Yes, once upon a time, not so long ago, the two of us finished our tour of all the Minnesota State Parks and all of the hikes for the Hiking Club therein. We sent off the required stuff to get our plaques and then promptly forgot all about it, which was a good thing because it took them forever to get them to us. But today, in the midst of all the Christmas packages arriving, our plaques came as well. Perhaps we can think of it as a Christmas gift from the Minnesota DNR.
Each plaque is about 6.5 inches by 4.75 inches, to give you an idea of scale.
Those of you who have been following my blog for a number of years probably remember that I wrote a blog post for each hike. It gave me motivation to keep going, my general philosophy being that if I can eke out a story about something, it was worth the experience. Here’s a link to the very first one in which we nearly got annihilated by mosquitos. Read it just for fun. Frontenac State Park.
Once upon a time I said I would probably delete this in the morning.
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Congratulations to you both! A journey well done. I do believe you deserve bigger plaques though!! ❤️
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Thank you!
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Congrats to both of you for sticking with this goal!! I had no idea that there was program that you could report to, and get rewarded! Very cool!! You can hang them with pride 😉
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Thank you!! We also got a few nights of free camping along the way as we accomplished certain mile markers. It’s a really great program!
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That’s awesome!
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What Barbie said!
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Congrats on your perseverance with a special shout out to your feet and knees for hanging in there! 🥾🏔️🌁🦌🚶♂️➡️🚶♀️➡️🌳
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My knees and my feet thank you for the special mention. Also, you were one of the few people who got to join us on one of these hikes, which made it even more fun! It was a good experience and I’m glad to be done. 😁.
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… one of the few people who got to join us on one of these hikes …
Going with you on one of your hikes was fun. Glad I could come along! But you two must have visited roughly 70 parks and hiked hundreds of miles? That was quite an achievement.
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72 parks (I think), 197 miles!
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