. I don't want to dwell too much in the past...

We suddenly have plenty of family in Phoenix. My sister has lived there a while and her family has been growing. Her in-laws are all...