Itasca State Park and Other Pictures

The 2nd installment of our camping trip pictures:


Me standing in the headwaters of the Mississippi River. It's small and shallow, but surprisingly cold.

Pete and I at the headwaters of the Mississippi.


This is the fire tower that Pete climbed at Itasca State Park. I made it about 1/3 of the way up.

Here's what I would have seen had I made it to the top of the fire tower.

Here's the view of the ground from the top of the fire tower. I'm standing underneath the tree to the right wearing an orange T-shirt. It's definitely for the best that I didn't go up to the top with Pete.

Me, the Fred, and Pete with Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox in Bemidji.

This is the bike super highway. Also known as the Paul Bunyan Bike Trail. It goes for about a 100 miles, and it's really nice. Luckily, Pete is coordinated to take pictures while riding his bike. We rode the Paul Bunyan Trail to Bass Lake the first day we were there, and then over to the Mississippi River on Monday.
Pete is good at taking pictures while on his bike and not crashing.