Why start a blog...

Penny and I trying out the large chair just outside of Interstate State Park in Taylors Falls.

I'm sure you are thinking it is 2018 why start a blog now... wasn't that the cool thing to do in 2009??? The answer is I'm not sure yet. 

I do know that I wanted a place to share more than pictures and a few brief words about my recent adventures.

See, last fall I started out on a quest to visit all of the Minnesota State Parks - at the time it wasn't something I was overly passionate about, it was just a way to keep me busy during a layoff - you know, a way to give some sort of purpose durning one of those possibly life changing moments that could easily lead you into some kind of depression if you aren't careful.

​Around the same time I had rescued a new dog. Penny, a 1-year old lab/border collie mix with a lot of extra energy. She needed the time spent in Parks as much as I did.

She came with a few more challenges than I expected... As I said she was a rescue dog, she spent time in a kill shelter in Missouri before ending up in the care of Coco's Heart Dog Rescue out of Hudson, WI - which is where I found her. Turns out she has severe dog anxiety and a fear of water and metal bridges which prove to be interesting issues when out in a State Park especially the popular ones along the North Shore.

This blog will follow our adventures (trials and tribulations) through the Park system and what we learn along the way.

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