Summer 2014
We spent the summer of 2014 in far northern Minnesota, working as “campground hosts” at Minnesota’s newest State Recreation Area. It was wonderful!
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We were just down the road from the headwaters of the Mississippi. This photo is the young river in June. By August it was half this width. 41% of the water in the contiguous U.S. drains into the Mississippi, and this is where it begins.
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Lush is the best word to describe this area. Verdant. These Showy Ladyslippers were abundant for a few weeks in June. It was a beautiful place to hang out for a few months.
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We were close enough to our granddaughters that they got to visit a few times.
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The wild blueberries were abundant too, and the girls got to help their Grandma Deb harvest a lot of them.
We hope to return to this wonderland in 2015.