On Wednesday morning after breakfast we took a bike ride. They have the nicest bike paths at Itasca. You can go all around the lake if you choose. This day we just rode to the visitor center which was about 2 miles from the campground. It is a paved path with a center line. Bikers need to ride single file and stay on the right side of the path. There are many little hills to go up and down. It was along this path that I saw a bear 3 years ago. That was early in the morning. We didn't see any bears but Daniel did see a deer.
Here we had made it to the visitor center. They had a rack to park bikes. Tim and I needed to rest a bit outside before we could walk up to the visitor center. Daniel did fine and of course Leah got to ride in the trailer behind Tim's bike.
It was fun looking around in the visitor center. They have a nice display and interactive things to do to learn about nature and the wildlife in the park. And we always enjoy looking at the gift shop. We spent about an hour there before we rode back to the campground. Such fun!
In the afternoon it was nice and warm so we drove in the van over to the beach. The children enjoyed playing in the water even though it was still pretty cold. I don't think they have had much warm weather there either. Since taking swim lessons Leah is doing great about getting in the water. She used to only go up to her calves. Now I have to caution her about not going out to far as she hasn't learned to swim yet. She still is learning to have fun in the water.
Before we left they needed to warm in the sun. They enjoyed playing in the nice sand, too.
After they swam we drove up to the headwaters of the Mississippi River. It is neat to see where that mighty river starts, Lake Itasca.
The river coming out of the lake by the rocks...
Tomorrow I will try to post some more pictures of the river as it starts its winding way down to the Gulf. I need to get the children ready to leave for town. Leah has swimming lessons again this morning.
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