2012 - Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN

Anna was away for her second stay at Catholic Youth Camp so the rest of us spent the week camping at Lake Bemidji State Park. Located on the north shore of Lake Bemidji, near Bemidji, MN, this state park has the best maintained amenities of all the state parks we've camped at to date. While it can't compete with the north shore or the iron range state parks in terms of scenery, Lake Bemidji is easily tops on my list of state parks I'd return to.

Besides being just a couple of miles from town, what made Lake Bemidji attractive to me was the vast potential for outdoor activities which include miles of hiking including a trail through a living bog, biking on the Paul Bunyan Trail, fishing on the pier, a swimming beach, paddling the canoe, bountiful geocaching opportunities, etc.

Enjoy the photographs (click thumbnails for larger view)..

2012 - Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN Entrance to Lake Bemidji State Park Entrance to Lake Bemidji State Park	2012 - Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN Entrance to our campsite #43 Entrance to our campsite #43	2012 - Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN Our home for the week, campsite #43 Our home for the week, campsite #43
2012 - Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN Bart relaxing at the Flentje camp Bart relaxing at the Flentje camp	2012 - Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN Nene and Sandy living it up at the Flentje camp Nene and Sandy living it up at the Flentje camp	2012 - Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN Peace Bro Peace Bro
2012 - Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN Laura volunteering for cleanup duty Laura volunteering for cleanup duty	2012 - Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN Bart and Nene at the Flentje camp Bart and Nene at the Flentje camp	2012 - Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN Wild face Flentjes Wild face Flentjes
2012 - Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN Lake Bemidji sunset Lake Bemidji sunset	2012 - Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN Lake Bemidji sunset Lake Bemidji sunset	2012 - Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN Lake Bemidji sunset Lake Bemidji sunset
2012 - Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN The path along the beach The path along the beach	2012 - Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN The path to the fishing pier The path to the fishing pier	2012 - Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN The marina at Lake Bemidji The marina at Lake Bemidji
2012 - Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN Molly take Teddy for a walk Molly take Teddy for a walk	2012 - Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN Laura at the Hiking Club password Laura at the Hiking Club password	2012 - Lake Bemidji State Park, Bemidji, MN The Hiking Club password for Lake Bemidji State Park The Hiking Club password for Lake Bemidji State Park