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Why You Must See Akershus Fortress in Oslo
Akershus Fortress was my family’s favorite place to visit in Oslo, hands down. My kids love history, weapons, castles and lots of room to run their legs and their imaginations. I love places that don’t cost us an arm and a leg. It was a win-win! Why Visit Akershus Fortress (Akershus Festning)? Akershus Fortress is…
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Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park: What to Know Before You Go
Visiting Hurricane Ridge is easy. Hurricane Ridge is the one mountainous area in Olympic National Park with a parking lot, meaning you can drive up into the Olympic Mountains, rather than laboriously climbing them on a week-long backpacking trip. Hurricane Ridge is the Alps of the Northwest, with snow-topped peaks, summer wildflowers, and views in every…
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Owlet Kids Hammock by Wise Owl Outfitters Review
To celebrate my most recent birthday and plunge into soft middle age, all I requested was a camping hammock. Ever since I saw one in use on vacation, I knew I needed one in my life. My lovely wife performed a bevy of research and selected a hammock from Wise Owl Outfitters. As soon as…
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KAVU Rope Bag Review
The first time I saw a KAVU Rope Bag, I was at the grocery store, looking at some frozen veggies, and a woman standing next to me had her back toward me. I happened to look in her direction and then I saw it. The Rope Bag. I did something I rarely do and went…
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10 Beautiful Reasons to Visit Norway
Listen, if you want to visit Norway for some Viking cosplay, or because you really love reindeer sausage and lutefisk, or to go on some crazy 14-hour midnight hike, I’m not here to judge. But I had my own reasons for wanting to visit the Land of the Midnight Sun, even if it meant expensive…
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25 Interesting Facts about Utah
Utah is a perhaps surprisingly interesting place with a rich history that includes everything from dinosaurs to Mormon pioneers. Because of this well-varied history, Utah is also a state with a whole lot of interesting facts to its name. Read on to find out just a few of these things. https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle ||…
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Trollstigen, Norway: Exploring the Troll Road with Kids
Trollstigen is Norwegian for “troll ladder,” which instantly makes this twisty mountain highway more interesting to kids. Trollstigen is Norway’s most visited scenic drive, and it pops up on many top ten lists of things to do in Norway. I admit I was initially skeptical that just taking a drive would be enough to keep…
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Exploring Dash Point State Park near Tacoma and Seattle
Dash Point State Park is one of the larger state parks located right near Seattle and Tacoma, and it’s a fantastic park to explore any time of year. Whether you enjoy fishing, kayaking, beach combing, hiking, biking, or want to give skimboarding a try (it’s popular at this park), Dash Point is a lot of…
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Exploring Oslo’s Viking Ship Museum with Kids
If you’re visiting Oslo, make sure you take a trip out to the museum district on the Bygdøy Peninsula. Just a short bus or ferry ride from downtown Oslo, you’ll find the Viking Ship Museum, the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History, the Kon-Tiki Museum, the Fram Museum, and the Norwegian Maritime Museum. All of the…
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Where to Stay on Bainbridge Island
Bainbridge Island is small, doesn’t have a huge town within its bounds, and is in general quiet, peaceful, lovely place to visit. That being said, there aren’t a ton of places to stay on this island just across the Puget Sound from Seattle. Perhaps because hotels and inns come in limited quantities, the island makes…
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