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  • Indiana Dunes State Park

    This day trip was a very long day but one of the best days ever! My mom and I left about 6:30AM and got home about midnight, with a total drive time of a little over seven hours. All in all it was soo worth it.

    We started the day by hiking trail nine (about a four mile roundtrip) which has been voted one of the best trails in Indiana, after walking I can see why. We walked the loop counterclockwise which I think was a good call as we got a portion of the wood trail out of the way first to take in the *no offense* but a better loop view towards the end. (I’m a save the best for last type of person.)

    Note: you can see Chicago from up here

    We then ate at El Cantarito a couple minutes outside of the park in Chestertown which had great portions for the lunch menu at a great price. After that most of the day was spent at the beach in the park. We did get more food throughout the day but nothing else local.

    Sunset^some days you can see Chicago as well but we didn’t that day

    I really loved this day trip. We have already talked about coming back every year. If you have any recommendations for the park/general area please comment below!

    I hope you enjoy! – Abigail

  • Buffalo Chicken Dip

    Ingredients:

    • 1 pound cooked chicken (frozen is fine)
    • 3/4 cup Franks buffalo wing sauce
    • 8 ounces cream cheese cubed
    • 2 cups cheddar cheese (shredded by hand)
    • 1 cup ranch

    Directions:

    1. Place all the ingredients in the slow cooker
    2. Cook on high for about an hour (stir throughout)
    3. Turn heat to low/warm if you are serving

    I hope you enjoy! – Abigail

  • Domino Coasters

    I love how these turned out! Needed some new coasters for my new coffee table & it worked it perfect 🙂

    Supplies:

    You may need scissors too depending on the size of cork squares, or if you just use a cork sheet to measure out. The squares I had ended up being too big.

    Directions:

    1. Glue two dominoes together until you have four sets
    2. Glue a set down on the cork (also, get the two edges that will touch another set)
    3. Attach all sets to the bottom with their two edges as well
    4. Let dry
    5. Cut any excess off
    6. All done!

    I hope you enjoy!- Abigail