When I travel, it’s all about the food. Well before I leave my zip code I am scoping out restaurant reviews and online menus and mapping locations of the cool new (or new to me) restaurants I want to try.…
Tag: Little House Travel
Hoover Presidential Library Uploads Wilder Exhibit Video
At Laurapalooza this year Bill Anderson said this Fall’s Wilder exhibit at the University of Michigan-Dearborn was the biggest since the Hoover exhibit in 1995. I’m so glad that as part of it’s new YouTube site the Herbert Hoover Presidential…
LauraPalooza Homesteader, “Nellie’s” show, and more …
I have a hard time not thinking of Rocky Ridge Day (which hasn’t been held since 2002) every time October rolls around. Sigh. I’m saying hello to you folks from the top of a hole, which I’ve burrowed myself into…
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Major Laura Ingalls Wilder Exhibit in Michigan
The University of Michigan-Dearborn will be hosting a new Laura Ingalls Wilder exhibit with an opening program on Oct. 29 and will be fully open from Oct. 30th to Dec. 10th. This will be a major exhibit and any Laura…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Homesites, Museums and Attractions, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House Travel, Michigan, Wilder Exhibits
Little House Surprises
Two weekends ago (and yes, I’m late in posting, sorry), I went camping at Beaver Creek Valley State Park in the southeastern corner of Minnesota, just north of the Iowa border. The plan? To tour the Niagara Cave in Harmony,…
Pa’s Church Bell Video
Here’s a quick little video from footage I didn’t use for the Laurapalooza videos. I hope you enjoy it! Pa’s Church Bell Sarah S. Uthoff blogs at TrundleBed Tales; look for her on Twitter and YouTube.
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And One More on the Way Posts List
As part of the countdown for the Laurapalooza conference I began a series of travel posts of places “on the way” to the conference or that you might add to any Laura trip. The series has been very popular, but…
A Few More Questions About LP Answered:
Is there any room left? We have 151 pre-registered for LauraPalooza. This is quite a jump from my original vision! I have since upgraded the space we’ll use for most events to a larger area–the ballroom–in the Centennial Student Union.…
This just in … The Walnut Grove Itinerary
From our trip coordinator (Walnut Grove native and Mass Comm student) Denise Tietz: Laurapalooza 2010 Saturday July 17 Walnut Grove, MN Itinerary About 2 p.m.: Arrive in Walnut Grove 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.: **Family Festival, Walnut Grove City Park **Art Exhibit …
Bonnets or Birkenstocks? Clothes at LauraPalooza
One of our members raised an excellent question in an email last week. What should she wear this summer to LauraPalooza? This question, fraught with potential faux pas and challenging for those flying in, deserves a deeper discussion here on…