This past weekend we visited the Big Bog State Recreation Area within the Red Lake Peatland Scientific Natural Area in far northern Minnesota. This is the largest bog in the lower 48 at over 500 square miles and it includes a 1 mile boardwalk that you can traverse to bring you right out into the […]
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I love the north shore of Lake Superior, and given that it’s been a rough few weeks in the Twin Cities, I was looking forward to getting away for a weekend. For those that aren’t familiar with the area the North Shore is the coastline of Lake Superior that extends from Duluth, Minnesota to the […]
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This past weekend we took an extended trip to Itasca State Park. It was a long time coming, and we were super happy to finally be able to get to a place we’ve been trying to get to for multiple years. However, there’s always a twist when it comes to seasons in Minnesota. Being in […]
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I realized I haven’t posted this yet, so here’s my gallery of shots from Savanna Portage State Park. Unfortunately, the mosquitoes were so bad that I didn’t get as many shots as I wanted. Stopping to take photos was just not a great idea. https://swiftphotography.smugmug.com/Exploration/Savanna-Portage-State-Park-2019/
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A couple of weekends ago the wife and I took the camper out for our first weekend of the summer. I had read a news article about how it was the 100th birthday of Sibley State Park, out near New London, MN, so we picked it as our destination. We decided a simple one night […]
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Sunday, the wife and I headed down to a beautiful State Park on the bluffs of the Mississippi. Frontenac State Park is just south of Red Wing Minnesota and is filled with beautiful hiking paths that wind through prairies and down steep river bluffs. We did about two hours of hiking along the bluff trails […]
Read moreI have one more photo to share from our trip to Fort Snelling State Park. This is one that I’m really proud of. I went in to capture a shot of this odd mushroom sticking out of a tree. As I went in for the shot Mr. Squirrel decided to make an appearance. I had […]
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This past weekend, while camping, I got a chance to do a photowalk at Jay Cooke State Park before we headed home. This is an amazingly beautiful park south of Duluth, MN, with the beautiful St. Louis River flowing through it. The park is a favorite of kayakers, though I’m not sure which portion they’re […]
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The second state park that we hit on our trip this past weekend was Split Rock Creek. This is a small park in SW Minnesota, that often causes confusion for those of us in the cities, as we’re all very familiar with Split Rock State Park in northern Minnesota, home of the famous lighthouse. Split […]
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This weekend the wife and I camped at Blue Mounds State Park in southwestern Minnesota. This is a small park near the border with South Dakota, just 30 miles from Sioux Falls. We decided to come to this neck of the woods because we so rarely get out to the prairie potion of Minnesota. Even […]
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On our way back from Winona this weekend the wife and I decided to hit some State Parks. We’re always on the lookout for “Brown Signs” and we often find wonderful gems when we randomly pull off the highway to check out something different that we’ve never been to before. This weekend we noticed John […]
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The wife and I left on Friday afternoon to Mille Lacs Kathio State Park to do some car camping. We fought traffic out of town with the rest of the folks heading north, but were at our campsite by 7pm. I worked on getting the tent set up while Lisa put together a fire, and […]
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