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See 70+ Places in the Omaha Metro for FREE THIS WEEKEND!

Well, Freebie fans, you are in luck! This weekend only (August 3 and 4) you can explore 70+ Omaha-Council Bluffs area spaces and places completely FREE! Let me repeat that - FREE!!! Is that awesome or what?!?

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Iowa, Lost Island Lake, Lost Island Lake Park, Nature Center, Festivals, Celebrations, Ruthven, Organ Concert, Country Church, Church Dinner, Homemade, Friendly Iowa Folks, Iowa Nice, Lake, Camping, Picnic Facilities, Learning, Fun, Freedom Rock Deanna Etherington Iowa, Lost Island Lake, Lost Island Lake Park, Nature Center, Festivals, Celebrations, Ruthven, Organ Concert, Country Church, Church Dinner, Homemade, Friendly Iowa Folks, Iowa Nice, Lake, Camping, Picnic Facilities, Learning, Fun, Freedom Rock Deanna Etherington

An “Iowa Nice” Kind of Day!

I spent the Fourth of July this year in the Okoboji area in Iowa, as I sometimes do. This year, due to flooding in Northwest Iowa (heartbreaking), I had to take a different route than normal to get there. On the way home I was looking for fun stops on Google Maps and I spotted Lost Island Lake Nature Center a ways south of Spencer, Iowa. So I paid it a visit on the Sunday afternoon after the 4th.

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Art, Create, Creators, Crafts, Fun, Retreat, Friends, Omaha, Hibernate and create, Hot shops, Learning Deanna Etherington Art, Create, Creators, Crafts, Fun, Retreat, Friends, Omaha, Hibernate and create, Hot shops, Learning Deanna Etherington

Try Something New! Be a Creator at the Hibernate and Create Spring Retreat in Omaha Next Weekend!

I have been taking inexpensive classes this year from Kelli Sweet, who runs a creative organization called Hibernate and Create. Next weekend is their big Spring retreat and I can’t wait! I am signed up for several classes and I’m so excited to be going! Great news! You can still sign up yourself!

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