Scuba Diving Practice at Buhl's Stubler Pit 
Wednesday, June 14, 2006, 08:05 AM - Scuba Diving/Snorkeling
Miranda, my mother, and I practiced scuba diving at Stubler Pit in Buhl, MN. We mostly just stayed in the beach, eventually going into about 12' of water. We practiced clearing ears and bouyancy. Good time. Miranda and Mom did great. Forgot to take pictures, so I scribbled red on an aerial photo of where we went.

addendum:
And afterwords we stopped at Luke & Sara's and had some FANTABULOUS PIE!!!
Thanks sara!

-Joe


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Travel Diary Setup 
Monday, June 12, 2006, 03:12 PM - Friends/Family
Well, we have just setup this travel diary to keep record our travels.
I have gone back and added some recent adventures we've had so there is something in here. We have not actually left yet. Still working on finishing up work. Hoping to be on the road by the end of June.
-Joe

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Rock Climbing with Nyhus' 
Sunday, June 11, 2006, 03:33 PM - Rock Climbing
Miranda and I took Jim Nyhus (Work Friend) his wife Monica, and their 3 kids rock climbing up at Ely's Peak in Duluth. Had a good time, rappelling off the 50' Top knotted up my stomach! It's been too long since we last climbed!
-Joe

Carl and Kara getting ready to climb.

Mari getting serious.. Jim strapping her in.

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Sailing with Scott 
Saturday, June 10, 2006, 08:27 AM - Windsurfing/Sailing
Went out sailing with my buddy Scott. It was a big race, huge winds 20-30mph. Miranda managed to get out of it.
We did a terrible show :) . We only managed to get the main sail up before the race, and reefed it because of high winds. One minute before the start, we busted the main sail's reef point.. BAD START. Took us a couple minutes to fix, and we were trailing the rest of the time. COLD WINDY DAY... Guess it was fun ?? :)


Bad picture of Scott, Amber, and Duluth Harbor.

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Hiking in the Apostle Islands National Park 
Thursday, June 8, 2006, 03:40 PM - Hiking/Camping
June 7th-8th:
My mother, Miranda, and I had planned a canoe crossing to Sand Island from Meyers Beach but my mother's large puppy wouldn't sit nice, so we decided to go hiking instead. The only mainland campsite was 4.6 miles from Meyers beach. Didn't sound like much, but there were huge hills the entire way. Real nice terrain and views though. Also the campsite was great, right on a private sand beach. The title image at the top of this diary is a sunset Miranda photographed from our campsite. Learned my lesson about overpacking gear :) (Why do we have winter sleeping bags when it's summer??)
-Joe

Huge crevice, We had the canoe in here earlier.

Lots of little sandstone seacaves.

Nice view from campsite.

Nice big seacave.

Taking a break.. Boy I'm out of shape..

Mom's Puppy, Odie.

Funny/Scary sign before ravine.

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