Memorial Day Camping - Lake Shetek State Park

Our annual Memorial Day camping tradition continued this year. This year we invited a 3rd family to join the Holjes and Pergandes on their annual camping trip. We traveled to southwest Minnesota to Lake Shetek State Park. We were absolutely blessed with amazing weather and a ton of fun activities. The three families were spread across to two camper cabins, a tent (Ron and Trisha) and 3 ENOs (hammocks). I have tried to capture some of the best highlights of a really fun trip!

The new hammock station and our new fun yard games...




Exploring the state park on bike, on foot and on canoe...





Playing volleyball and catching our first fish after 10 years of trying.




We also explored the local sites including Lake Shetek Monumenut (marks the graves of victims of the Dakota Sioux Conflict), a bike ride along the Casey Jones State Trail into the town of Currie, a visit to End-o-Line Railroad Park and Museum and ice cream at the only local restaurant.







End of camping celebration photo with the entire crew...



And keeping the trip going, a few of us stopped on the way home by Jeffers Petroglyphs, one of the world's oldest historic sites with 5,000 ancient rock carvings made by ancestors of the American Indians...