Category: General Outdoor Adventure
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Chapter 120- Barthel Fruit Farm: Strawberry and Pea Picking
Let me just start by saying of course this post, like most, could be better timed. If things were different in my life and blogging were actually my job, I’d have posted this right before strawberry and pea picking, rather than after. Then I’d give you a list of farms around Milwaukee, complete with some sort of…
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Chapter 119- Tosa Tonight at Hart Park
I’d like to dedicate this post to the big blanket I carry in my trunk, thanks to my Grandpa Cy!. Because a few weeks ago, I did NOT feel like making dinner (which is pretty much every night this summer) and decided to take the kids to Gilles to get burgers to take to a…
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Chapter 110- An Epic Road Trip to Colorado
I’ll tell you a story about a woman who had cabin and then spring fever so bad that she decided to pack up her four kids under age 6 and drive to Colorado. So let me back up a bit…I realized two weeks before Little T’s spring break that well, she had a spring break (I’m still getting…
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Chapter 102- Mitchell Park Domes & Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
Last Friday, my dear friend came into town from Madison with her girls. Since The Domes were a staple when my friend lived here, we didn’t even consider where else to meet! Oh, and Little T, if you’re reading this in the future, I’m sorry you couldn’t come and see your friends. Darn school! Ok,…
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Chapter 96- Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
Because life happens to be particularly crazy right now, I’m finally getting to post about a trip to Schlitz Audubon Nature Center from about a month ago. We’ll pretend I’m posting pictures of warmer weather on purpose, to get us through the next few days, ok? I had been talking with a friend about October’s solar…
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Chapter 94 – Dia de los Muertos Parade
A few weeks ago, on a cold Saturday, I took the kids to see the Dia de los Muertos Parade at Walker’s Square Park. I had forgotten that last year, Theo took the twins and Little T to it, while I stayed home with baby S who was just a few days old. From what…
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Chapter 91- Estabrook Beer Garden for a Birthday Party!
For this little lady’s birthday, we did absolutely zero planning and had a blast. Here were the ingredients: friends and family, pizza, a playground, beer, and my mother-in-law’s carrot cake recipe. Because a place where you can drink a beer while pushing your kids on the swing is alright with us, we met at Estabrook…
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Chapter 90- Doyne Park Cyclocross Race
You’ve seen my posts about Cyclocross before, so I’ll refrain from explaining the sport again and just go straight to the good stuff. I headed out with Little T to watch my brother and some of his buddies (all donning new Stone Creek Coffee gear) at Doyne park. I’d never been to the park before,…
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Chapter 89- Hubbard Park Beer Garden (in two parts)
Last week, we went to Hubbard Park twice and had a blast both times. On our first adventure, we met some friends and friends of friends on a weekday and threw rocks in the water, played in mud, and watched the salmon swim up stream. Since it’s the end of the beer garden season,…
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Chapter 86- The Landing (Tosa’s Beer Garden)
This post is to remind you that the beer gardens in the Milwaukee County Parks are still open! Raise your steins and let your kids play in the dirt/grass/rocks, and dance a bit if you time it right. We headed to The Landing at Hoyt Park a few weeks ago, and promptly set up shop…