Lake Bemidji State Park - An "Exciting" Experience!

This post is another installment in the series documenting our trip to the states of Minnesota and Michigan back in the summer of 2015.  Our daughter, Kyra, was 16 and out of school on summer vacation, so she joined us on our two week whirlwind tour of the M&M states.

One of the disadvantages of documenting a trip long after it was taken is the inability to remember why certain decisions were made.  As I look back on our trip to Minnesota and Michigan, I find myself wondering why we camped at Lake Bemidji State Park in Minnesota instead of Itasca State Park.  You might recall that I mentioned in a previous post that this entire trip was based upon a desire to visit the headwaters of the Mississippi River, and those headwaters are located within Itasca.  Hmm.  I’m thinking that we might have stayed at Lake Bemidji to better position ourselves for our day trip to Voyageurs National Park which was a two hour drive north from Lake Bemidji.  It would have been close to three hours from Lake Itasca, hence my deduction.  In any event, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Lake Bemidji except for one teeny tiny thing.

Two New Additions!

I’m interrupting our regular programming (meaning my recounting of our Minnesota and Michigan Trip) to alert you to two new additions to my sidebar.  I apologize for keeping you in suspense about our frightening experience at Lake Bemidji.  That’s up next – I promise!

In my previous post I had mentioned the World’s Largest Boot in Red Wing, Minnesota, and commented on how much we enjoyed unique stops like this.  Man-made oddities like the World’s Largest Ketchup Bottle, the Blue Whale of Catoosa and the World’s Largest Highboy represent individual stories of life in America and reflect the details of a particular company’s or region’s history or a family’s special legacy.  I find all of that fascinating.

The Twin Cities - Minneapolis and St. Paul (The M&M Trip)

This is another post in the series documenting our trip to the states of Minnesota and Michigan back in the summer of 2015.  Our daughter, Kyra, was 16 and out of school on summer vacation, so she joined us on our two week whirlwind tour of the M&M states.

Here in the northeast, you’ll find mostly privately owned RV parks or campgrounds operated by State Parks Departments.  Camping travelers don’t seem to have the support of city, county and regional governments like they do in other areas of the country.  So I’m always pleasantly surprised to find these gems when I’m on the hunt for a base camp for our explorations or a place to land for an overnight stop as we crisscross the country.