Continuing on down the River Ridge Trail from Brainard’s Bridge Park, I rode up to Swan Park. The front of the park has a big play area, skate park, and some baseball fields, but I was more interested in the back where there’s biking and hiking trails through prairie and woods.

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My parents live in Waupaca, WI and there are many many linked up hiking, biking and walking trails so I made sure to bring my bike with me on my visit. The River Ridge Trail goes all around the city and will eventually encircle it. All around town there are signs for the trail and [...]

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Dakoda came to live with my parents a few years ago as a puppy after our family dog Max died at a very old age. As you can see he’s grown very large compared to his puppy photos.

Bailey is kind of a delinquent kid of my brother’s family. He was acting up at home [...]

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Somewhere west of Oshkosh, WI(?)
Believe it or not, somewhere between our trip to Maine, our Labor Day with Dallas’ family, and starting my new job I did manage to squeeze in a 4-day road trip to Wisconsin to visit with my family and go to a preseason Packers game. I know Killian will scold me [...]

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Roscoe Village, Chicago
Old Style is always advertised around Chicago as being “local.” When I hear that something is “local” I think it’s made in Chicago, or IL at least. But Old Style, no matter what they tell you, is made in WI. Take that!
I remember one time we were driving down Irving Park Road [...]

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