Here we go again (August 29-31) - Tour of the Glacial Moraine

Yup, it's another exciting Minnesota road trip in which we pick up FOUR more state parks, strategically located in the part of the state that is as far as possible from ongoing wildfires. Geologically, we pick up at the edge of the same ancient glacial moraine where we left off, rambling around the path of the River Warren. 

This is Minneopa State Park, just west of Mankato. It's basically a lovely picnic area that just happens to have an improbably extensive campground and bison herd. We passed on the bison herd, just stopping here for a picnic on our way to our actual destination further west. Here's another beautiful historic restroom building from the 1930's, which embodies all the elements of design described in Chief Architect Good's Park Structures and Facilities design manual.


There's also a pretty two-tiered waterfall.