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 [...]
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Water Falling Twice
August 27, 2010 – 12:15 pm
We visited Minneopa State Park near Mankato yesterday. The waterfalls were surprisingly accessible from the parking lot which makes me think they are probably some of the better waterfalls to visit during the winter. We will definitely need to take a trip back then! This is the top waterfall. Minneopa means “water falling twice” in [...]
Sibley State Park
August 22, 2010 – 10:09 am
We are going to have Andrew’s 4th birthday party at Sibley State Park since it is close to where a lot of family live and he loves the outdoors. We are hoping it isn’t too cold yet, but we went ahead and checked it out last night to make sure there were fireplaces in the [...]
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 [...]
