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17 Camping Essentials that You Don’t Want to Forget

October 23, 2018 by Claire Leave a Comment

Happy Tuesday! This week has been off to a busy start in the Walker household. I started some new volunteer work and new online classes, while E has been busy at work. And I’m tidying up the apartment after a fun weekend spent camping with my dad.

Instead of simply recapping our trip to St. Croix State Park, today I’m sharing a handy checklist of camping essentials that we definitely could have used whilst packing the car last Friday. In the past couple of years, E and I have camped all over the country. But my experience doesn’t mean that I’m immune to forgetting even the most basic of items!… Read More »

Camping in Wild River State Park, MN

October 7, 2018 by Claire Leave a Comment

We went camping last weekend for the first time in forever! The last time we camped was on our way out to California in 2017… that feels like a long time ago. So we packed our car on Friday afternoon and drove up to Wild River State Park. It’s northeast of the Twin Cities on the St. Croix River (and the Wisconsin border). Wild River is not the most well-known park in that area, but it’s just as beautiful with the fall foliage IMO.

Is this “travel post” just an excuse to show you gorgeous pictures of autumn in MN and try to convince you to visit? Pretty much. No shame, I love where I live and I love sharing it with you :P… Read More »

Claireified Travels: Camping in Mesa Verde National Park, CO

June 22, 2017 by Claire 6 Comments

This is my third travel recap of our road trip across the country to move to California. We started out camping in Custer State Park, South Dakota, drove through Wyoming, stopped off at my fiance’s parents’ house, then headed to southern Colorado to explore the Great Sand Dunes and Mesa Verde.

After a morning spent hiking in the Great Sand Dunes, we said goodbye to E’s parents and set off on the (relatively) short four-hour drive from the Dunes to Mesa Verde National Park.… Read More »

Claireified Travels: Great Sand Dunes National Park, CO

June 15, 2017 by Claire 4 Comments

I hope your week is off to a good start! E and I had another crazy last week: flying back from California, moving back into the college dorms for a few days, graduating, and driving to northern Minnesota for E’s family reunion. We’re currently enjoying a brief vacation lakeside before some grad celebrations with my family, and then flying back out to California because E starts work on Monday! Phew.

Anyhow, let’s just pretend we’re back on our road trip without a care in the world. Last week I shared our trip to Custer State Park, SD. From there, we drove to E’s parents’ house in CO, where we stayed for a few days before leaving for Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado.… Read More »

Claireified Travels: Camping in Custer State Park, South Dakota

June 5, 2017 by Claire 6 Comments

Hello and happy Monday! What a crazy weekend it has been: full of IKEA boxes, Target runs, and soaking in our first home together. I love our new apartment! Today, though, I want to start recapping our road trip and tell you all about stop #1: Custer State Park in South Dakota.

For those of you who are new here, E and I attended college in Minnesota and graduated in March. Afterwards, we lived at my mom’s house for a couple of months while preparing to move out to where E’s new job is. Since you only live once, we decided to make a cross-country road trip out of the move!… Read More »