Itasca State Park (Sept 14 - 16)

Thanks to Mom we didn't miss the headwaters of the Missippippi River. Itasca State Park is the most beautiful place we have hit so far. The colors were already turning in the trees, Itasca Lake was gorgeous and right near our camp and there were very few campers down there while we were there. The weekends before and after had been sold out so we were quite lucky.

This is the view of the lake from right near our campground and the next is a picture of Moe at camp playing with his favorite toy !!




We headed up to the head waters and Lexi, as part of her science project, filled a water bottle from the headquarters. We will have her get an additional water bottle from the Mississippi River far down stream near the gulf, and then compare them. The water up here is so clear that I had to put black electrical tape on the bottle and store it in the bathroom cupboard so someone didn't drink it. Don't think we will have to worry so much with the next bottle.

Here are some pictures of us all at the head waters. It was a beautiful day to be there.






Oh and I almost forgot about the racoons at Itasca. They were everywhere. We took Moe out for a night time stroll and he bolted up a tree. We could see the bugger up there looking down at us so we decided, right quickly, to get back to camp. That night, knowing they were all around, including on our awning looking in the door of the RV, we put Moe's food into his kennel and locked it. The next morning there were only 2 pieces left !! Don't know how they got it through the bars but they did.