Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Great Local Spot For A Quick Getaway



If you are like us, it is sometimes hard to plan ahead for a weekend away. There is always something you should be doing instead of relaxing. Well that is not the way the live life anymore. How many years has it taken to discover that? Let me tell you, way too many! So how can one "fix" that problem?


We have a number of campgrounds close to the area where we live and that means at the last minute we can throw some food into the camper and away we go. Our two favorite "local" campgrounds are only 30-45 minutes away. If we can plan ahead and get reservations...great. If not, they usually have some spots except on holiday weekends. We are not people for crowds anyway, so holiday weekend camping is not for us.


One of those favorite campgrounds is a Blue Earth County park called Daly Park near Mapleton,MN. The park is 76 acres on Lura lake that is 1,263 acres. The campground is spread out with some distance between the campsites for the most part. There are 15 tent sites and 71 sites with electrical and some with water.

As you can see in the picture above, it even has a trail from the mainland leading to an island with hiking trails.

So there we go, our way of getting out of town. just do it!

Thanks for looking.






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