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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Sunrise at Lake of the Clouds - Porcupine Mountains.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Northwoods road trip. The river outside my cabin and a PASTY!
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sondre Lerche at Lincoln Hall. 9/15/2026.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Anna Graves at Schubas. 9/23/26. Go listen to her new album, America’s Greatest Burnout. One of my favorite releases from this year.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Visited the Dolly Parton mural / memorial in Edgewater.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Kacey Musgraves at the United Center. Opening night of the Middle of Nowhere tour.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Views from my bike: The Chicago skyline from Northerly Island and North Avenue Beach.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The Budos Band at Millennium Park
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Checked out the Dancing the Revolution: From Dancehall to Reggaeton exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Free admission for IL residents on Tuesday nights.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Wildfire smoke over Chicago. Currently the worst air quality in the world.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Margo Price headlining Square Roots - Chicago’s best street festival.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Julieta Venegas performing at The Taste of Chicago.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Chicago River Day 2026.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
A coyote relaxing along the Chicago River.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Dead to Fall. Falcon Bowl, Milwaukee. 4/11/2026.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Celebrated International Beaver Day at the Davis seeing Hundreds of Beavers. Can’t remember the last time I laughed like that at a theater. Amazing.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Yeah, I kneeled and crawled my way across and the ice was just covering an area above the sand.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Montrose Beach, Chicago. Carefully made my way over the ice shelf and launched onto the lake by dropping in off a 3 ft ledge of ice.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
GO! It can get busy, but you see fewer people the farther into the park you go. It’s also incredible in the winter, but you may need microspikes as it can be really icy and slick in the canyons. Matthiessen State Park is in that area and also worth a visit.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Starved Rock State Park. A little longer of a drive than my other recent weekend outings, but it’s a beautiful park and worth the trip.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I just saw Bane. 🤣
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
8 miles along the Des Plaines River Trail and Algonquin Woods.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Moraine Hills State Park. Hiked the Lake Defiance & Leatherleaf Bog trails (roughly 6 miles). First trip to the park and will make sure to get back here to cross country ski this winter.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Paddled down the Chicago River and through the locks out onto Lake Michigan and up to Montrose Harbor this morning. Kayaked about 11 miles and the clouds and light rain kept most of the other boats off the water until we took out.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Early morning salmon fishing on Lake Michigan.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
It was brutal! Ran to the beach in the morning and was blinded by the sand and it felt like I was paddling in a washing machine in the afternoon.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Surf day at Montrose Beach. The beach was empty except for a few of us in the water and a handful of volunteers monitoring the Piper Plovers. Water and air temps in the low 50s.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
They are a great group!
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Pesh Fest 2025! One of my favorite events - a long weekend of camping and running the Peshtigo River in Northern Wisconsin.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Goodbye Logan Square. Hello Ravenswood.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
My reading list is always growing, but sometimes I need to go back to books that I’ll keep rereading over the years. Two of my recent rereads are Blankets by Craig Thompson (amazing) and Love in the Time of Cholera (my absolute favorite). What books do you regularly reread and highly recommend?
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Green Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Saw Rise Against and Thursday open for Boy Sets Fire at a small venue in Milwaukee. Saw countless punk, hardcore and ska bands at the Concert Cafe in Green Bay that later got big (Catch 22, Hatebreed, and the list goes on). Everyone would just hang out in between bands and after the show.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Winter adventures with Rosetta.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
It’s frigid in Wisconsin this week, but we’re still playing in the snow every day.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Thank you! Started as just going for a month - but then decided to just keep going.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
6 weeks alcohol free. It’s a start.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
It was beautiful out today! Was happy to finally get some waves on a day I didn’t have to work. Let’s meet up soon!
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Another beautiful morning surfing at Montrose Beach.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
And that’s one of those things I would not have thought of!
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
One of the big reasons I stopped going out for brunch/breakfast. If we do, we usually just pick up something from a local bakery that we wouldn’t usually make at home.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Anyways - it’s always nice to get back to Green Bay and everyone should visit Lambeau if you are a sports fan - the development in the area is amazing.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Packed up the truck and heading back to the wilderness for a while.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
FKA Twigs coming to Chicago in March is just what I needed to get through the rest of winter.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
It’s snowing in Chicago, so it felt right to pull Blankets off the shelf for another reread.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
And we’ve been learning how to set up climbs and rappels - so once it’s nicer out again you should meet us at Steelworkers Park!
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Not yet! Honestly not sure why we didn’t on the last trip there, but it’s on our shortlist now.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
We did Observation Point the last time there instead and that was a great hike too! Also went canyoneering just outside the park and did a bunch of rappels - will need to go back to climb!!
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
The hike is no joke! We got on trail around 7am to beat the heat & crowds. The way there was great but the way back was not cool - groups would hike side by side and take over the entire trail and it started to get super crowded. Not a fan of permits, but they serve a purpose.
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Dustin @midwestskinny.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Such a beautiful hike! Any issues with permits/crowds? I did it before the permit system, so not sure what it’s been like the last few years.
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