Category: Hike
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San Diego Urban Hike- Maple Canyon
Yesterday, SMS and I went for an urban hike featuring Maple Canyon. It was beautiful! Currently, it’s probably a lot more green than its usual condition given recent rains but I think even in dry times, this would be a fun, short-ish hike to do that gives you a different perspective on some San Diego…
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Highlights: October 2019
Wrapping up October with a quick fly-by! I have to be done by the New Year- new resolution, more frequent blogging. This has only been made and broken many times! So, first things first. The above picture is from a dresser I have from my parents. It dates back to childhood and I just recently…
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Highlights: September 2019
The biggest highlight of all was my beautiful sister, lovely husband, and cutest baby had their wedding/celebration of love in Minneapolis. They held it at Summit Manor but the whole weekend was a whirlwind of festivities and family time. The wedding itself was 1 Sept so here we are with the main event in the…
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Highlights: August 2019 (Part 2: Birthday in Lake Tahoe)
Someone had a milestone birthday this year! Although it was a packed first half of August, I had planned for a trip to Lake Tahoe to celebrate SMS’ birthday. We rented a cabin and invited a few of our friends. It was an amazing weekend and I absolutely love Lake Tahoe. It is so beautiful.…
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CA Weekend: Wooden Spoon, Windy Hill, Rose Garden
SMS and I had another amazing California weekend! The weather was gorgeous and we spent a lot of time outside. On Saturday, we started off in San Francisco at the Wooden Spoon. It’s located next to the Swedish-American Hall and has some Swedish-inspired dishes for breakfast/lunch/brunch. I got the most Swedish dish of Swedish pancakes…
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Mele Kalikimaka
For Christmas 2017, my family decided to meet in a tropical location since the past two Christmases have been ski vacations. Since Zika is endemic in many tropical areas, Hawaii was one of the few Zika-free places we could go. Twist my rubber arm! My parents booked a house near Hanalei, Kauai which was awesome…
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Switzerland Day 9: Gimmelwald-Grindelwald
After the Via Ferrata ended in Gimmelwald, we walked around for a bit in Gimmelwald. I had heard it was Rick Steeves favorite Swiss village and while I get it, I also don’t. It’s really quiet and idyllic but why this village over another in the area? IDK. But it was very pretty but fairly quickly,…
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Switzerland, Day 9: Klettersteig Via Ferrata (Mürren-Gimmelwald)
When we were planning the trip, it was really important to SMS that we do a Via Ferrata, or Iron Path. There are several in the Alps and, basically, you walk on the side of a cliff along hammered in rungs while double-clipped into a steel cable. When you get to an iron stake securing…
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Switzerland, Day 8: Bundalp – Griesalp – Interlaken – Mürren
We woke up with twenty of our newest, closest friends and got ready for the day. We had a trekker’s breakfast of muessli and bread- v. carb heavy! We headed down towards Bundalp, starting over a few hundred meters of snow. Fortunately, there was a rope and the very side of the path next to…
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Switzerland, Day 7: Blüemlisalphütte
We woke up, very excited to begin our hut-to-hut hiking adventure. We picked up our laundry from Womy- 25 CHF for a shopping bag full. We took the train to Kandersteg and then sent our suitcase ahead for pick-up two days later. It cost 12 CHF and was one of the better bargains of the trip!…
Portmanteau Suitcase 