doodledee

Man, wasn't that a beautiful day on Friday out at Afton State Park? You remember - the one with the huge autumnal sun marching slowly across postcard perfect cerulean sky. The one where the wind blew briskly enough that you got to wear long sleeves and/or even a vest (!!) if you got there early enough. In a word: spectacular.

What's that? You don't remember? You were stuck in a cubefarm all day punching a keyboard for The Man? Oh, that sucks. Because seriously, dude, it was awesome. A nice hike, a nice picnic, another nice hike, some splashing and/or rock throwing into the river, and a hike back to the car; everything a fall day at a state park should be. And we were basically the only car in the parking lot. Not to nag, but where were you people?

Only bummer: it's still a couple of weeks until leaves hit their peak colors around here. But I'm not complaining.

Insider tip: 95 is [currently] under construction south of 94 @ 18. Ignore the detour signs go east on 18 then jog south.

Anyone ever do the backpack camping there? I walked thru a couple of sites and they looked pretty nice.

Afton State Park [mn dnr]
Afton State Park [wikipedia]