Merrick State Park Camping

We headed back to Merrick State Park because we just loved it so much. We also thought it would be nice to actually check out the rest of the campground since the last time we were there over half of it was flooded. We were on site number 7 this time.

Our first stop was going back to Suncrest Gardens in Cochrane. We all really enjoy ourselves there. Tom and I love being able to sit and relax, the boys love all the play sets and everyone agrees that the pizza is incredible! It was then back to the campsite for everyone's favorite; S'Mores! On Saturday there was a special town event, I think it was a fishing competition, going on so we went to check it out. There were craft booths and a park that the boys loved. We also hit up a couple of Geocaches in the area.

Tom had a brilliant idea of bringing the bounce house this trip; it really helped entertain the boys while we had to set up, tear down or while cooking dinner. It also created a great down time for me to do some reading! The boys also worked hard on their books the State Park gave us so that we can earn badges. On Sunday we went to church at Pleasant Valley Church in Winona, MN again. We really enjoy finding unique and local coffee shops wherever we go camping and The Acoustic Cafe was a favorite!

It was a very relaxing weekend and we highly enjoyed our time in that area again. We found lots of geocaches, created great memories, said said our good-byes to Ron & Caroline and then headed back home!