May 3, 2009 - Itasca State Park

Today we drove from Minneapolis north to Itasca State Park and the Headwaters of the Mississippi. ... It’s a beautiful park and nice campground, even though the trees are just beginning to have little buds (still looks like winter).Today we drove from Minneapolis north to Itasca State Park and the Headwaters of the Mississippi. ... It’s a beautiful park and nice campground, even though the trees are just beginning to have little buds (still looks like winter)....

Oct 5, 2008 - Enjoying Fall in Itasca State Park

We left Bismarck, headed through Fargo and as we got into Minnesota, the scenery changed from prairies to more trees and even more lakes. As we approached Itasca State Park, we couldn’t wait. ... We thought Custer State Park was large at 21,000 acres, but this park, the oldest in Minnesota, is a whopping 36,000.We left Bismarck, headed through Fargo and as we got into Minnesota, the scenery changed from prairies to more trees and even more lakes. As we approached Itasca State Park, we couldn’t wait. ... We thought Custer State Park was large at 21,000 acres, but this park, the oldest in Minnesota, is a whopping 36,000....

Aug 2, 2007 - We Were THERE!!!

Still from Hamilton's Fox Lake Campground, near Bemidji in north central Minnesota. As we toured the museum at the Itasca State Park, we learned that during the 1700's & early 1800's a series of several different explorers thought that the river began at different lakes, each one concluding that the origin was further behind the lake decided upon by his predecessor. ... In 1832 explorer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, led by an Indian guide, proclaimed that Lake Itasca was the river's origin.Still from Hamilton's Fox Lake Campground, near Bemidji in north central Minnesota. As we toured the museum at the Itasca State Park, we learned that during the 1700's & early 1800's a series of several different explorers thought that the river began at different lakes, each one concluding that the origin was further behind the lake decided upon by his predecessor. ... In 1832 explorer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, led by an Indian guide, proclaimed that Lake Itasca was the river's origin....

May 2, 2006 - On the road from Grand Forks into Minnesota

Spent the morning getting another day of school in in such a nice conducive environment.Spent the morning getting another day of school in in such a nice conducive environment....