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Park Rapids, MN Feb. 5, 2022

If you’ve read this blog for a while, you know that we have been at the headwaters of the Mississippi River before. It’s located in Itasca State Park in northern Minnesota. We are here for a late celebration of Chris’s January birthday. She enjoys coming to Itasca in winter time. We stay at heated lodging called the Fourseason suites at the state park. We came in Friday and will leave Monday morning.

The weather has been pretty decent, particularly considering we were told it was 42 below just 24 hours before we arrived. Temperatures for us have ranged from zero to about 18 above. This morning we got about 2 to 3 inches of fresh snow which dressed up the area very nicely. Wind was reasonable except when we were at the headwaters where there was no tree shelter from the wind.

We did three walks, ranging from half an hour to an hour. This morning we went to the headwaters and to the Schoolcraft Trail. This afternoon was the Dr. Roberts Trail and this evening was back to the headwaters where they had lanterns lighting along the trails and a bonfire.

Most of the other visitors were using snowshoes, except of course the snowmobilers. However, over time we have found snowshoes aren’t that beneficial for us. We just used our boots walking on the trails which are in good shape.

So we’re just gonna give you a sampling of pictures on a beautiful winter day at the headwaters of the Mississippi River.

Headwaters at Night and Day

Ed and Chris, February 5, 2022