Sunday, July 20, 2008

Family Trip in Pictures

This past weekend was wonderful. We have been to Lake Itasca State Park before, but it had to have been at least 15 years since! The weekend consisted of a lot of relaxing, a bit of walking and hiking, grilling, games, cards, ladder golf, rest, and a lot of laughs! Here's a handful of pics from my camera.


Mississippi Headwaters....
My family... minus me. hehehe.

The beginning of a 2 mile hiking trail... that was beautiful, but full of bugs!
Steph and I kayaking on Lake Itasca. It was a gorgeous evening!

26 comments:

Kevin said...

Looks like a great time and such a beautiful place to vacation

Jess said...

Crossing the Mississippi on the slippery rocks means taking your life in your hands! But, it's so pretty there -- I love Itasca.

Can't believe you're all in sweatshirts though.

Unknown said...

I'm envious - you had great family time in a beautiful place. :)

E said...

Great pictures. Looks so relaxing!

Anonymous said...

Looks like you and your family had a nice time. The pictures are great.

Marcy said...

Gorgeous chica!! And wait . . .that's your Mom in the one pic(far left)?!?!? She looks like she could be your sister!

teacherwoman said...

We were wearing sweatshirts in those pics becuase it was cool that evening, and we were walking through trees that were full of skeeters and horse flies.

And Marcy, yes, that is my mom in the far left.

Anne said...

I agree with Marcy -- your Mom looks just like one of you! And who knew the head of the Mississippi was so lush and blue -- so not like farther down the "stream" at the other end of the country.

Sherry said...

Oh good God... gorgeous pictures! I want to go there... NOW! :o)

Looks like y'all had a wonderful time! Did you get in any trail running?

jahowie said...

Looks like a beautiful area!!

BTW....CBS shows some Tour De France coverage on the weekends. Next weekends finale is on Sunday I believe at 1:00 p.m. :-)

Stef0115 said...

Great pics what a gorgeous place! So glad you got away and had a great time!

Mendy said...

Great pics. Very pretty place and looks like you and the family had a fantastic time.

Also, loved the pics of all the girls. A very pretty group of ladies!

Liz said...

Looks like you had a great time!

Seeing you with your sisters makes me really miss mine! :)

I just tried Kayaking (ocean) for the first time recently and I love it!

Holly said...

Looks like a wonderful vacation! Very beautiful!

Unknown said...

Those are some beautiful photos. I especially like the one with the butterfly.

jay_say said...

Great pics... love the sign as you were entering... great saying!

akshaye said...

Nice.. its a gorgeous park. The sign actually reminds me of one I saw here - It said "Keep your eyes and ears open and your mouth shut" :)

P.O.M. said...

Looks so pretty.

Nat said...

I love the pictures. Looks like you had a great time!

Anonymous said...

Looks like a great trip.

Viv said...

Wow looks like such a peaceful rejuvenating trip! You look great too :-)

Unknown said...

Wow! Looks like a lot of fun with the family.

miss petite america said...

wow. beautiful!

M*J*C said...

Beautiful pictures!!! Looks like you had a great weekend!

J~Mom said...

Gorgeous pictures!!! Looks like a really nice place to hang out!

Anonymous said...

Looks like you guys had fun in your trip to lake Itasca.