What a delight it has been using the website Campendium.com to make us aware of ALL THE COUNTY AND CITY PARKS there are in these areas we travel.
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| Mankato Land of Memories CityPark, Minnesota, acres of hookups but only two RVs in the park |
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| Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, AmFam camp open to the public. Dean thought he'd beat me with this odd pool shot. |
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| Winona City Park, Minnesota - our campsite along a Mississippi River slough |
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| Brigham County Park, Wisconsin |
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| turkeys and little turks at Grand Casino Bay campground, South Dakota |
Some towns have 400 people or less and still have a city park with a small campground. In towns like these we want to spend some money and in towns this small it's almost as if we could spend money only for tractor repair. They have all been secure. Towns this small seem to keep the bad guys moving along.
These campgrounds have for the most part been empty when we stayed. An "Honest John" box and a small sign at the park seem to be the only notice that it was a campground.
Unfortunately state and national parks are using reservations systems. These work out very well for people with a well planned itinerary .... that ain't us. It also galls us to pay an additional $8 to $10 reservation fee for one night's camping.
As we traveled east to Oshkosh, we stayed on US Highways. Mostly US12. We bypassed Minneapolis/St.Paul. And had to detour around various roads that were washed out or flooded. Always makes it interesting!
