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A Day on the Amazon River // Leticia, Amazonas
Adventures ► June 6, 2019

A Day on the Amazon River // Leticia, Amazonas

A few weeks ago I talked about my first day in Leticia, Amazonas, including a trip to Brazil for dinner. I woke up the next day ready to spend the entire day on the Amazon...

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Parliament Hill // Ottawa
Adventures ► March 16, 2017

Parliament Hill // Ottawa

All I needed to read is that Parliament Hill is a gothic-style building to know that it would be one of my first stops in Ottawa. Parliament Hill was about a fifteen-minute walk from my...

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Wanderlust Ramblings
Adventures ► March 7, 2016

Wanderlust Ramblings

1 // Spending at least a year at Glacier National Park to watch it go through the seasons would be a dream come true. (Luckily I can live vicariously through the Rangers who manage my...

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Eagle River, Wisconsin
Adventures ► August 6, 2015

Eagle River, Wisconsin

Last week/weekend I went with a friend to Eagle River, WI, where her family has a cabin. Some of you may know that I’m a Wisconsin native. I was born in Central WI and lived...

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How to Survive 24 Hours on the Amtrak
Adventures ► April 23, 2015

How to Survive 24 Hours on the Amtrak

When we went to Montana earlier this month, my friend and I wanted to have an adventure, so we decided to take the Amtrak. It felt like the perfect mode of transportation to take to...

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Glacier National Park & Lake McDonald
Adventures ► April 10, 2015

Glacier National Park & Lake McDonald

When we decided to go to Montana we wanted to see mountains and lakes–that was the image that we had in mind when we thought of Montana. It didn’t take long for us to decide...

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My Visit to the ISO Float Center
Adventures ► April 9, 2015

My Visit to the ISO Float Center

While in Montana, my friend and I decided to try out the ISO Float Center. I had been planning to talk about the experience on the blog, but the picture that I posted of the...

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Whitefish, Montana // What To Do & Where To Eat
Adventures ► April 7, 2015

Whitefish, Montana // What To Do & Where To Eat

When we researched places to stay in Montana, we quickly landed on Whitefish and fell in love with the town as we researched it online. Whitefish is a town that’s made for tourists, with a...

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Washington, D.C. { Part Three }
Uncategorized ► April 5, 2014

Washington, D.C. { Part Three }

On our third and final day touring Washington, D.C. we only had a few hours to do some sightseeing so that we could also fit finishing our packing and flying home into our day. We...

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Washington, D.C. { Part Two }
Uncategorized ► April 5, 2014

Washington, D.C. { Part Two }

One of the museums that my niece’s teacher recommended we visit is the Crime and Punishment Museum and it we actually had free tickets to the museum that came with our tickets for the double-decker...

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I'm Crystal, the storyteller behind Dreams, etc. I'm all about learning how to live slowly & sustainably, while also seeking adventure as we follow our dreams, etc.

May 2023. Savannah, Georgia. Lots of Mina. Lots of May 2023. Savannah, Georgia. Lots of Mina. Lots of new growth on plants.
The other day I realized that there is no Savannah The other day I realized that there is no Savannah on my feed and…well, Savannah is beautiful and needs to be there. These were taken in Lafayette Square on my second day in Georgia.
Picture it. It’s the day after Thanksgiving. I d Picture it. It’s the day after Thanksgiving. I didn’t go on my weekly dam walk earlier in the week when I was excited about it. On this day I was tired after a long week and my least favorite holiday. My bed was oh so comfortable. I forced myself to roll out of bed and journey to the dam. It was filled with people and I was pokey…taking my time to get there and even journeying down one of the other paths to avoid walking across the dam. (Which isn’t long.) I finally joined the crowd and walked across. And then came back, happy to have made my weekly journey. This is when the top layer of the water started to freeze.
From March: an old mini vlog from a bagpipe rock c From March: an old mini vlog from a bagpipe rock concert, which is mostly me trying the say bagpipe rock. Some word combinations are hard! 😂 There was a sign asking us not to film, which is why there’s no concert footage.
Some of my weekly dam walks have been therapeutic Some of my weekly dam walks have been therapeutic and while the walks haven’t fixed the problems, they’ve help me breathe and connect with the world and relieve stress. 💕
April 2023. We got more snow, but it also melted. April 2023. We got more snow, but it also melted. The dam was almost overflowing. The animals are beginning to emerge. Spring is here!
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! After a coffee st Happy Independent Bookstore Day! After a coffee stop (of course) a friend and I checks out two indie bookstores that we have never been to before. I definitely want to go back to Uncle Hugo’s and Uncle Edgar’s! Did you do anything for #independentbookstoreday

#indiebookstore #indiebookshop
After watching some shopping ASMR videos I had to After watching some shopping ASMR videos I had to try it.

#asmr #groceryshopping #groceryshop  #asmrvideos
I’m a little behind in weekly dam walk reels. Le I’m a little behind in weekly dam walk reels. Let’s go back to the third week in November when there was just a little snow on the ground and the footprints in the snow seemed notable.
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