We came to the conclusion today we need to seriously think about just getting to Michigan and then heading home. We planned to be at Voyageurs National Park tonight but when we Googled we found many areas of the park are flooded and campgrounds closed. Coming from CA we didn’t even consider this with our drought and all! We scratched that off our list. Then we Googled to find out about Isle Royale National Park and discovered they do not allow domestic animals (Tony) on the Isle and it really takes a few days to see it, the ferry ride alone is 7 hours round trip and trying to do this in a day would leave us very little time to see anything. WE could probably find a kennel but then we don’t have the extra days. SO we reworked things and decided to stop and see Itasca State Park where you will find the Headwaters of the Mississippi River. I had heard about this before and really wanted to see it. What a lovely place, so woodsy, lots of ferns, also lots of people. We are told the Headwaters are really high right now, but we are taking maybe 12 inches deep, or less. The Mary Gibbs Visitor Center is really nice and there is a beautiful little path to the Headwaters on Itasca Lake. Driving thorough Minnesota is more picturesque than North Dakota, there are many trees both deciduous and evergreen and so many lakes! Each mile or two there is a turn off for a resort or something along the various lakes. Fishing is big as you might guess, along with boating. We are “camped” in an RV park in Saginaw, Minnesota, aptly named Saginaw Campground. It is simple pull through spaces but we will depart in the morning. We are just 20+ miles from Duluth, MN but we will go south of there and avoid the city when we leave tomorrow and ease into Wisconsin on Hwy 2, which we have been traveling on all day. We hope to make it to Michigan tomorrow sometime, the border should be less than 3 hours away from here. It is cold this evening, in the upper 40’s, lower 50’s and thunderstorms expected after 8pm CMT, nothing so far though!
Itasca State Park
Headwaters of the Mighty Mississippi
John and Tony on a log placed over the Headwaters
Itasca Lake (headwaters in the background)
John and Tony at Mary Gibbs Visitor Center
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