Aug 21 2009

Cross Country Move Pt. 1: The Badlands

On Monday I had the opportunity to see Badlands National Park in South Dakota.  It was breathtaking!

The rainbow looking colors are naturally occurring from all of the different mineral deposits over time.

We saw prairie dogs and even had to stop for a few Rams to cross :)

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May 25 2009

Memorial Day Weekend: Petoskey, MI

I went up north to see the folks over the holiday weekend (Dad’s birthday!).

One of the fun things we did together was take a walk along where they have paved a path from Magnus park over towards Bay Harbor:  which has always been one of the most picturesque areas of the bay (beautiful, natural cliffs).

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This particular area was also where trains used to run “back in the day”.  Here’s one of the original markers:

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… and just for my own amusement, here’s my baby cons back home :)

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