This piece features recommended outings around Minnesota's Twin Cities, including the Dakota Rail Regional Trail, Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, and the historic Stone Arch Bridge.
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Destination Shoutout – The Public Library
Whether you are exploring Fargo or visiting another vacation destination, I encourage you to check out the local library. Bring a journal or a book and spend a few minutes connecting to a place where so many other learners, explorers, readers, and writers have been.
Destination Shoutout – National Park Junior Ranger Program
We’re continuing our break from regular posts to highlight attractions in our area that we have enjoyed with our families. If you have a location you would like to highlight or share for our mini-series, we’d love to hear from you! Please reach out at unexpected.ever.afters@gmail.com to inquire into including your recommendation on the Unexpected …
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Summer Destination Shoutout – Spend the Day on the Water in North Dakota
When I think of bodies of water, I think of my childhood spending summers at the river and lake in my home state of North Dakota. The Missouri River, the longest river in the country, flows right through North Dakota and Lake Sakakawea offers hundreds of miles of shoreline. Growing up, many weekends were spent boating, fishing for walleye, and swimming in the lake.
Summer Destination Shoutout -Trolls in the Woods
We’re continuing our break from regular posts to highlight attractions in our area that we have enjoyed with our families. If you have a location you would like to highlight or share for our mini-series, we’d love to hear from you! Please reach out at unexpected.ever.afters@gmail.com to inquire into including your recommendation on the Unexpected …
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Summer Destination Shoutout – An aMOOsing North Dakota Stop
About 30 minutes west of Bismarck, ND on I-94 is a delightful destination. Let me introduce you to Salem Sue, the world’s LARGEST Holstein Cow.
The Gift of Time
Why, hello there, June! Although it feels like 2025 just started a couple weeks ago, the summer season is already almost officially here with the end of school in a couple days and the summer solstice a few weeks away. There’s something exciting about the longer summer days. Even though we don’t actually gain time, …
Spring and New Beginnings
Spring brings new growth as well as a sense of fresh beginnings. Ideas and goals that hibernated during the winter months slowly peek back out as the days get longer and the sunshine and fresh air provides much needed mental rejuvenation. As I reflected on my spring season, I have found that helpful, small reminders accompany the feeling of new beginnings in this season.
Love through Life and Death
In February, I began my annual tradition of starting seeds indoors in preparation for my garden. This year I felt much more savvy and ambitious since I started the first round earlier than usual, providing plenty of time for any necessary replanting do-overs. As I waited, with some impatience, for the seedlings to sprout, it …
Self-Care Reminders for Divisive Times
I cannot pour from an empty cup and neither can you. Remember who you are, remember what is good, remember to take care of yourself, and then do what you can
the unexpected ever afters 