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A Snowy Hike in Minneopa State Park
A Snowy Hike in Minneopa State Park

Two weeks ago, the Midwest was plunged into the newest polar vortex. While you read about Chicago setting train tracks on fire and Lake Michigan freezing, Minnesota was dealing with 40 mph+ winds, -35 degree temperatures, and -55 degree windchills. It was so cold that perfectly functioning cars with brand new batteries weren’t starting, and MSU, Mankato cancelled classes two days in a row. The only thing that compelled me to leave our apartment was to run my car for thirty minutes to keep the battery alive.

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HikingHannah Schultzhike, hiking, minneopa state park, snow, winter, polar vortex, minneopa falls, waterfall, frozenComment
Five Observations from a Southerner About Driving Through a Blizzard
Five Observations from a Southerner About Driving Through a Blizzard

This Thanksgiving, my mom told me to be safe driving back to Minnesota from Kentucky. There was apparently a winter storm system moving through the Midwest. Living in the North for the past year and a half, I’ve been lucky with road conditions. The one time I had to drive in heavy snow on the highway, I was able to park myself behind a plow and stay golden for most of the drive. However, this year, I managed to get stuck driving on the interstate in the middle of a blizzard during the most busy driving day of the year.

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Thoughts on: [Things], TravelHannah Schultzminnesota, iowa, illinois, blizzard, drive, thanksgiving, break, snow, plow, freezing rain, ice, tips, observations, southerner, north, northernerComment
Life With a Great Pyrenees During the Summer
Life With a Great Pyrenees During the Summer

Now, I get tons of questions about having Pyrenees because one, giant white fluff balls attract a lot of attention, and two, they require a little extra work, since there's so much extra of them. I've written about what you should know about Pyrs and what life with these babies is like, and you can read those posts here. But in honor of this blisteringly hot June and July weather, I decided to give you a glimpse into specifically what my summers look like with my giant fur babies.

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Mount Rushmore & Winter Hiking in Custer State Park
Mount Rushmore & Winter Hiking in Custer State Park

"On this towering wall of Rushmore, in the heart of the Black Hills, is to be inscribed a memorial which will represent some of the outstanding features of four of our Presidents, laid on by the hand of a great artist in sculpture," said President Calvin Coolidge in his Mount Rushmore Dedication Speech in 1927. At the age of 57, sculptor Gutzon Borglum began the project of carving into the Black Hills. The monumental project would be finished after his death in 1941, the finishing touches overseen by his son, Lincoln. In the end, the delicate sculpture became an icon of American history, four presidents—Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt—forever wrought in stone.

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Hiking, TravelHannah Schultzsouth dakota, mount rushmore, national park, national memorial, national monument, custer state park, black hills national forest, calvin coolidge, george washington, abraham lincoln, thomas jefferson, theodore roosevelt, gutzon borglum, sculpture, black elk peak, harney peak, little devil's tower, hiking, hike, snow, ice, rock climbing, nature loop drive, scenic drive, turkeys, pronghorn antelope, bisonComment
First Impressions of a Minnesota Blizzard
First Impressions of a Minnesota Blizzard

That brings us to this message that popped up on my phone last weekend: the forecast for my first Minnesota blizzard. And folks, it was a good one. As promised, it snowed bucketfuls overnight Sunday into Monday. Before I fell asleep, MSU called off classes for Monday for severe weather conditions (whiteouts are no joke). When I awoke, everything outside my window was a blindingly bright pure white. The roads were untouched, yards blanketed in smooth marshmallow fluff—that oddly satisfying vision of unblemished perfection. 

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Taking Down Kentucky Stereotypes (Or: Things Kingsman Got Wrong About Real Kentuckians)
Taking Down Kentucky Stereotypes (Or: Things Kingsman Got Wrong About Real Kentuckians)

Recently, I've discovered a serious problem. People seem to be very confused about the type of place Kentucky is. They don't understand the people, the cities where they live, or the climate. I've noticed this problem popping up more and more since I moved up north. Kentucky often gets lumped in with all southern states, or it gets stereotyped into unidentifiable oblivion. Two examples from the past two weeks come to mind:

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Thoughts on: [Things]Hannah Schultzkingsman, golden circle, Kentucky, louisville, lexington, fall, seasons, winter, snow, country accents, accents, appalachia, midland, cowboy boots, saloon, horses Comments