North on I-35 to Minneapolis and a stop at REI ( www.rei.com MEC is the Cdn equivilent.). A little shopping and northward bound towards Duluth, Mn. It was only noon but traffic was heavy north of the Twin Cities with people getting a jump on the holiday weekend.
There was a construction sign about an hour south of Duluth advising of an alternate route which we decided to take. Banning State Park was about 5 minutes off the interstate so we thought - it's early, maybe there still some spots available - wrong! However they did point us about 10 miles up the Interstate to Willow River State Forest which had plenty of rustic spots available. (pit toilets and no showers!). $12.00 a night and we had a site backing onto the water. One thing we found was you need to keep small bills - a lot of campgrounds are self-registration with payment by cash or cheque. So our adventure was extended by another day - at this point we were only four hours from home but really didn't want to wait in the line at the border with all the fishermen trying to get into Canada.
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