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tragusa3
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Jul 25, 2016

Trip Report: The Perfect Family Trip, Northwest 2016

In a groove... I believe we are becoming accustomed to this lifestyle. Just 3 short years ago, my wife and I had never taken more than a week in a row off. Not for 20 years. There's been a chang...
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michigansandzil
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Oct 19, 2016
tragusa3 wrote:
The first is that lunch becomes part of the park experience for us.


Agreed. We do eat out quite a bit, but our best experience in the entire week we spent in the Smokies was at a picnic area. We say that the national parks have the best picnic sections in the US.

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