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Two days in Sault Ste. Marie, MI–Big Trip #1
We visited Sault Ste Marie in May 2016 during Big Trip #1. After Houghton, we had a few days of play in our schedule before we were due in Traverse City, so after extensive googling and debating we decided to spend part of that time in Sault Ste. Marie. That’s pronounced “soo saint marie.” We loved our campsite–another sweet waterfront
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Three days in Houghton, MI–Big Trip #1
We visited Houghton in late May 2016, as part of Big Trip #1. Raise your hand if you can point out Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on a map. Anyone? Yeah, I couldn’t either. Michigan is often referred to as the Mitten State, because, well, look at it and you’ll see the mitten and thumb. But look closer and you’ll
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One night in Chippewa Falls, WI–Big Trip #1
We visited Chippewa Falls in May 2016 during Big Trip #1. We left South Dakota early, anxious to get to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, so drove as far as our sanity could handle and picked as our destination a nearby town we’d heard of but didn’t know anything about: Chippewa Falls, WI. Turns out that’s where
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Two days in Custer, SD–Big Trip #1
We visited Custer in May 2016 during Big Trip #1. Custer is a cute little Western town with a few restaurants, a couple bars, and even a coffeeshop with wifi. It’s the closest town to Custer State Park and Mount Rushmore. We were sort of expecting Mount Rushmore to be a check-the-box kind of visit,
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Two days in Laramie, WY–Big Trip #1
We visited Laramie in May 2016 during Big Trip #1. We didn’t do a whole lot in Laramie. It’s a sleepy Old West city, home of the University of Wyoming, a couple breweries, a charming little crossroads of a downtown, and not much else. Except for the first hour we were in town, the weather was terrible–snow and
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Five days in Fort Collins, CO–Big Trip #1
We visited Fort Collins in May 2016 during Big Trip #1. I have a strange personal attachment to Ft Collins. I had never been there, didn’t know much about it other than its general location north of Denver, but for some reason for something like twenty years I’ve always had a thought in the back
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Two days in Estes Park, CO–Big Trip #1
We visited Estes Park in May 2016 during Big Trip #1. We really wanted Estes Park to be a charming little mountain town. It’s the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park, and has a compact, walkable downtown area… that’s full of t-shirt shops and candy stores and tourists. Even in mid-May, the tourists were out
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Two and a half days in Denver, CO (visit #1)–Big Trip #1
We visited Denver in May 2016 during Big Trip #1. Read about our second visit in 2018 during Big Trip #2, and third in 2020 during Big Trip #3. We have intentionally skipped big cities on this trip, but we made an exception to see some friends in Denver, and had a blast. I love
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Five days in Buena Vista, CO–Big Trip #1
We visited Buena Vista in May 2016 during Big Trip #1. Buena Vista, a pretty little town with a special flair for river activities, sits in a valley surrounded by some of the tallest mountains in Colorado. Before you visit, you need to know that it’s pronounced “Byoo-na Viss-ta,” or just “Byoonie.” Don’t embarrass yourself. Campground Can
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Two days in Montrose, CO (visit #1)–Big Trip #1
We visited Montrose in April 2016 during Big Trip #1. Read about our second visit in 2020 here, during Big Trip #3. Originally, we had wanted to spend a couple nights at Ridgway State Park, exploring the trails there and around Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, but the snow event that forced us to
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