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Family selfie on a stop while mountain biking the Galloping Goose trail in Cuyuna!

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Family selfie at the Adam Turman mural outside of Victual in Crosby. We are visiting the Cuyuna Lakes area this weekend!

Family of four posing for a selfie in front of a large brick wall mural showing a woman paddleboarding and a scuba diver underwater in Crosby Minnesota
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Summer Challenge: Create a Playdate Experience

This post is part of the Summer Challenge Collection, a collection of tasks or projects for our kids to do over the summer.

This is a very open ended challenge to use the Playdate Pulp web-based game editor to create some kind of experience for the Playdate. This could be a game, something educational, or just silly. There is no complexity requirement but it should have some goal that it is designed for.

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Downtown Minneapolis in golden light from the rooftop of the Hewing.

Rooftop bar patio at the Hewing Hotel at sunset with guests dining and the Minneapolis skyline glowing golden behind them.
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We saw The New Standards play tonight outside on the rooftop of the Hewing tonight. They did a good performance as always but while the venue had promise the execution was difficult. There seemed to be more people there than the space could really handle or the bar could serve.

Jazz trio performing on a rooftop terrace at dusk with city skyline behind them playing keyboard upright bass and vibraphone

See list of The New Standards shows.

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I made it out to the pontoon to get the cover back up, replace a cover pole, and get the ponding water off the cover. Mission successful. There is still a bit over a foot of water above the dock. The boat still is floating and not on the Sea Legs yet.

Man in sun hat, life vest, and rubber boots stands on flooded lake steps holding a pole, with a pontoon boat behind him. Premier pontoon boat docked under an aluminum boat lift shelter, floating in green algae-covered floodwater near a wooded shoreline. Premier pontoon boat covered in black canvas sitting in a boat lift on a flooded shoreline covered with bright green algae and aquatic weeds.
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I picked up four of these Weatherproof Electrical Connection Boxes to keep connectors safe outside at the lake, power and USB. Seems like a great solution.

Hand holding an open gray weatherproof electrical connection box outdoors, with cables routed through sealed entry points on each end. Gray weatherproof electrical connection box with a latch enclosing cable connectors, sitting on concrete outdoors with plants in the background.
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Mazie took this fun handheld time-lapse of me making a round of smash burgers tonight. 🍔

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When you want to watch France 🇫🇷 and Portugal 🇵🇹 in the Euros 2024 quarterfinals but you also want to be in the pool! ⚽️💦

Adults and children gathered at a backyard pool edge watching a tablet screen on a sunny day, with pool noodles and a Sonos speaker nearby.
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The Channel Inn had an amazing fireworks show tonight! We drove over and watched through the glass roof in the Model Y. Then we drove to a home that had an amazing show as well. 🎆🇺🇸🤩