Showing posts with label state park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label state park. Show all posts

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Tettegouche to Two Harbors


A camping we will go. A chipmunk we will see.


A cooler we will drag.
Earning his keep.


A walk with a park naturalist we will take.
Look! The park naturalist (intern) is a pointer like Dad.


We learned about trees. 
Some of us remembered what we learned. Some of us haven't.


Antlers and horns.
Another naturalist, this one with an awesome hat.
On the road to completing activities to be a junior park naturalist.


Skipping rocks at the mouth of the Baptism River,


Always...


...a favorite pastime.







And a visit to Split Rock Lighthouse, including a walk up the spiral staircase.



3rd stamp on our MN Historical sites passport!


This boy was happy to see a model made out of Legos.


And Zoe enjoyed making a little bonnet.


We all enjoyed the wildflowers.


Zo knew this one - she read a book!
Indian paintbrush

On the way home we stopped for a bit.

When I was a kid we used to stay right next to the area where there is now a tunnel.
The old road is now part of the extensive bike path.


And the place we used to stay turned into expensive condos.
Boo.


It's a really nice spot.


And Zoe was gracious enough to take some photos.





Ok. Camera back to Dad.
 


Love this spot. 


Mike pointing.


We're just going to call this a daisy, plain and simple. 


But so pretty, and a subject for Zoe's junior naturalist booklet.


It took some major league encouragement, but we got you two out the pier in Two Harbors.


It's SO windy!


I'm SO cold.
You survived!

Tuesday, June 21, 2016


Native son, alternate name for 'Terminal 1' @ MSP and misguided figure....Charles A Lindbergh State Park


A tree stump carved into a turtle. Fitting. We have a turtle thing going for us.
Across from the state park was a visitor center and the Lindbergh home. We visited both. 


Not only do we have a state parks pass we also now have the Minnesota Historical Society Family pass that we're going to make full use of (thankyouverymuch).


No, I wouldn't have wanted to drive this vehicle to California (and back), but Lindbergh and family did.



This is a park just outside of the town my mom grew up in and she visited this park many times in her youth. By the time we got there we had time for the house tour and a quick visit through the museum. Long enough probably, although we didn't get a chance to meander any of the paths in the park.  Next time.


But we did get to see Minnesota's state flower in bloom.
Ladyslipper! Outside the Lindbergh home.


BTW, highly recommended book:
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson. Fascinating.

Monday, June 20, 2016

Where's Dad?


Normally he'd be looking in the water.


But this time we were at Mille Lacs Kathio State Park


Looking up. Waiting for Dad to wave at us from atop...


The fire tower!

Actually he WAS looking at water. He could see Lake Mille Lacs from the top.

I made it up about 2 flights of stairs and Zoe and Roman about 1...and then panic struck. So, from the ground we watched. And swatted bugs. Bugs make for shorter walks in the woods.