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We are off to.... is our Blog to allow family, friends, and others that are interested to follow us on our extended RV travels.

We aren't full time RVers but like to take extended trips of a month or more as often as we can. We prefer public agency campgrounds like State and National Parks, US Forest Service, etc. We do use some RV Parks if they are the closest or most convenient place to things we want to see or do.


We will attempt to provide information on the various campgrounds we stay in, things to do in the area, and pictures of what we see.

Monday, August 18, 2014

UPDATED Traveling East and Amnicon Falls, WI

Since we left Medora, ND we spent one night in St Cloud, MN so we would be within a short drive of Niemeyer's RV Sales & Service in Maple Grove, MN near Minneapolis.  Niemeyer's is an Arctic Fox dealer that has been recommended by some on the Northwood Owners website.  We were approaching 10,000 miles on the trailer and wanted to have the wheel bearings repacked and a couple of other things taken care of.   We had them replace the capped lug nuts with stainless steel one piece lug nuts as the original tend to distort and then it is very difficult to remove the wrench or socket.

From there we went to an RV Park a few miles away for Friday and Saturday nights.  Pretty nice park considering I try to avoid KOA parks.  Most are way over priced and you are packed in.  Not the case with this one; Minneapolis Northwest KOA.

Sunday we said goodbye to Minnesota and are at Amnicon Falls State Park which is about 10-15 miles east of Duluth, MN and Superior, WI.  Amnicon means where the fish spawn.  It's a very nice park from what we've seen as it is raining and cool.  Love the cool part.  There are no hookups or dump station and generators aren't allowed.  We read that rule after we ran the generator to heat dinner in the microwave.  It's put away now!

When we drove into the park Linda said it reminded her of some of the lush State Parks on the Oregon coast.

Our campsite was very deep and had a nice grassy area in the back.  The sites are well separated with lots of privacy.



Monday we were out exploring the park.  There is a nice trail that takes you past the three main falls in the park which vary from 20 to 30' drops.


The water is a root beer color from tannic acid from the tannin in the organic matter and not from iron oxide as many assume.




The trails are nice with multiple picnic spots along the trail as well as picnic areas next to parking areas.




  It must be gorgeous here when the leaves turn in the fall.



It has been very quiet but it was probably full over the weekend and there are just a few campers here now.

We took the nature trail this afternoon and various plant and trees were identified in the trail guide.  Interestin as we couldn't identify many of the trees we saw.  We knew the family but not the specific species as most were trees that grow in the east.



Didn't identify these but they were pretty common along the trail and elsewhere/  No, we didn't sample any.


The nature trail took up along a lower stretch of the river below the falls.


The price for the site for two nights was $37.70 including the reservation fee.  Wisconsin State Parks require a Parks Pass that is $35 for the annual pass or $10 per day that was in addition to the campsite and reservation fee..  Sort of a discrete way to charge non residents extra like Oregon did years ago and has since discontinued.  So our two nights were $57.70 or $28,85/night.  Pretty expensive for no hookups but it is beautiful.

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