ESTABLISHED: NOVEMBER 18, 1988
ACRES: 54,000
RIVER MILES: 72
We set a record for our fastest visit to a national park site. We usually like to get the full experience, not here. There was construction everywhere and the only parking we saw was garages with 8 foot max height., Blaze would not fit. Even with the GPS we drove by the site twice before we realized where it was. After the second drive by I got lucky and found anend spot in a parallel parking section.
Apparently we had to download an app to pay for parking, no thanks. Let’s risk it and check out the site.
- Here is what we did
- National Park sign, CHECK
- T Rex picture, CHECK
- Got passport stamp, CHECK
- Took 2 pictures of the river, CHECK
- Took picture of the Covington Inn, a historic 1946 towboat converted into a floating bed and breakfast. It is moored on the Mississippi River at Harriet Island in St. Paul, Minnesota. CHECK
- Got the hell out of there
We have a lot of parks to see in major cities. We will probably see these using trains and Uber. Blaze is not made for big cities.
HAPPY TRAILS, STEVE