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Re: Minnesota sights and doings
We love the area around Lake Itasca/Bemidji - camped at both parks many times when our kids were at Concordia Language Village outside of Bemidji. The headwaters is an outstanding place to visit, you'll get a special kick being from STL to be able to walk across the river. If you have bicycles there are great trails at Lake Itasca but your schedule may be a bit tight, it's a huge park with lots to see. Park Rapids and Dorset are neat little towns south of Itasca if you have time. One other recommendation - on your way from McCarthy Beach to Cascade River try to stop at Soudan Underground Mine SP. Soudan Underground Mine Very cool place, great tour of the old iron mine. Some years ago they were using part of the mine to house targets for particle beams shot from the accelerator at Fermilab near Chicago as part of Tau neutrino research, not sure if that is still going on. Also in that general area is Hibbing, home to Bob Dylan's birthplace, the Greyhound Bus Museum, and the largest open pit iron mine in the world.290Views0likes0CommentsRe: .How do you reserve? Online only, by phone or combined.
Online & site specific. We're pretty much always at State/National/County parks or COE campgrounds that are set up for online. They always send an email confirmation so you can have a printed record of what you signed up for. A lot will have fairly good details about the sites which helps if we haven't been there before, sometimes photos as well - Indiana even lists the distance to the electric post (necessary since they often share a post between sites). I'll also use Google Earth to try to get a feel for site placement, if the photos were taken when the leaves are down it works pretty well. The first time we stay at a park I'll go around the CG with a map and make notes of which sites I'd prefer for my next visit, which ones are good for groups, shading, etc. The only time I phone is when I need multiple sites at a Wisconsin state park since their online system will not allow you to reserve more than one site at a given park for the same day. No problem doing it by phone, and if you give them a list of the sites that you want they can block them out while they get all of your info so that no one else grabs them. Makes a difference when you're trying to get a group together at one of the popular parks in the summer or on a holiday weekend.415Views0likes0CommentsRe: Nashville and Tennessee help for newbie
Another vote for Seven Points, beautiful CG with roomy wooded sites on a big reservoir. Normal route into Nashville would use the interstate but if you wanted something more scenic with less traffic to take the scooters there are plenty of reasonably direct back roads.754Views0likes0CommentsRe: Camping near Williamsberg VA, April
padredw wrote: Newport News Park. This one gets my vote based on our last stay in the area. Another big vote for Newport News, beautiful wooded sites & much more economical than the commercial RV parks. Also close to Busch Gardens which is about half way between the CG and Williamsburg. And for another unique local attraction, on the other side of 64 from the park is the US Army Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis. US Army Transportation Museum566Views0likes0CommentsRe: Henry Ford Museum in Michigan
It depends a lot on how you do museums. If you just buzz up and down the aisles like you're at a trade show you might be able to do it in a day, but you'll be missing out on one of the best collections tracing the history of technology and how it shapes our lives around. Three day minimum, and if you do the Rouge Factory Tour (HIGHLY recommended) four would be better. A full day at each site, a half day at the Rouge, and the remaining time to catch what you missed the first time through. Try to plan your Rouge tour either first thing in the morning or right after lunch break so that you can see the line in operation. The factory floor part is self-guided on a catwalk above the final assembly area - we found it easy to kill 2 hours just watching that. Great place. We stayed at the Wayne County Fairgrounds and found it convenient and decent enough - we're normally state park campers but for a destination trip like this it's fine.636Views0likes0CommentsRe: Driving in St. Louis?
We've stated at the St. Louis RV Park a couple of times and found it to be very convenient for access to everything in the area. It's not too far off the expressway (40/64) and in an industrial area so the streets can handle semi's, shouldn't be a problem getting your rig in. There's always a bunch of full size Class A's in the park and they're probably harder to maneuver than a TT. And I'll second the vote on City Museum, nothing quite like it.544Views0likes0CommentsRe: Parks Near Nashville TN.
Another big +1 for Seven Points. Beautiful campground, spacious wooded sites, W/E, on a big reservoir with boating & swimming, pretty easy access to Nashville. Seven Points CG Tons of things to do in Nashville. Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium, Country Music Hall of Fame, just going up and down Broadway and sampling all of the live music happening day & night.600Views0likes0Comments
