Minnesota

This is Baker Park Campground. It was nice. We did take quite a few photos in this park because it was so nice. The people here tell us that because the ocean is so far away they treat their lakes here as if it were the ocean!
There are lots of bike trails on this park. There is a 6.2 bike loop around the campground that also joins a 6.4 bike loop outside of the campground around a lake. We biked all over the campground and then some of the one around the lake, it was beautiful! The trails were paved and away from the cars, so it was peaceful and safe! We would love to have something like this where we live. We would be riding every day!

Minnesota

When we were having such a difficult day with the closing of our house and all, we decided to go ride bikes to get out minds off of it all. We stopped to wait on one of the little ones and when I looked down I saw this limb in the perfect shape of a cross.

This is the KOA campground outside of Minneapolis. We are visiting friends here and are also planning on attending a Christian conference nearby while here. Then we're off to South Dakota!

One day we were walking around and we noticed all the different license plates in just one campground. It was weird to us to see them from states that are so far from our home in the south! Here is a list of all that we saw: Manitoba, California, Saskatchewan, Michigan, Vermont, Oregon, ALASKA and South Dakota! AWESOME!!

Wisconsin

More farm land photos!!

The Ocean Spray Cranberry bogs!


The two photos above are the bogs. They don't look like much without the water and red cranberries!

Wisconsin

This is a small town called Sparta between Onalaska and Tomah.

We stopped in Tomah at a cheese store to get fresh cheese curds. Of course, we're in Wisconsin, what do you expect... cheese!
Good, but not delicious like we've had before.
Below are photos from on top of Grandad's Bluff in La Crosse! Beautiful!

This bridge that you see crosses over the Mississippi River. Less than half of a mile past the bridge is the Minnesota state line.

Wisconsin

Our first day in Wisconsin was really awesome! We "ran into" a concert, which was Christian, and there were speakers, air jumping and water entertainment for the children. So there were things for the whole family! It was so great!
This park is on the Mississippi River. It is on the border of Minnesota, so we went to Minnesota and stopped at one of the Lock and Dams on the river. We all loved seeing the boats entering the locks and the water rising and lowering. A real educational and fun experience!

We turned south and saw the ice fishing houses along the river too!