June 27 - Bemidji - Hungry Man Campground (52 miles)

We started our day by going to breakfast with Mary and a great restaurant she picked out in Bemidji.  The food was excellent.  We got a few pictures of us with Mary, below, said our goodbyes and away we go onward.  Mary - no worries... we will let you know when we finish! :)

Maybe 15-20 miles outside Bemidji, we came across the Mississippi headwaters, also pic and video below.  It's quite amazing that there is a beginning to such a majestic river as the Mississippi, where it begins a small stream that you can literally jump across.  

During our lunch break, we had a bunch of butterflies trying to join our feast by getting in my handlebar bag.  They did get in, but I'm afraid that it wasn't very fruitful for them.  We caught a couple of videos of them, one in normal speed and the other, Jake captured in slo-mo.

The ride through Itasca State park was really pleasant - super nice path and lots to observe.  It seemed to be a pretty popular getaway, and after cycling to Fargo, I can see why - it's really the first encounter with woods and camping outside of Fargo (at least Eastward).  

We got to our camp site fairly early and there were not many other campers around.  We picked a good spot near the lake.  Unexpected, there were not many bugs to bother us.  We took our 'showers' in the lake and then hit the hay early.  It rained pretty much all night long.  I remember the elk were bugling all night long, some animal (not sure what) getting into the trash cans, and what sounded like deer cruising through our campground.  At one point, I clapped my hands together, and they took off sounding like horses.  I highly doubt deer were in the trash though, as it seemed to be picked through and the lid had to be taken off.  Either raccoons or bears, I'd guess???

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