April 2011
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04/25/11What to Do This Weekend: Bike the High Trestle Trail in IowaThere’s car-free celebration in Iowa on Saturday, April 30th, as five towns in the Des Moines area— Ankeny, Sheldahl, Slater, Madrid, and Woodward—host a daylong celebration in honor of the opening of the High Trestle Trail, a 25-mile, $15-million route that connects them... Posted at 04:55 PM in The Escape Artist | Permalink | Comments (0) |
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04/18/11What to Do This Weekend: Celebrate Earth Day at a Green B&BApril 22nd, or Earth Day, is as good a time as any to go off the grid, even momentarily. Can’t bring yourself to completely power down the PDA on the nationwide celebration of the environment and natural living? Try these three ideas for a green weekend in and around Monroe, Wisconsin... Posted at 04:39 PM in The Escape Artist | Permalink | Comments (1) |
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04/11/11Where to Go This Weekend: Wausau, WisconsinSpring is coming; this weekend, celebrate the season in Wausau, Wisconsin. A bit of geographical trivia: Just west of Wausau, the exact center of the Northwest Hemisphere—which is the spot that’s halfway between the equator and the North Pole and the International Date Line and the Greenwich Meridian—is in Marathon County at the Reitbrock Geographical Marker... Posted at 02:27 PM in The Escape Artist | Permalink | Comments (0) |
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04/04/11What to Do This Weekend: Butterfly Watching in Grand RapidsWe all know about this month’s alleged showers and the consequential flowers. But the cruelest month brings something else: Butterflies—thousands of them, fluttering by in April swarms... Posted at 04:59 PM in The Escape Artist | Permalink | Comments (0) |
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