{"id":2737,"date":"2012-08-13T14:21:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T19:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/?p=2737"},"modified":"2012-08-13T14:21:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T19:21:08","slug":"travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/archives\/2737","title":{"rendered":"Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last few weeks have been marked by suitcases, last minute travel, sunsets, children, friends, sleep-deprivation, laughter, learning, and family.<\/p>\n

\"First<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0For the 4th of July weekend, I drove to Minnesota for 6 days to visit my mother’s family and some friends. It was extremely warm, so I spent as much time as possible out of the house. I went swimming once, in a small lake, which made me really appreciate the warmth, since Lake Michigan is almost never warm. I also ran into my cousin at the beach, who I thought wasn’t even living in MN anymore. Minnesota is my home state, as I was born there, and I love visiting when I have the opportunity.<\/p>\n

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\"perspective\"<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0In June and July I went to Starved Rock State Park<\/a> on two different occasions. There are “18 canyons formed by glacial meltwater\u00c2\u00a0and stream erosion. They slice dramatically through tree-covered, sandstone bluffs for four miles at Starved Rock State Park, which is located along the south side of the Illinois River.”<\/em> Highly recommended day-trip activity for Chicagoans, since it is only 2 hours outside the city. We took picnic lunches and enjoyed the greenery and canyons.<\/p>\n

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\"Perfect<\/a>
Louhelen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was at Louhelen Baha’i School<\/a> for 5 days, August 3-8. I have been going there for years, but it had been a long time since I had attended a session and it was wonderful to be back. It is incredibly peaceful there, and I needed a break. Mr. Nakhjavani and Kathy Jewett-Hogenson gave such great presentations, I’m still trying to process what I learned.<\/p>\n

I also got eaten alive by mosquitoes, which hasn’t happened in years, and made for a very uncomfortable few days. But it was totally worth it.<\/p>\n

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\"Another<\/a>
The view from our hotel room!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I flew to Montreal on Wednesday, after the session at Louhelen, for the Association for Baha’i Studies<\/a> Conference. I have never been to this particular conference, and enjoyed it thoroughly. On Wednesday night my sister and I went to the Baha’i Shrine<\/a>, which is the only shrine in the Western Hemisphere. It was beautiful and peaceful.\u00c2\u00a0The conference was great and I saw a lot of wonderful people (and made some new friends). I’ll have more photos soon, I just haven’t had time to process them!<\/p>\n

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The next few weeks will be just as busy, and I’ll try to keep up with updates as much as I can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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