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August 20th, 2008 Itasca State Park
Itasca State Park is located in North Central Minnesota, it’s Minnesota’s oldest State Park and the Nations second oldest State park behind Niagra Falls State Park. As most Minnesota residents know it is the source of the Mississippi River, and attracts roughly a half million visitors a year to cross the headwaters of the Mississippi. We were in a bit of a rush both my wife and I had crossed the Mississippi several times so after crossing the river, we hit a 2 hour boat tour run by Coborn Cruises eating/getting take out from Douglas Lodge (while the cruises do not allow outside food, food purchased at Douglas Lodge is allowed on the boat). It was a 2 hour Naturalist led tour up and down all of Lake Itasca, a good way to start the visit if you have never been their, they point out all the highlights during the cruise. Be sure to double/triple check the times of the cruises as they vary seasonally, and many of the Park Staff as well as the brochure’s printed by Coborn Cruises did not have the correct times (or were out of date). Were late in the summer but, we did see a Blue Heron, some Eagles, and some Loon’s.
August 16th, 2008 Memories of Elvis
Minnesota is lucky to have it’s own Chris Olson, an Elvis Tribute Specialist. I attended his performance Saturday evening at Breezy Point and have to say it was one of the best Elvis shows I have seen including several in Las Vegas. Chris’s voice is amazing and his moves are classic Elvis. Great show, catch him at the State Fair at 6pm from Aug 25th – Aug 29th (see website for details and additional shows).
August 10th, 2008 Como Zoo
We took the kids to Como Zoo Sunday afternoon, parking was insane. The Polar Bears are currently unavailable while they build the new Polar Bear Odyssey opening in 2010.
August 10th, 2008 Marjorie McNeely Conservatory Water Lilies
We did not actually go inside, on the way into the zoo, I took 2 quick series of shots of the dome for HDR but, quite honestly the normal exposure was perfect. I did not have a wide angle lens along so I just shot the dome. (non-HDR)
The outside of the conservatory was littered with water Lillie’s . I tried playing with the reflections on some of them but, in some cases the stars would just not align in some instances.
Five more thumbnails, click on the thumbnails to see the ‘bigger’ versions.
Now these were just cool.
