As another member of our family joins us in the Summer, we've been looking for fun, outdoors activities to do this year. One of the programs we meant to try last year, but it was booked up, was the State Parks I Can Climb! program. Today I finally booked us a family adventure attending this program at Blue Mounds State Park.
I'm excited because Blue Mounds just welcomed baby bison to their herd. I'm thinking this will be exciting to more than just one of us. It looks like the MN DNR has also posted a short video of the baby bison on YouTube. I'm hoping to scope out the tipi and I'd love to spend the night. (It sleeps 6 and can be rented for $30 a night.) However, I think I may be the only one on this trip. It's a bit of drive, so I plan on hitting 2-3 other MN State Parks nearby in my efforts to see all of our scenic parks.
It already has me looking forward to the Summer. We're looking into Archery in the Parks and have our eye on different events listed on the DNR Events calendar. There's plans to head to Ely, so we will likely hit a few parks in that area of the state as well. Just looking into these activities and plannng visits to the various parks has given me a new appreciation for the vast efforts of our DNR to host programs and take care of our wilderness. It's stunning.
What MN State Parks are you looking forward to visiting this year?
