Category: Campgrounds
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Hidden Valley Recreation Area
Encompassing 180 acres in the George Washington National Forest in Bath County, the Hidden Valley Recreation Area is one of our favorite places. It has a great, little campground that is managed by the best hosts, Toni and Judy, who work very hard to keep it clean and neat. The beautiful Jackson River runs through…
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Northern Mushroom Tour
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 L:61 H:64 Martha picked up a brochure in the Farmhouse Restaurant about an outdoor class on mushrooms. We have wanted to do this for some time, so she called and scheduled it. Our last hike piqued our interest. There were so many mushrooms of all sorts. All of this rain and…
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Madeline Island
Saturday, September 20, 2025 L:59 H 75 Martha loves a farmer’s market, so we went to Bayfield. It had been cloudy and a bit of rain, but by the time we got there, it was a sunny, beautiful day. It was a nice, little market with about 12 booths. Martha bought a couple of different…
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A Rainy Day In Little Sand Bay
Friday, September 19, 2025 L:58 H:63 It was a rainy, gray morning, which was nice to catch up on a few things – emails, a little news, the blog, etc. Since the Apostle Islands Cruise was cancelled yesterday due to high winds, we had scheduled for today. However, it wasn’t looking so good for today…
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A Day to Remember
Thursday, September 18, 2025 Walkie told us to return in the morning so he could install a new air filter and clean the sensors. He called in an order for the filter yesterday, saying it would be delivered about 9:00. We arrived at 9:45. I wondered how he could get reliable deliveries in his remote…
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The Lift Bridge
September 16, 2025 Low 58 deg, high 80 We are staying southwest of Duluth in Spirit Lake Marina and RV Park. It’s a great spot really, backed up to the water with electric water and WIFI. It has good showers and a great store. It has antiques, boat supplies, RV supplies, coolers, fishing gear, nets…
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On to Duluth
September 15, 2025 Low 57 degrees, high 73, sunny! Finland State Park Campground was a great place to stay, peaceful, quiet, pretty. At first national forest and state forests, make me a little nervous. They are remote, and you don’t know what crowd will frequent them. This one couldn’t have been better. It is well…
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Our Place and Waterfalls
September 13, 2025 57 degrees at 6:00, high of 63 Great news! The furnace is working!! We started the day with breakfast in tiny Finland at Our Place. It has been packed every time we have driven past, and it was busy this morning. Martha ordered pancakes and bacon, while I ordered a bacon and…
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Finland Campground
September 12, 2025 51 degrees at 6:00, high of 64 We are moving to Finland Campground today, so we went to Zup’s Food Market in Silver Bay. A lady with a very good voice was singing briefly as we shopped fruits and vegetables. Then a young man sang as he stocked the shelves. He nodded…
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Hike High Falls and Two-Step Falls
Thursday, September 11, 2025 We went to the Visitor’s Center to get a day pass since we couldn’t get a campsite in Baptism River Campground. The young man suggested Finland Campground in the national forest, just past Finland, MN. We talked for a long time with a nice lady working there. She is of Finnish…