Precious Times and Playground Illinois May 2026 Making Memories with Opa and Oma May 7, 2026 1.28 mi 0:30:43 hrs 54 °F Since the family was close by, we enjoyed several wonderful gatherings and made memories together. Our son and grandson came to visit, and after coffee, we naturally headed to the lovely little playground […]
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Our Stay in St. Charles, IL Illinois Settling In and Stepping Out May 3, 2026 2.39 mi 0:45:06 hrs 66 °F To pass the time before checking in, we drove around the St. Charles area. After we crossed the Fox River heading west, the landscape shifted dramatically from an urban setting to a rural expanse
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Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor New York June 2025 xx June 6, 2025 1.03 mi 0:26:22 hrs 66 °F xx
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Visiting El Paso, TX New Mexico June 2021 Visiting Ysleta Mission June 10, 2021 0.73 mi 16:39 min 92 °F Visiting Socorro Mission June 10, 2021 0.51 mi 11:46 min 95 °F xx xx Visiting San Elceario Mission June 10, 2021 0.87 mi 20:41 min 97 °F xx xx Downtown El Paso June 10, 2021
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Our Stay in Las Cruces, NM New Mexico June 2021 Driving Through Dust & Desert May 16, 2021 0.75 mi 18:50 min We spent about four hours on HW-10 heading toward our next destination in Las Cruces, NM. Just before crossing the New Mexico border, we made a quick stop to stretch our legs, use
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Spring 2026, A Different Kind of Adventure Illinois March – April 2026 Spring 2026, A Different Kind of Adventure This spring, our “Traveling through the States” adventure looked a little different. Instead of crisscrossing thousands of miles, as we had since July 2020, we settled in Illinois. We exchanged our nomadic life for just a
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Our Stay in Edgewater, Chicago, IL Illinois March – April 2026 Four Weeks Near The Lake After returning from the Netherlands, we first settled in Naperville and pet-sat while the young family was on spring break. We then drove to our Airbnb in Edgewater, a Chicago neighborhood just half a mile from the lakefront. My
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Grand Canyon National Park Arizona May 2021 Grand Canyon – Pipe Creek Vista – Yaki Point May 19, 2021 3.90 mi 1:12:38 hrs 76 °F Grand Canyon – Parking to Rim Trail May 19, 2021 1.70 mi 0:34:39 hrs 77 °F Grand Canyon – Hermits Nest to Monument Creek Vista May 19, 2021 3.10 mi
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The Legacy of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Illinois April 2026 A Story That Shouldn’t Be Forgotten April 19, 2026 Temple Church 38 °F Imagine your 14-year-old son visits family, is accused of whistling at a woman, and is subsequently tortured and murdered by racists. This was the reality for Mamie Till-Mobley in 1955. Her
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Indiana Dunes NP – Day 2 Indiana June 2024 First the Pin, Then the Trails June 22, 2025 0.32 mi 10:30 min 82 °F The first thing we did on our return visit was go straight ahead to the visitor center to buy an Indiana Dunes Nation pin. Today, there wasn’t a long line, the
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