Bird necks and Piz fish

Big grape eyes for dinner

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Meals from the sea

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Bird food, super hike, and screams at Conny's Cones!!!

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Hop out

Hop out

Big day! We hiked at Afton State Park and ate a bunch of ice cream afterwards. Super fun! . . .

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Nerstrand State Park hike, no more epi baguette

Breakfast guts

Fed and hiked on 10/9, Sunday. Breakfast guts Breakfast beef guts went into MP’s dog guts! These are going to power up the Pancakes dog for our big hike about an hour south of town. Since we got our state park “year pass” for my car at Interstate Park a few weeks ago, I’ve been trying to visit more of them with MP! Not only does Minnesota have some super cool state parks, I’m trying to get the most out of the insanely frugal deal . . .

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Nine is Divine Hike: Frontenac State Park

YES!!!

Hiked on 10/3, Monday & MP’s Ninth Birthday!!!! For MP’s Nine is Divine day, we went all the way down past Red Wing to Frontenac State Park! Piz picked out the park for us because he’d been there before and it was far and therefore special. It turned out to be a super awesome and not at all busy (at least when we were there) park that had all kinds of different “zones”: woodsy, prairiey, hilly, leafy, grassy, bluffy, rocky, cliffy! It really was cool to go . . .

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Mini review of Ruff Wear Singletrak Hydration Pack, Crosby Park “hike”

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Correction: I initially said that the Platypus bladders hold a total of 2 L, but it turns out that they are two .5 L ones, making the total 1 L, and less if you freeze them. I realized I hadn’t posted any hiking pictures of us! Here’s a few from this place called Crosby Farm Park. We were greeted by a loose not-the-kind-that-stays-with-the-owner dog right after getting out of the car, which does not go over well with this stack of Pancakes. But after that, it was . . .

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Walking around with contraptions hooked up to face on a hot day

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Baker Park Walk on 6/26. Hurryupplease Largest tongue Six legs Synchronized ear tongue Two tongues out . . .

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