Hey all! FI and I will be taking a mini vacation in June and I'm looking for some ideas. We're looking to go camping and sightsee, probably up north somewhere. Last year we took two little trips. The first we left early in the morning and drove up to Ely. We saw the wolf center, Sudan mine and walked around downtown Ely. We stayed at Bear Head Lake State Park. The next day we drove back through Duluth and saw some things on the way. The other trip was similar, we left in the morning and came back the next evening. We stayed with his parents at Camper's Paradise in Nevis. I loved it!
So basically we're looking for something similar. We might go back to Ely but I'm always looking for new things to see! We have a state park pass and plan on camping for two nights this time. Current plan is to leave on a Monday afternoon after I get off work (at noon), stay Tue/Wed nights, and come back sometime Wed evening, unless I can get off work on Thursday, in which case it will be Tue-Thu instead.
We love to see interesting things (though I know that's different for everyone), take pictures, go to wineries (if there are any up there), and see as much as we can. We don't have a ton of money to spend so the cheaper the better! Any ideas for us? (BTW we live in St. Cloud so it's a bit shorter of a drive up north)