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america
travel
united states
national park
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travel
national parks
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nhl
red wings
hockey
detroit
detroit red wings
Mar 21, 2017
As a Red Wings fan, gotta go where my childhood heroes have hoisted the Cup so many times...!
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hiking
appalachian trail
hike
Mar 12, 2017
Preferably in New England (Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine).
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pet
adult
dog
puppy
Sep 18, 2016
Anna and I brought our golden puppy Lucy into our home - one of the best decisions we ever made..!
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home
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skill
spanish
languages
Aug 10, 2016
Following years of self-guided studying, collegiate courses, and a summer spent working in Barcelona, I finally started to recognize that my Spanish abilities were approaching bilingual fluency. Those experiences provided me with the ski...
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travel
peru
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australia
cairns
internet
rainforest
Aug 7, 2016
For me, this means disconnect from all forms of technology that distract you away from the peace that comes from being 100% engaged in nature. Includes: Iphone, Ipod (with internet capabilities), Ipad, TV, and radio. Doesn't include: Cam...
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south america
travel
adventure
Aug 3, 2016
First trip to South America will be to visit Machu Picchu in Peru in August, 2016!
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literature
classics
books
tolkien
lotr
Apr 13, 2016
Unlike any other books, the Lord of the Rings had the most profound influence on my childhood. I went to a private Christian school called Rivendell, I've watched the movies more times than I can count, I've read The Hobbit (and seen th...
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Mar 11, 2016
I'm sure I will do many of these in my lifetime! On the first SW road trip, I saw:
-Las Vegas
-Grand Canyon National Park
-Route 66
-Zion National Park
-Antelope Canyon
-Horseshoe Bend
For future road trip ideas, I would love to s...
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travel
gambling
las vegas
vegas
Mar 10, 2016
Gambled in the Treasure Island casino! Went up $10 in blackjack...lost $50 in roulette... but hey, our crew did managed to slip into an all-inclusive spring break tour and got into an EDM concert for free at the MGM, so I guess the night...
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travel
outdoor
national parks
usa
camping
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-
travel
grand canyon
adventure
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travel
Dec 29, 2015
First visit was a brief one in Gold Coast on layover with some longtime friends!
Future trips will include Melbourne, Sydney (Opera House), Uluru, and the Great Barrier Reef.
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hobbiton
movies
travel
middle-earth
Dec 22, 2015
Grew up as a big fan of the Lord of the Rings - how could I not want to visit Hobbiton??
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travel
lord of the rings
new zealand
tour
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french-polynesia
paradise
bora-bora
travel
honeymoon
tahiti
Aug 17, 2015
Honeymoon 2015...!! We went to the Le Meridien resort for a week and had the most romantic time we could have ever imagined. Bora Bora far exceeded our expectations in the beauty of the island... It is truly stunning and a paradise for y...
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marriage
commitment
Aug 15, 2015
The wedding planning really began a week after our whirlwind engagement! Early on we set a venue for the reception, decided on our wedding parties, started planning the honeymoon, and had to choose between a few different churches.
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religion
religion
baptism
baptism
jesus
jesus
christianity
christianity
religion
Jun 13, 2015
This is something that I believe every adult Christian should do. It's the public proclamation of one's faith, and I believe it is right to do in order to grow in one's relationship with Christ.
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college
graduation
college-degree
graduation
college
michigan-state
college
class-of-2015
May 8, 2015
The four best college years I could've ever imagined came to a bittersweet close on May 9th, 2015. After a week of final papers and partying, the big day started off with my parents, fiancé, and dogs Hershey and Cookie dr...
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health
fitness
running
running
fitness
May 1, 2015
Why just knock something off the bucketlist when it can also impact others for a great cause? In this spirit, I will be running in the Novi Half Marathon to benefit Living Hope International Orphange in Ndola, Zambia! I'm trying...
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college
college
college
drinking
drinking
Apr 1, 2015
The list includes the classic college bars of: Rick's, Harper's, Pizza House, El Azteco, P.T. O'Malley's, the Peanut Barrel, Hopcat, Crunchy's, The Riv, Beggar's Banquet, Stateside, Dublin Square, Woody's, the...
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experience
outdoors
experience
outdoors
experience
fire
experience
outdoors
expérience
expérience
experience
fire
camp-fire
Mar 20, 2015
When I was a kid in cub scouts, I saw some older boy scouts start a fire with flint and I thought it was awesome. As I grew up and saw Bear Grylls and other Discovery Channel survival experts do the same, I realized it was one of th...
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scuba
scuba
scuba
Oct 12, 2014
Took classes at MSU first in the Spring of 2014. Once I returned from Spain, I set up the open-water portion of my Scuba certification at Gilboa Quarry, OH.
Gilboa Quarry was an awesome place to get certified - the quarry had sunken airp...
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donate
donate
blood
red cross
red cross
blood
Oct 8, 2014
I've bungee jumped...sky dived...eaten bugs as a delicacy...even performed stunts like lighting myself on fire briefly as a human torch, but for some reason this is one of my worst fears, and I really don't have a good explanatio...
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experience
marriage
marriage
experience
experience
commitment
expérience
experience
commitment
Sep 6, 2014
When I first met my future wife Anna in 2012, it didn't take me very long to realize that she was the love of my life, which to be honest freaked me out, seeing as I was only 19 at the time. I never wanted to answer "yes" w...
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experience
country
learn
culture
live
experience
understand
learn
experience
foreign
country
country
culture
expérience
learn
live
foreign
Jul 30, 2014
Lived abroad in Barcelona, Spain for three months working for a local NGO and taking a few classes! Absolutely unreal experience. Very few Americans truly get to experience living as a foreigner in a different country... I was extremely ...
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travel
travel
travel
travel
travel
Jul 27, 2014
Visited Porto with a few study abroad friends in July of 2014! Great city, would be awesome to visit again!
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homeless
experience
sleep
sleep
experience
experience
expérience
homeless
Jul 12, 2014
This goal has been on my bucket list for awhile, even though it seems fairly easy to complete: spend a night sleeping outside without using something for shelter, such as a tent. Just you and the stars.
My friends and I completed this go...
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spain
dangerous
pamplona
festival
spain
festival
dangerous
annual
pamplona
perfect
running with the bulls
perfect
Jul 11, 2014
Absolutely UNREAL experience...! Went with my buddy Mark to Pamplona for two nights with only our backpacks and train tickets back to Barcelona. We slept in parks and partied with locals all night, but on the morning of Saturday, July 12...
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party
experience
travel
experience
travel
experience
travel
expérience
travel
travel
party
Jun 6, 2014
Went partying with a few buddies in Ibiza while I was working in Barcelona. Absolutely unreal... made no plans, other thanmy flights, and let the island take me on one crazy adventure.
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sport
monaco
monaco
sport
May 23, 2014
This goal was actually kind of an accident... I had booked a trip to Monaco back in February, but I only learned as I was touching down in Nice that that weekend was the Monaco Grand Prix! What are the chances... Actually got to watch th...
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college
experience
experience
college
experience
barcelona
college
europe
barcelona
barçelona
expérience
europe
May 22, 2014
BCN 2014! Studied at the Camino Barcelona Language School for 2 weeks before starting my internship in Barcelona!
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hot air balloon
hot air balloon
hot air balloon
balloon
balloon
Oct 10, 2013
My girlfriend and I were supposed to go on October 5th, but the weather postponed it to October 11th. Went for her 19th birthday!
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Aug 11, 2013
I grew up in Cape Canaveral, so during the shuttle hey-day of the 90s and early 2000s I saw a ton of shuttle launches. Always pretty sweet!
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experience
adventure
romance
soulmate
romance
love
adventure
experience
soulmate
romance
experience
soulmate
expérience
adventure
love
love
adventure
Jul 11, 2013
My girlfriend invited me out to the drive-in... Loved it, even though the radio kept shutting off every 20 minutes..!
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countries
passport
travel
travel
travel
passport
travel
travel
stamps
countries
Jun 23, 2013
First 25 countries include (in order of visitation): 1) USA (mainland, Hawaii, USVI), 2) Japan, 3) Singapore, 4) UK (England, Grand Cayman), 5) France (St. Martin, mainland), 6) Netherlands (Sint. Maarten, mainland), 7) Bahamas, 8) Haiti...
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africa
safari
experience
animals
africa
experience
safari
experience
animals
expérience
animals
Jun 23, 2013
Botswana... Saw elephants, hippos, crocs, wart hogs, impala, giraffes, zebra, antelope, kudos, and water buffalo!
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art
paintings
art
art
Mar 4, 2013
Saw this guy at the Art Institute of Chicago!
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chicago
travel
illinois
millenium park
illinois
travel
travel
travel
travel
chicago
Mar 3, 2013
Took my sweetheart to Chicago for "spring" break in 2013. Had an awesome time, despite getting wrecked by Snowstorm Saturn while the rest of our friends got a tan in Florida...!
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bible
reading
read
reading
finish
read
finish
christianity
christianity
bible
scripture
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skill
skill
Sep 8, 2012
Although I continue to pursue fluency in Spanish, the date marked is the date I finished all 5 levels of the Rosetta Stone program. I also studied Latin for 5 years in elementary/middle school, during which I recieved "Summa Cum Lau...
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travel
travel
travel
travel
travel
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sagrada familia
spain
gaudi
gaudi
sagrada familia
catalonia
barcelona
spain
barcelona
barçelona
May 20, 2012
Absolutely beautiful cathedral...can't wait to one day see the final outcome!
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travel
travel
travel
barcelona
travel
barcelona
architecture
architecture
barçelona
travel
travel
May 18, 2012
La Sagrada Familia. Parc Guell. Casa Batllo. Casa Mila. All absolutely unique and beautiful!
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travel
geneva
switzerland
travel
travel
geneva
travel
switzerland
travel
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May 14, 2012
Amazing palace...the amount of luxory that the French royalty lived in is mind blowing..!
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art
paintings
art
art
May 13, 2012
Got up early to see it. Had the Paris Museum pass to by pass the crowds. And guess what? I was basically the only person in the room when I got to see the famous Mona Lisa!
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experience
place
place
experience
experience
expérience
place
May 13, 2012
Greatest art museum in the world... didn't disappoint!
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May 10, 2012
It kind of sneaks up on you...and then blows your mind. The gothic architecture is incredible!
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experience
adventure
lost
lost
travel
adventure
experience
travel
experience
travel
expérience
adventure
travel
travel
adventure
May 10, 2012
Luxembourg... Of all of the large, massive, vast countries in the world that I could have possibly gotten lost in, my trip went haywire in Luxembourg. And it was awesome.
Beautiful country too by the way, worth the pulled groin from walk...
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brussels
travel
travel
travel
brussels
travel
travel
May 10, 2012
Took forever to find it, be we eventually tracked down "Ze Pissing Baby"
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backpacking
amsterdam
travel
weed
travel
holland
netherlands
holland
backpacking
europe
travel
amsterdam
red light
netherlands
travel
euro trip
travel
weed
europe
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May 7, 2012
Went on a two week trip with my older brother and a friend through Amsterdam, Brussels, Luxembourg, Paris, Geneva, and Barcelona. Awesome, crazy time...!
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detroit
nhl
detroit red wings
red wings
hockey
yzerman
nhl
steve yzerman
detroit
hockey
red wings
detroit red wings
Apr 7, 2012
Childhood heroes - everyone should get to meet their childhood hero. For me, it was Steve Yzerman, the legendary captain of the Detroit Red Wings. It was Easter Sunday, and I was at Oakland Hills Country Club with my family. I had just a...
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Mar 9, 2012
Anna Dreslinski :)
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beach
beach
sun
sun
beach
sun
florida
florida
sunrise
sunrise
Mar 8, 2012
Watched the sunrise the day before I would meet my eventual girlfriend before driving home from Florida. Kind of signaled the sunrise of a new era in my life, I'll never forget it!
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experience
parasailing
experience
parasailing
experience
expérience
florida
florida
Aug 9, 2011
Went in Cocoa Beach, FLA with my mom and brother. It was one of my mom's bucketlist goals - awesome to be a part of it!
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jumping
cliff
jumping
cliff
Jul 4, 2011
Tennessee cliffs, ~50 ft., with my buddy Jason Springer
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travel
usa
road-trip
travel
travel
usa
travel
travel
usa
Jul 2, 2011
Few things beat a good road trip..!
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upper peninsula
michigan
up
up
michigan
up
Jun 12, 2011
Went backpacking with some buddies at Tahquamenon Falls!
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experience
graduation
high-school
experience
graduation
experience
expérience
high-school
Jun 4, 2011
Northville High School, 2011
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adventure
zipline
adventure
zipline
jungle
adventure
jungle
adventure
zipline
Apr 13, 2011
Went ziplining with a bunch of my high school friends on our senior trip in the Dominican Republic. Pretty sweet!
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countries
travel
travel
europe
travel
travel
travel
countries
europe
Apr 7, 2011
First 20 countries include (in order of visitation): 1) USA (mainland, Hawaii, USVI), 2) Japan, 3) Singapore, 4) UK (England, Grand Cayman), 5) France (St. Martin, mainland), 6) Netherlands (Sint. Maarten, mainland), 7) Bahamas, 8) ...
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Feb 27, 2011
Bucket list must...!!
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experience
wish
travel
wish
travel
experience
travel
experience
rome
travel
expérience
rome
travel
travel
experience
wish
Feb 26, 2011
Can't remember what I wished for... but even if I did, can't write it here or else it wouldn't come true (right..?)
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travel
food
food
travel
travel
travel
travel
food
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travel
food
food
travel
travel
travel
travel
food
Feb 25, 2011
I was told by my friend Marie that the best gelato in Rome was right by the Trevi Fountain, so I found it!
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mountain
adventure
travel
adventure
travel
travel
mountain
adventure
travel
travel
adventure
Jan 27, 2011
I've been a skiier and hiker all of my life, so fortunately I've had the opportunity to stand on many mountains. This picture below was from the Wasatch Valley range in Utah, where my buddy Evan and I hiked up to stand on top (an...
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world
guinness
world
record
guinness
record
Dec 9, 2010
Didn't do this individually, but I was part of the largest crowd ever to watch a hockey game at the "Big Chill," which the Guinness World Records guys certified as a world record at the Big House in Ann Arbor.
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san diego
travel
san diego
travel
califórnia
travel
california
travel
california
Nov 17, 2010
Went to San Diego for my cousin Sarah's wedding. Awesome time!
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detroit
concert
music
eminem
concert
detroit
eminem
music
concert
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extreme sports
new zealand
sky diving
travel
skydiving
adventure
new zealand
travel
queenstown
new zealand
skydiving
new zealand
queenstown
extreme sports
adventure
travel
sky diving
travel
sky diving
skydiving
adventure
adventure
travel
skydiving
Aug 21, 2010
Went for my 18th birthday with my older brother and two friends!
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Aug 17, 2010
Went in Hawaii - unreal views of the Big Island!
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adventure
travel
outdoors
adventure
travel
outdoors
travel
adventure
travel
travel
adventure
Aug 16, 2010
Visited the active and dormant craters of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the BIg Island! Mt. Fuji in Japan was the first time I had ever visited a volcano, however, in 2001.
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adventure
travel
adventure
travel
travel
adventure
travel
travel
adventure
Aug 12, 2010
Went with the family to a luau on the Big Island in Kona. Had a blast, especially when the luau girls invited my brother and I up to dance with them...!
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hawaii
beach
beach
travel
travel
travel
beach
travel
travel
hawaii
Aug 8, 2010
Visited a black sand beach on the Big Island in Hawaii while snorkeling. Pretty sweet!
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Aug 8, 2010
Snorkeling in Hawaii!
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turtle
snorkeling
turtle
snorkeling
Aug 8, 2010
Swam with a sea turtle in Hawaii that I came across completely in the wild... Awesome!
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caving
caving
spelunking
spelunking
Jul 13, 2010
Went spelunking, or "caving," in southern Missouri with Kanakuk Kamps. Had an awesome time, even though I gashed my knee open right at the end of the trip!
Photo isn't of me, but it was taken from the same general area wher...
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experience
experience
triathlon
experience
camp
triathlon
expérience
camp
Jun 30, 2010
Kanakuk Kamps triathlon clinic... pretty much kicked my ass, but now I'm able to say that I have completed a triathlon!
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cave
friends
fun
friends
fun
fire
fun
cave
fire
friends
Jun 28, 2010
Slept in a cave in either southern Missouri or northern Arkansas with my cabin at Kanakuk Kamps!
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experience
statue of liberty
nyc
statue of liberty
experience
experience
nyc
expérience
new york
new york
nyc
new york
statue of liberty
new york
May 26, 2010
I've seen the statue a few times - first was in April of 2004, second was a year later, and then in May of 2010 (when picture was taken).
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africa
zambia
nature
zambia
africa
travel
victoria-falls
travel
travel
waterfalls
waterfalls
travel
travel
nature
Aug 10, 2009
Best natural shower I've ever had..!
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experience
bridge-jumping
victoria-falls
experience
experience
expérience
bungee-jumping
bungee-jumping
Aug 3, 2009
I've done this twice now, but the first time was at Victoria Falls on the Zambia/Zimbabwe border!
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mayan
mayan-ruins
tropical
travel
adventure
méxico
travel
mexico
travel
méxico
tropical
mayan
mexico
adventure
travel
travel
temple
adventure
adventure
temple
Apr 15, 2009
Climbed the Coba Mayan temple in Q. Roo, Mexico in 2009!
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sea
dolphins
fun
swim
dolphins
fun
méxico
mexico
méxico
fun
swimming
swimming
mexico
swim
sea
Apr 14, 2009
Went in Maya Riviera, Mexico during my brother's senior trip in 2009!
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basketball
final four
michigan-state
final four
ncaa
ncaa
basketball
spartans
Apr 3, 2009
Attended the 2009 Final Four with my Grandma Maggie in Detroit! Go green!
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northville high school
varsity
northville
lacrosse
Mar 10, 2009
I was one of 3 sophomores to make varsity that year - one went on to be an All-American, and the other was our starting goalie. Pretty good company, especially since I had only picked up a lacrosse stick for the first time a year before!
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nhl
experience
stanley cup
experience
experience
hockey
nhl
expérience
hockey
Nov 25, 2008
It was at a fundraiser for the Detroit Parade Company in 2008, after the Wings had won the Stanley Cup. Awesome!
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adventure
fun
travel
adventure
fun
travel
travel
fun
adventure
travel
travel
adventure
Oct 17, 2008
Done this one all of my life, but this picture is from a youth group retreat in October of 2008.
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driving
experience
license
driving
experience
experience
license
expérience
Aug 21, 2008
Go it on my 16th birthday.
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Jun 29, 2008
Went in Marbella, Spain!
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spain
granada
travel
alhambra
alhambra
travel
spain
travel
andalusia
travel
travel
granada
Jun 25, 2008
Beautiful building... cool to see the best of Moorish architecture in Spain as well.
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colors
morocco
lights
colors
candles
morocco
lights
candles
morrocan
teple
Jun 20, 2008
Visited Tetouan and Chefchouen on a trip to Morocco in 2008!
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travel
gibraltar
travel
gibraltar
strait of gibraltar
travel
travel
travel
Jun 20, 2008
Cross from Europe into Africa, or vice-versa.
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nhl
finals
stanley cup finals
stanley cup
nhl
finals
May 25, 2008
Saw game two of the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals in Detroit. Go Wings!
