Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Around Minnesota in 15 Days

*This trip is planned from the Twin Cities, MN*

Day 1:

7am - Leave Twin Cities, MN

9:15am-12:30pm - Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park -Minnesota Historical Society
-Scenic Tour 10am (1hr) $12 per person
-Historic Forestville Tour (1hr) $8 Adults/$6 Kids
Sun12-5, Thurs-Sat10-5

2pm-4pm - RAD Zoo
Sat9-6, Sun12-5, Mon-Fri10-5
$9.50 per person

4:30pm-Camp - Myre-Big Island State Park
Camp $37.50

Day 2:

8am - Leave Camp

8:45am-9am - Jolly Green Giant statue -1130 Giant Dr.

9:05am-10am - Jolly Green Giant Museum -113 S Nicollet St.

11:30am-1:30pm - Fort Ridgely State Park
-Visitor Center -historic site -interpretive exhibits

2:15pm-3:30pm - Jeffers Petroglyphs -Minnesota Historical Society
-Visitor Center/Exhibits -tour -1/4m nature trail
Mon10-5, Wed-Sat10-5, Sun 12-5
$8 Adults/$6 Kids

5pm-Camp - Split Rock Creek State Park
Camp $37.50

Day 3:

8am - Leave Camp

8:15am-10:15am - Pipestone National Monument
-VC/Exhibits/Film -Jr Program
-Circle Trail 3/4mile

11:45am-12pm - World's Oldest Rock -Yellow Medicine City Historical Museum

1:45pm-2pm - Big Ole -Alexandria

2pm-5pm - Runestone Museum
$8Adults/$5Kids

5:30pm-Camp - Lake Carlos State Park
Camp $39.50

Day 4:

8am - Leave Camp

8:30am-9:30am - Inspiration Peak -Urbank
1/2m RT

11am-12pm - Heritage Hjemkomst Center
-Viking ship
Mon-Sat9-5, Sun12-5

2:15pm-Camp - Old Mill State Park
Camp $39.50
-trails -historic site (logcabin/flourmill) -interpretive exhibit -beach

Day 5:

8am - Leave Camp

10:30am-Camp - Itasca State Park
Camp $39.50
-beginning of MS River
-towering pines -vc -historic sites -Mary Gibbs MS Headwater Center -trails -beach -boat tours

Day 6:

8am - Leave Camp

8:45am-9am - Paul Bunyon and Babe the Blue Ox -Bemidji

10:15am-1pm - Forest History Center -Minnesota Historical Society
10-5
$10Adults/$6Kids
-vc -logging camp -cabin fire tower

2pm-5pm - Minnesota Discovery Center -Ironworld
Tues-Sat10-5
$9Adults/$5Kids

Other Interests:
Bob Dylan's Teenage Home
Paper Mache Statue of Bob Dylan

5:30pm-Camp - McCarthy Beach State Park
$39.50

Day 7:

8am - Leave Camp

10am-3pm - Voyageurs National Park
10-10:30 - Rainy Lake VC
-Jr Program
10:30-11:30 - Oberholtzer Trail 1.7m
11:30-1 - North Canoe Voyage
2-2:30 - Ash River VC
2:30-3 - Kabetogama Lake Overlook

5pm-Camp - Bear Head Lake State Park
$39.50

Day 8:

8:30am - Leave Camp

9am-2pm - Soudan Underground Mine State Park
-mine tour $12 per person -rock formations -vc -Physics tour $12 per person

4pm-Camp - Temperance River State Park

Day 9:

8am - Leave Camp

9:15am-12pm - Grand Portage National Monument
-Heritage Center -Jr Program -Historic Depot -Mt. Rose Trail 1m

12:45pm-3pm - Grand Portage State Park
-vc -MN's highest waterfall 0.5m -exhibits -International Border marker

3:30pm-Camp - Judge CR Magney State Park
Camp $31.50
-waterfall -Devils Kettle

Day 10:

8am - Leave Camp

8:30am-10:30am - Cascade River State Park
-trails -falls -cascade

11:30am-2pm - Split Rock Lighthouse State Park -Minnesota Historical Society
-vc -exhibits -lighthouse 10-6

2:15pm-Camp - Gooseberry Falls State Park
Camp $31.50
-vc/exhibits -falls

Day 11:

8am - Leave Camp

9am-7pm - Duluth
9-11 - Hawks Ridge
11:30-1 - William A Irvin
$12Adults/$8Kids
1-2 - Enger Tower
2-5 - North Shore Scenic Railroad
$16 per person
5-7 - Canal Park
     -Grandma's Saloon -dinner
     -Aerial Lift
     -Lake Walk

Other Interests:
Statue of Viking Leif Erikson
Bob Dylan's Boyhood Home

7:30pm-Camp - Jay Cooke State Park
Camp $39.50
-swinging bridge -dam -cemetery -vc/exhibits

Day 12:

12pm - Leave Camp/Park

12:30pm-1:30pm - Lake Superior Maritime Center

Other Interests:
Great Hinckley Fire Museum and Mass Grave

3pm-5pm - Northwest Company Fur Post -Minnesota Historical Society
$10Adults/$6Kids
-vc -exhibits -furpost tour

6pm-Camp - Mille Lacs Kathio State Park
Camp $39.50
-vc/exhibits -historic sites -trails -firetower

Day 13:

11am - Leave Camp/Park

11:15am-1pm - Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post -Minnesota Historical Society
-museum -trading post
$10Adults/$6Kids
10-5

1:30pm-6pm - Paul Bunyan Land -Brainerd
$19.95 per person

6:30pm-Camp - Mille Lacs Kathio State Park
Camp $39.50

Day 14:

9am - Leave Camp

10am-12:30pm - Charles A Lindbergh Historic Site -Minnesota Historical Society
-vc -home tour -nature trail -driving tour
$8Adults/$6Kids
10-5

1:45pm-5pm - Oliver H Kelley Farm -Minnesota Historical Society
$9Adults/$6Kids
10-5

5:30pm - Twin Cities, MN

Day 15:

9:30am-10:30am - Mississippi River Visitor Center at MN Science Museum
-Jr Program

10:45am-11:30am - Prospect Park
-witch hat

12pm-4pm - Bakken Museum
$10Adults/$8Kids

Other Interests:
Mary Tyler Moore's TV Home

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