Last Sunday, we all headed out for a day about town in beautiful Lockport, IL. The focus of our trip was the historic Illinois and Michigan Canal (I&M). The I&M Canal was commissioned in 1823 in order to connect Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River (via the Illinois River). This marked the first complete shipping [...]
hiking, history, and the i&m canal
October 19th, 2010
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Tags: hiking · history · museums · nature · photos · play
autumn camping in wisconsin
October 7th, 2010
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Last week, we took Aidan on his first camping trip. Chris wanted to go someplace closer to home, but I was bent on going to one of my favorite camping destinations–Governor Dodge State Park in western Wisconsin. The park is in Dodgeville, WI about 40 minutes west of Madison. I’ve been camping there since I [...]
Tags: camping · family fun · nature · outdoor fun
life is good
September 21st, 2010
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It’s funny how sometimes the best weekends are the ones that you don’t really do anything but spend time with those you love. That’s how this past weekend was. Originally, we had a pretty busy weekend planned–a trip to the Adler Planetarium, dinner with friends, visit with family. But, then plans changed and we found [...]
Tags: family fun · learning · nature · play
