Buffalo River State Park Sep 3-7th

 Buffalo River State Park  

Sep 3-7th

site #6e

35 electrical sites 

Dump Station is right before you turn into the camp ground

Buffalo River State Park is miles away from the North Dakota boarder.  13 miles away from Moorhead, MN.  

What is special about this park is the Largest and highest qualiy of tall prairie grass in the US.  It is managed by the park and Natural Conservatory and MSU Moorehead.  East side of the park is MSUM Regional Science Center Land.  When class isn't in session you can hike their trail. more than 3 miles of a loop leading into another loop.  Southwest side of the park is the Bluestem Prairie Scientific and Natural Area (SNA),  make sure you spray your bug spray on all parts of your body.  It is about a 2 mile loop.  The trail is mowed grass and full of mosquitoes.  The prairie grass along the trial is tall and later it changes to shorter grass you can see over the prairie.  So many different plants and flowers.  The Muskoda Trail is about a .45 mile loop from the camp ground.  Nice view of the short prairie grass with some interpretive signs along the trail.  The interpretive sign explain the land and the history of the family who owned the land original.  

The swimming pool was closed due to Covid 19.  In 1930s Works Progress Administration built some building which can be seen near the swimming pool areas and bathrooms.  

Buffalo River camp ground has 40 sites and 35 are electrical sites.  This camp ground is small and far away form the road but not from the train.  The sites are not level but there are piles of rock near the dump station, so maybe next time it will be.  Each site is spread out from the next site.  The loop with people behind you, well that is close.  The camp ground is the open concept from camp site to camp site.  But because of the spacing it isn't that bad.  The train are very loud after dinner time.    

 

Lake Carlos State Park Aug 31- Sep 2

Lake Carlos State Park    Aug  31- Sep 2

Lake Carlos State Park

Aug  31- Sep 2, 2020

Site

81 electrical 

17 hiking trails

dump – near lower campground

Puppy Redo

Two years ago we took Knute for his first camping trip. He was 3 months old. Well, you can't walk puppies that far because of their growth plates. And it was also so hot outside. So we didn't get to see much of the park.

Our site two years ago at Lake Carlos was right next to the road. And this park is very popular. Way too many dogs out walking for a puppy to handle being that close to the road. This year we went during the week to avoid the crowds. We went with a site set back from the road and mostly point our windows away from the open campground.

The site drops off the right side so we moved the RV as far left we could go and added boards.

Knute and Larry enjoyed the morning walks before coffee and after dinner stools.

Trails – Maple basewood trails – It was a nice wooded trail with interpretive signs along the way. They also told me they enjoyed themselves. So as a family we did it again. We also did a nice trail starting from the picnic area called Hidden lake trail which is the hiking club trail. It takes yo pass two group campground. Which were way nice. For a long part of the trail you walk near the lake. Mostly all covered wooded trails.

Glacial Lakes - 8/28, 2020

 

Glacial Lakes State Park

August 28 -31st

15e

14 electrical sites
16 miles of hiking trails.

dump stations –

near ranger station but turn around horse campground

Glacial Lake is a smaller park with a main campground and non electrical campground just off the main campground. They also have a horse campground too.

Water is located just after the ranger station on the left side. You just pull off to the left side of the road to allow people to still pass by. Not many people here so not a big deal.

Dumping is a huge deal. To be able to dump you need to exit the campground and turn around at the horse campground and come back. Just so you can pull over to the left to dump. Then once done you circle the main campground and exit.

Hiking trails – We hiked a nice trail in the open meadows to reach a fablous look out called High Peak trail. Parts near the peak become wooded. We did the group camp loop from the campground. We drove into town to see two park. Hobo Park had a great write up on it but al we saw was a statue of a hobo. Barsness Park was a wonderful find. It is located near the northwestern shore of lake Minnewaska. Full hookup for $47 and w/e $42. Miles of wooded trails with wood chips on the trail to soften the foot steps.

We stayed at #19 two years ago but we decided on site #15. We needed a board to level it out.

Myre Big Lake State Park - Aug 8-10th, 2020

 Myre Big Lake State Park 

August 8th - 10th, 2020

Site #59

large area to spread out

Father Hennipen State Park. July 31-Aug 2, 2020

Father Hennipen State Park

July 31st - Aug 2

back

  

Site 85

Fire Pit

Sibley State Park - July 2-4

Sibley State Park

July 2nd - 4th, 2020

Site 123

Road to the left

Mt Tom 

Charles Lindbergh State Park - June 12-14

 

Charlie Lindbergh State Park    June 12-14

Charlie A. Lindbergh State Park    

June 12-14, 2020

   

site#11e

15 electrical sites
7 miles of Hiking Trails

There are two site ran by the Minnesota Historical Society that are a most see.  Charlie Lindberghs childhood home and the museum on his life.    

Located within the park is a historical land marks.  Once home to Congressman Charles August Lindbergh. This was small farm where Charles's wife and son son Charles Lindbergh lived full time for many years.  Charles Lindbergh is famous for flying Spirit of St. Louis solo non-stop from New York to France in 1927.

The family donated to the state 110 acres including the house and farm in the memory of Charles Lindbergh.  Now the park has 570 acres of land with 7 miles of hiking trails. 

Site 11e

June 12-14   

Table area

Site #11

Trails

Knute is 2

Knute John Lunde

Knute at 2 years old

Lake Shetek State Park May 22-27, 2020

Lake Shetek State Park

May 22^nd – 27^th, 2020

66e – Full hookup

64 electrical sites

32 full hookup sites

14 miles of hiking trails

Dump near campgrounds

Lake Shetek is located nerar the South Dakota bourder just outside of Currie. The park has two campgrounds with power. Sunrise campground has full hookups with lots of space inbetween sites. There is no shower house. 70 sites.  A number of cart-in and tent site.

  

Lake Shetek has a couple of Historical markers. Koch cabin which has been moved to the parking lot next to our campground and can be seen from the our site.

Lake Shetek Monument is the bural site of the settler massicure during the Dakota War of 1862. A lot of history can be found in the towns and parks in this area about the Dakota War.

Trails – Casey trail is paved and the Shetek monument can be found on it. We took the trail from Sunrise to Oakwood campground to the back edge of the campground to find the monument. We crossed the road to visit Smith Lake. We took the paved Casey Jones state trail to the Ranger station and then Havthorn trail and road back to our spot.

Webster Island – Drove down a dirt road to park at the Cart in erea. Walked out pass the gate and down another dirt road. Then walkedthe loop around the Island. At one point you could see a narrow separation to be able to see Lake Shetek. Not much to see on this walk but on one part a scary fish popped his head out.

Loon Island – Very popular area. We parked at the boat launch and walked to raised pathway to the island. Lots of boats in the water going into the water. There was a canoe rental station there. The trail is mosly wooked with some view of the lake. You couold hear fast moving boats passing by. After the we walked on the pinic trail. A nice size bath house and changing room which is mostly outside covered by walls near the swimming area. The swimming area was on the back side of the building with a sharp set of stairs leading down to the beach. We took the boat landing trail back to the truck.

Just outside of the park is a small store. We got hamburger buns and mustard.

End of the Line Train Museum is just in Currie. It has many building to visit. A church, court house, school house, Engine house, section foreman house, depot, a round table and so menu railroad hardware. 2 cabooses and 2 steam engines. A number of maintenance devices to move along the rails to fix the rails.

Warning – Loud Noises from Key Lagro Restaurant. Across the lake is where this restaurant is located and it has outdoor concerts that last pass 1am. It was super loud. I would check there site to see if a concert is playing. Even look to see if the cover band is good. The one concert night was a horrible cover band. All you could mostly hear was pounding and bad singing.  

Winner Dog - ASCA

Winner Dog

Startpoint Time of the Acorn

ASCA Frostbite Frolic 

January 18th

Knute - Aug