Jay Cooke State Park is an incredible 8,818-acre state park located in North Eastern Minnesota that offers some of the most incredible camping, scenery, and hiking in the entire state of Minnesota. With hundreds of thousands of visitors a year, this is one of Minnesota’s most popular state parks. In this post, we’re not only …
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Ah, Minnesota. Land of the Twin Cities, the Vikings, and the Mall of America. Minnesota is a wonderful state packed full of American icons, and it has one of the highest living standards out of all of the 50 states. Check out our updated list of Best Places To Go Camping in Minnesota. Yet perhaps …
Camping Inside City Limits! This time the family and I needed to plan a quick trip close to the Twin Cities because Kelli Hanson from Twin Cities LIVE wanted to do a segment on us and some of the cool camping gear we take out on our trips. Side note: You can catch us on her popular show on July …
Last fall, as we were busy wrapping up our camping season, we thought it would be fun to throw in one last trip. We arranged to camp at Wildwood Campground, which is related to Wild Mountain, Taylors Falls Recreation. It was too cold already for the waterpark fun, but I was excited about the alpine slides! …
In the month of July we were featured in MN Parent Magazine! Ruth’s S’more filled face made for a great cover photo and we were happy to share our top 5 family friendly campgrounds with their readers. Here Is The List & Why We Love Them Ham Lake Campground is a place where you can relax and take …
Sad, I know summer is coming to a close. However, the camping season itself isn’t over quite yet. The official date range is mid October. Which is a beautiful time of year to get out and take in the many colors of the fall trees. Before there is a slight chill in the air make …
If you are looking for a camping experience that is out of the box the Airstream Park might be just what you are seeking. This park is an exclusive airstream campground with over 80 acres of land. We were able to get a peek inside… You just don’t see an airstream camper that often in …
Two weekends ago we spent the weekend with Kelly’s family up at her dad’s cabin. This last weekend we spent some time at my parents farm in Madelia. After two weekends without real camping, Kelly and I were itching to get out and get some camping in. So Kelly booked us a couple of nights …
Our recent trip to Door County, Wisconsin was so big and so much fun that I just had to split it into two posts. We just cannot say enough good things about our trip. Make sure to check out Door County Part One if you want to see our whole trip. Since we had such …
Last week was our big 6 day trip to Door County. This was our biggest trip of the Summer as far as driving and time spent away from home, so big in fact that we have split the write up into three separate parts (this is technically part 2). Kelly first wrote about the drive …
The best part was the tree in our site! And the chocolate chip bars… As the main “planner” of the family my job is to research the different activities and locations we will be attending while on our camping trips. I tend to use Google as my all round go to site. I Google the …
Ok, our weekend really wasn’t that wild, but it was an absolutely fantastic weekend. This past weekend found us staying at two campsites, hanging out with my sister, my kid’s cousin (Ava) spending the weekend with us, ticks, dragons flies, sand bars, long hikes, busted mini golf, a camper grave yard, some spoooooky stories and …
Memorial Day Weekend at it’s best! Baker Park campground was full and I must say we were placed in the right loop of camp sites. We took many walks around the trails and the whole campground. Hot Showers & Clean Restrooms Baker Park is huge, you can choose from 205 sites, including 103 with electricity, but …
Usually you don’t think of camping as being a romantic type of activity. But why not? With a good campground, great food, a nice tent and beautiful weather, camping can actually be an incredibly romantic activity to enjoy with your significant other. Also check out our 10 Items To Make Camping More Romantic post. Here are …
