Josh and I took the kids to Lake Maria State Park yesterday. We reserved a remote camper cabin since we still don’t have a tent. Some of the state parks in Minnesota provide you with a cart and call it “cart-in” camping for sites that are away from vehicular traffic but we had to provide [...]
Category Archives: Etc
State Park Roadtrip Part II
August 17, 2010 – 10:02 pm
Realizing that school is starting on Monday, I decided to pack up the kids and venture out again since I’ll be in class teaching again in just a matter of days. We headed east and stopped at Afton State Park on the St Croix river first. The beach you see in the picture was not [...]
Monson and Glacial Lakes State Parks, Starbuck and Glenwood, MN
August 8, 2010 – 10:04 am
Yesterday we met Josh’s mom in Pennock for “Pennock Days” and then drove northwest to Glacial Lakes State Park. From there we drove through Starbuck and then up and around Lake Minnewaska (pictured above) then back down south through Monson Lake State Park. After that we drove through Spicer and stopped at the park there [...]
Day Trip- Glenwood, Alexandria & Sibley State Park (Minnesota)
August 1, 2010 – 11:22 pm
I decided to spend my day off visiting my brother in Alexandria since I have never seen his apartment and feel bad that he always ends up having to drive down here. It’s about a two hour drive. Once I got to his apartment though it was apparent we weren’t staying there (even for a [...]
Clemens Munsinger Gardens in Saint Cloud. . . and a Rant
July 21, 2010 – 11:22 pm
I met my brother in Saint Cloud tonight for his birthday dinner since SC is halfway between our homes. I drove through campus since I haven’t really been there since graduating from college except for maybe one trivia marathon. Since we were so close to the Mississippi, I had to drive across the bridge and [...]
