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The Swiss Family Carlson Track Down William Tell

If there is one Swiss person every American knows the name of it is William Tell. Even if only as the name behind the theme song for The Lone Ranger. Most of us, though, have grown up with the story of how he, on a lark, shot an apple off his son’s head. However, Wilhelm…
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The Swiss Family Carlson Hurl Themselves Down a Mountain – Part 2

Last time we threw ourselves down a mountain on sleds. The next day we strapped two sticks to our feet and threw ourselves down a different part of the mountain. We did so well at not dying during the sledding that I felt like perhaps I could also not die while downhill skiing. Our oldest,…
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The Swiss Family Carlson Hurl Themselves Down a Mountain – Part 1

Skiing. It’s the one thing that everyone says we should do. Followed by “It’s the Alps, for God’s sake!” So, even though we come from the flat lands of the Midwest and have gone downhill skiing a combined total of 3 times in our entire lives, Mark and I did it. We went skiing. IN…
