Washington DC and New York City June, 2013

We decided to do a different Summer trip this year and headed to Washington DC for 4 nights and then took the train to New York City for 3 nights.

Washington Monument (under construction)

National mall

Mall looking towards the Lincoln Memorial

Mall looking towards the Washington Monument

Lincoln Memorial

Spot where MLK gave the "I Have a Dream" speech

Korean monumen

Vietnam Memorial

White House

House where Lincoln died

Ford's Theater (where Lincoln was shot)

Inside Ford's Theater

Inside our hotel (Grand Hyatt Washington DC)

Walking up to Arlington National Cemetery

Changing of the guard

Looking towards the Pentagon

Renting bikes (a great way to get around DC)

U.S. Capital

National Zoo

Smithsonian - Air and space museum

Capital Tour

On to New York City!!

View from our room

Trump tower on 5th Avenue

Watching a softball game in Central Park - Broadway league

One of the lakes in Central Park

Times Square

Bryant Park

The Today Show

View from Top of the Rock

Another view from Top of the Rock

9/11 Memorial

Statue of Liberty

Staten Island Ferry

Washington Park

Performers in Central Park

Saw a fire on our last day - NYC Firemen in action! :)

June, 2013 Mille Lacs Kathio State Park

We hadn't been to Kathio on a while so decided to go back and try it out. We ended up with a great site (#40). Very private and lots of space. My mom and her friend Richard came out for the day.

Great site - #40

River that runs through the campground with some canoers out

The dam where you can fish

Our neighbors - they were some BIG DOGS!

Wildlife!

Memorial Weekend 2013 - St. Croix State Park

On Memorial weekend we headed to St. Croix State Park. We've been coming here for the past few years. It's quiet even when the park is full and is just a peaceful relaxing park. The girls came and joined us for a couple evenings. We did some hiking, biking (there's a great 5 mile trail from the campground to the beach) and even climbed the fire tower.

The campground before everyone pulled in. 

One of the bathhouses

One of the cabins

Resting after our bike ride to the beach

Fire tower

View from the fire tower

View from my lounge chair at the campsite

May, 2013 Sibley State Park

Our first camping trip of Summer 2013 was to Sibley State Park. We decided to rough it and stay in the non-electric upper campground. The sites in this campground are much larger and spaced out, but they don't have electricity. It was COLD and with the new truck we didn't have the electric quite figured out. Thank goodness it got nice during the day. It was beautiful weather for hiking. The park was pretty empty. Even the turtles were out enjoying the sun!