October usually is about the end of the main Laura Ingalls Wilder season for the year. If you plan a Laura trip during or after October, make sure you call ahead. They may or may not be able to accommodate…
Laura Ingalls Wilder Season Ends 2015 | Beyond Little House
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Smile Laura is on Amazon | Beyond Little House
Amazon Smile Amazon has created a program where if you go in through Amazon smile instead of straight a small percentage of every purchase (taken off Amazon’s share – the price you pay won’t increase) and donate it to your…
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Burr Oak Laura Days 2015 Festival Recap | Beyond Little House
Burr Oak Wagon One of the quieter Laura events, Burr Oak’s Laura Days is definitely worth the trip. Try to get there in the morning to see their parade. It tends to have all the normal small town “Days” events…
One More on the Way: Fast Food | Beyond Little House
Hart’s Tea and Tarts Tea Room I had one more One More on the Way posts ready to go, so I decided to go ahead and share it. This will be the last of this year’s series, but I think…
Posted in LauraPalooza 2015, Little House Travel Tagged with: And One More on the Way, Laura Ingalls Wilder Travel, Restaurants, Travel
It Takes All Kinds of People to Make a Conference | Beyond Little House
By all accounts, from both organizers and attendees, LauraPalooza 2015 was an unmitigated success. As with any large endeavor, it did not come together in a vacuum. The whole reason LauraPalooza unfolded as seamlessly as it did was its team…
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LauraPalooza 2015 Evaluation | Beyond Little House
We hope you have enjoyed your time in Brookings! The conference committee wants to make sure your LauraPalooza experience is always the best it can be. Please fill out our evaluation and tell us how we did. Dr. Beth Tarini talks about…
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Medical Issues at the Conference | Beyond Little House
Hopefully no one will need to know this information, but after an unfortunate allergic reaction at a conference I attended a couple of years ago I wanted to be sure that everyone knew the basic medical information. The campus does…
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Manchester, SD: Connected to Laura, Wiped off the Map | Beyond Little House
“Where is the claim?” Pa inquired. “It is some little distance north of Manchester,” said Ma. Manchester was a new little town, west of De Smet. –These Happy Golden Years Manchester, South Dakota, was a neighbor to De Smet, established in…
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And One More on the Way: Kirk Dirt | Beyond Little House
Another post in the series of places to add on to your Laura Ingalls Wilder trip, whether you’re headed to LauraPalooza or just on your own. If you know me you know I find a lot of different things interesting.…
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Directions on the SDSU Campus | Beyond Little House
This information has already come your way, but I wanted to remind everybody about where to find things on campus. You will probably come into Brookings from either the east or the west on Highway 14 aka the Laura Ingalls…
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