This past weekend the Wandering Weirdos went to Long Lake Campsite in Detroit Lakes, MN for the Strand Family Reunion. My Aunt Sandy (Dad’s sister) and her husband came to visit from Seattle to visit their siblings; spread out between North Dakota and Omaha. And since it is summer time, Read more…
This past weekend my dad, brother and I had our annual guys weekend. Our choice this year trip was Alexandria RV Park in Alexandria, Minnesota. My dad, Scott and my brother, Kyle, drove down from Fargo, ND and I drove up with the camper and we met at the Alexandria Read more…
Every Day is a Perfect Duluth Day We’re back from a great five night trip to Duluth and Spirit Lake Marina over the Fourth of July! Heaven looks like Lake Superior and the Minnesota North Shore. Bikes! Beer! Hikes! Stunning Views! Big Boats! Every day was a great day. Leaving Read more…
The Journey This past weekend Sam and I visited Winona and stayed at Prairie Island Campground, in Sam’s old college stomping grounds and home of Winona State University over a very hot and humid weekend. On Friday, we wrapped up our work day and hit the road. Unfortunately, traffic leaving the Read more…
We spent Memorial Weekend in Two Harbors, MN at Burlington Bay Campground. It’s a city run campground on Lake Superior, the Greatest Lake of All Time (G.L.O.A.T) and only 20 minutes from my true love, Duluth. We got up to the campground around 5 p.m. and thought we’d have lots of Read more…
When we bought our camper, I promised my friends we’d have a girls weekend with it soon. But first I had to muster up the courage to pull it and set it up by myself. I confess, I often got nervous pulling the boat in the old SUV, and pulling Read more…
We got our first camping trip of the 2018 season in the books at Hidden Meadows RV Park in Pine Island. Jamey plays bass, along with his dad, who plays guitar, in a cover band, After School Special, based out of our old hometown of Rochester, Minnesota. So, when his Read more…
We are Childfree by Choice. Allow me to elaborate; we have made the decision, together as a couple, to not have children. Not now, not ever. Yes, we gave it real, actual consideration and both agreed we’d rather not have children. We both have different reasons for reaching the same Read more…
If we go camping, our dogs go camping. The dogs are our family, so we take them with us whenever possible. They’re the reason we got a camper in the first place: we wanted to go lots of places, but we wanted to bring the dogs along. Camping in our Read more…
The Weirdos had our first camping trip for this year all planned for the weekend of April 13-15 at Prairie Island Campground in Goodview, Minnesota (just outside of Winona). We were going to camp there while Jamey’s band, After School Special, played a gig at The Bar in Goodview. Unfortunately, Read more…