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  "title": "Grand Rapids 2021 on Jamie Thingelstad",
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2021/08/21/grand-rapids-hibbing.html",
        "title": "Grand Rapids \u0026 Hibbing Log",
        "content_html": "<p>Weather: Cool. Mist and rain in the morning. Cool and mostly cloudy throughout the day.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>&ldquo;Rock&rsquo;n the 50s&rdquo; Escape Room at <a href=\"https://www.itascahistorical.org/museum/\">Itasca Historical Society</a>.</li>\n<li>Lunch at <a href=\"https://www.spartandeli.com\">Spartan Deli</a>.</li>\n<li>Shopping: <a href=\"https://www.bendersshoes.com\">Bender&rsquo;s Shoe &amp; Sport</a>, <a href=\"https://visitgrandrapids.com/portfolio-works/benders-gift/\">Bender&rsquo;s Gifts</a>, <a href=\"https://macrostieartcenter.org\">MacRostie Art Center</a>, and <a href=\"https://www.thelakeandcompany.com\">The Lake &amp; Co Shop</a>.</li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.barelyreality.com\">Barely Reality VR</a></li>\n<li>Drove to Hibbing.</li>\n<li>Saw giant Iron Man and stopped for pictures.</li>\n<li>Eventually found <a href=\"https://hibbingmineview.org\">Hull Rust Mine View</a> after going to the wrong places.</li>\n<li>Dinner at <a href=\"https://boomtownwoodfire.com/hibbing/\">Boomtown Brewing</a>. Very good food!</li>\n<li>Drove back to Grand Rapids.</li>\n</ul>\n",
        "date_published": "2021-08-21T22:16:30-05:00",
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        "content_html": "<p>Great beer flight at <a href=\"https://boomtownwoodfire.com/hibbing/\">Boomtown Brewery</a> in Hibbing tonight. Blueberry Wheat, Orehouse IPA, Nitro Milkshake IPA, and Enoremous Double IPA.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/809fa2475b.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Four small glasses of craft beer on a slate flight board at Boomtown Brewery, labeled Enoremous DIPA, Orehouse IPA, Blueberry Wheat, and Nitro Milkshake IPA.\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2021-08-21T22:12:34-05:00",
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2021/08/21/it-was-cool.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>It was cool to check out the giant mining equipment on exhibit by the <a href=\"https://hibbingmineview.org\">Hull Rust Mine View</a>.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/36ce7be5cf.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Giant yellow mining haul truck numbered 166 on display outdoors with three children standing beside its massive tires and an adult on the upper deck\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/bbf6193f22.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Large yellow Detroit Diesel engine on display at Hull Rust Mine View in Hibbing Minnesota\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/2467929b64.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Two giant excavator buckets flank a paved walkway leading to a concrete gateway overlooking an open pit iron mine.\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/a3a737cd1b.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Three kids standing inside a massive iron ore mining shovel bucket on exhibit at the Hull Rust Mine in Hibbing Minnesota\" /></p>\n",
        "date_published": "2021-08-21T22:08:59-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/08/21/it-was-cool.html",
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2021/08/21/we-took-in.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>We took in amazing views of the <a href=\"https://hibbingmineview.org\">Hull Rust Mine</a> today. Incredibly large open pit mine. Looks like a man-made Grand Canyon.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/27942bb52a.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" alt=\"Vast terraced open pit iron ore mine with rust-colored rock layers, haul roads, and trucks visible, surrounded by green forest.\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2021-08-21T22:03:50-05:00",
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        "content_html": "<p>We saw this giant <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man_(Minnesota_statue)\">Iron Man statue</a> in Chisholm, MN today and had to stop and check it out. I thought it was awesome! <strong>85 feet high</strong>, making it the 4th tallest in the US. Weighs over <strong>4 tons</strong>. Had to listen to <a href=\"https://youtube.com/watch?v=5s7_WbiR79E\">Iron Man</a> while there. 🤘</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/20c878fd28.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"599\" alt=\"Sign for The Iron Man Miners Memorial in Chisholm Minnesota with the 85-foot steel miner statue visible behind it\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/d05d7eb8ee.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Giant Iron Man statue in Chisholm MN depicting a miner holding tools atop a stylized bundle of iron ore rails under a blue sky.\" /></p>\n",
        "date_published": "2021-08-21T21:59:13-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/08/21/we-saw-this.html",
        "tags": ["Travel","Grand Rapids 2021"]
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2021/08/21/i-liked-this.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>I liked this art from <a href=\"http://www.clarence-morgan.com\">Clarence Morgan</a> that we saw at <a href=\"https://macrostieartcenter.org\">MacRostie Art Center</a> today. It reminded me a bit of the <a href=\"https://artblocks.io/project/0\">Squiggle project from ArtBlocks</a>.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/b09786f609.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" alt=\"Four framed abstract drawings with colorful interlocking loops and swirls hang on a gray gallery wall under spotlights.\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2021-08-21T21:48:09-05:00",
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        "tags": ["Travel","Crypto","Arts","Grand Rapids 2021"]
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2021/08/21/we-won-the.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>We won the &ldquo;Rock&rsquo;n the 50s&rdquo; Escape Room at <a href=\"https://www.itascahistorical.org/museum/\">Itasca Historical Society</a> in <strong>40 minutes</strong>! <a href=\"https://www.thingelstad.com/lists/escape-rooms/\">Room 36</a>!</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/7dd771e24b.jpg\" width=\"515\" height=\"514\" alt=\"Group of seven people celebrating inside a 1950s-themed escape room, several holding up small tokens and smiling at the camera.\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2021-08-21T12:53:57-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/08/21/we-won-the.html",
        "tags": ["Family","Travel","Escape Room","Grand Rapids 2021"]
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2021/08/21/pokegama-lake-framed.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>Pokegama Lake framed by trees.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/9b0a0aed4c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Pokegama Lake viewed through pine and maple trees, with a dock, two chairs, and a moored boat in the foreground\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2021-08-21T10:45:53-05:00",
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        "tags": ["Travel","Outdoors","Grand Rapids 2021"]
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2021/08/20/severe-tree-damage.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>Severe tree damage on Southern edge of Pokegema Lake right next to my brothers place from storm a week ago.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/d6ffa4b946.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Fallen and snapped trees piled across a forest floor near a stack of cut firewood, showing severe storm damage in a mixed woodland.\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2021-08-20T20:44:51-05:00",
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        "tags": ["Travel","Outdoors","Weather","Grand Rapids 2021"]
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        "content_html": "<p>Tried both the White and Sweet tasting wine flights at Unwined Up North in Grand Rapids tonight.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/990983e72f.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Minnesota-shaped wooden flight board holding five small wine glasses including one red wine and several white wines on a patio table\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/abb8e8fd65.jpg\" width=\"599\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Five stemless wine glasses on a wooden flight board cut in the shape of Minnesota, holding white, rose, and clear wines\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/f3307d7d06.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Wine Tastings With Nosh menu listing Red, White, Dry, and Sweet tasting flights at 15 dollars each with nosh included.\" /></p>\n",
        "date_published": "2021-08-20T20:42:02-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/08/20/tried-both-the.html",
        "tags": ["Travel","Drinks","Grand Rapids 2021"]
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