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    Date Night Review-Wissota High Shores Supper Club (Chippewa Falls, WI)
    Lara Draxler
    • Oct 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Date Night Review-Wissota High Shores Supper Club (Chippewa Falls, WI)

    Last week, Chuck and I ventured out on our first date night since summer :S The month of September is always a bit manic, but we managed...
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    Couples' Trip to Las Vegas
    Lara Draxler
    • Aug 11, 2021
    • 4 min

    Couples' Trip to Las Vegas

    We just returned from a really fun week out in Las Vegas. It was my first time there, and I was overall really impressed. We had a lot of...
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    Date Night Review: Travail Kitchen and Amusements (Robbinsdale, MN)
    Lara Draxler
    • Aug 2, 2021
    • 4 min

    Date Night Review: Travail Kitchen and Amusements (Robbinsdale, MN)

    Last Christmas, we received a fun gift certificate to a restaurant in the Minneapolis area called Travail Kitchen and Amusements. We were...
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    Trip Report: Perrot State Park (Onalaska, WI)
    Lara Draxler
    • Jul 28, 2021
    • 5 min

    Trip Report: Perrot State Park (Onalaska, WI)

    We just returned from what I would say was my favorite camping trip we have been on yet. We spent two nights at Perrot State Park near...
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    Trip Report-Pattison State Park (WI)
    Lara Draxler
    • Jun 21, 2021
    • 3 min

    Trip Report-Pattison State Park (WI)

    We recently returned from a great weekend away camping at Pattison State Park in northwest Wisconsin. It was a really nice experience,...
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    Date Night Review-Domacin Wine Bar (Stillwater, MN)
    Lara Draxler
    • Apr 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    Date Night Review-Domacin Wine Bar (Stillwater, MN)

    About a week ago, we headed off on a date to Domacin Wine Bar & Restaurant in Stillwater, MN. We had been there couple years ago on a...
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    Date night review-517 on Main (Hudson, WI)
    Lara Draxler
    • Feb 21, 2021
    • 3 min

    Date night review-517 on Main (Hudson, WI)

    Last Friday evening, we made the short commute over to downtown Hudson, WI. This is one of our favorite areas to travel to. It is so...
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    Day date-Mall of America
    Lara Draxler
    • Jan 24, 2021
    • 3 min

    Day date-Mall of America

    We have now been living in a COVID/"stay home" world for almost a year. Things are slowly starting to look up here. Our numbers are going...
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    Budgeting for Disney
    Lara Draxler
    • Dec 23, 2020
    • 3 min

    Budgeting for Disney

    We just got back from an AMAZING holiday trip to Disney World that I will never forget. I planned and budgeted for almost a year to make...
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    Trip Report-Herbster/Bayfield, WI
    Lara Draxler
    • Oct 29, 2020
    • 5 min

    Trip Report-Herbster/Bayfield, WI

    We recently returned from a wonderful weekend getaway to Herbster, WI (about 30 minutes from the lovely resort town of Bayfield.) I love...
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    Date night review-Lindey's Steakhouse, Minneapolis, MN
    Lara Draxler
    • Oct 3, 2020
    • 3 min

    Date night review-Lindey's Steakhouse, Minneapolis, MN

    Those of you who regularly read this blog know that I am huge fan of 1) steak 2) dark, cozy, and retro style eating establishments....SO,...
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    Day Date review-Ferguson's Orchards
    Lara Draxler
    • Sep 26, 2020
    • 3 min

    Day Date review-Ferguson's Orchards

    Last weekend, we had the MOST fun fall day date at Ferguson's Orchards in Eau Claire, WI. Going to the orchard is always on my fall...
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    Fall Trip plan-Bayfield, WI
    Lara Draxler
    • Sep 13, 2020
    • 3 min

    Fall Trip plan-Bayfield, WI

    Each year, I love booking a fall trip. It was a tradition that my parents started when I was a kid. Fall is my favorite season, and I...
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    Processing corn for winter
    Lara Draxler
    • Aug 24, 2020
    • 3 min

    Processing corn for winter

    Last week, I was able to help my mother-in-law and sister-in-law process corn! We had such a fun day. We are a dairy farming family, and...
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    Date Night Review-Wilson Creek Inn (Menomonie, WI)
    Lara Draxler
    • Aug 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    Date Night Review-Wilson Creek Inn (Menomonie, WI)

    My husband and I had a much needed date night this past weekend. We realized we hadn't been on a date since late June! As you all know,...
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    Amnicon State Falls Camping-Trip Report
    Lara Draxler
    • Aug 12, 2020
    • 5 min

    Amnicon State Falls Camping-Trip Report

    We recently returned from our last (and second ever) family camping trip of the summer. It was a very adventurous weekend! We drove 2...
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    Trip Report-Dubuque, IA
    Lara Draxler
    • Aug 5, 2020
    • 6 min

    Trip Report-Dubuque, IA

    We just returned from a really fun weekend to Dubuque, Iowa. We ended up there in a very round about manner as I referenced in a previous...
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    Trip Report-Topsail Island, NC
    Lara Draxler
    • Jul 27, 2020
    • 6 min

    Trip Report-Topsail Island, NC

    I just got home from an amazing week down south. I won't say it was like a "normal" vacation...We had a lot of COVID related issues to...
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    Day Trip to Lake Wissota State Park
    Lara Draxler
    • Jul 14, 2020
    • 3 min

    Day Trip to Lake Wissota State Park

    Last Friday, we enjoyed a fun day trip exploring Lake Wissota State Park. We bought a WI state parks pass back in May, and I have really...
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    Planning a "COVID proof" road trip
    Lara Draxler
    • Jul 9, 2020
    • 3 min

    Planning a "COVID proof" road trip

    If you had asked me a year ago where I would go on a summer road trip this year, I would not have said IOWA. LOL!!! But, we are headed...
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