Since I had no major trips planned this summer, I decided that it was time to explore a bit of the state around me - I have lived here five years now and done very little local exploring - and time to get back to camping. When my brothers and I were little, my family went camping every summer, and I have found that I missed that - the early mornings, the fires at night, the time in nature. Because I spend most of my free time writing, I am often inside, hunched over a computer or notebook, and I wanted to get away from screens and back into nature. My first excursion was to Blue Mounds State Park near Luverne, MN. Though the park is experiencing water issues right now (you cannot drink the water,
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