Left Walmart in Pine City, Minnesota for a 4-hour drive to Voyageurs National Park. The only visitor's center open at the park was at Rainy Lake. Most of the campgrounds in this area don't typically open until May 1st but it worked out well for us. The parking lot was empty and because they are open 7-days a week 24-hours a day, we were able to spend the night here. We're parked in the lower area where the boat ramp is and it has big parking spaces for vehicles towing their boats. Perfect for us and a beautiful lake view.
Voyageurs is a water-based park with 500-plus islands and 655 miles of shoreline. But with 218,054 acres of land and water, we were able to find a nice walking trail starting at the visitors center. The waterways of Voyageurs include an important segment of a 3,000-mile fur trade route of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The route of these voyageurs shaped the international boundary between the US and Canada, and the legacy of these voyageurs inspired the naming of this national park.
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| Welcoming Committee |
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| Nice Walking Trail |
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| Gray Wolf at the Visitors Center |
Temperature is supposed to drop to 26 tonight and we're keeping our fingers crossed that we don't have snow flurries tonight. Thanks for stopping in to say hi.
Another fun day , but sounds kinda cold, hope you don't get snow.
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