Bemidji, Home of Paul Bunyan & Babe, the Blue Ox

Our destination last Friday was Bemidji MN, another community I probably had never visited before.  (If I have, it was back in 1970.) We were there to meet a crew of geocachers who left Maple Grove at midnight. Minnesota cachers were attending events in 8 communities in the state (north to south, east to west) in a 24 hour period. We planned on attending four of the day's events.

We arrived Friday afternoon with time to explore the community, find some geocaches, locate our hotel and enjoy a delicious meal. Here are some of the sights from this northern Minnesota community.

Paul & Babe are located along the shore at the Visitor's Center

the area was undergoing some construction

the Mississippi River headwaters is 

very near the community

Bemidji - First City on the Mississippi 

some of the statue artwork in downtown Bemidji

interesting colors and mosaic

the kitty is looking up at the girl reading her book

the dog is wanting some ice cream, too

the boy is also reading a book

mural on the side of a building

depicting the history of the land and the lake 

We drove from Bemidji to Crookston where the cachers met at a McDonalds for lunch. The real cool part of that stop was meeting someone from Grand Forks whose mother had the same last name and spelling of Hubby. The two guys had a very nice visit. We also connected with 2 geocachers we had met at events we had attended in Minneapolis in May, and another cacher we had met in Sioux Falls at an event last month. The third event was at a park in Fergus Falls where we met a MN cacher we had met for the first time at an event in the Black Hills last summer. We made the final event, just before 9:00 PM at Redwood Falls. We said our hellos and goodbyes and headed home.

The bonus to the day's adventure was receiving a Magical Mystery Tour geo-coin at each event. The center multi-colored 'coin' was given to us by a cacher who ordered her own coins just for the 24 hour adventure. Neat!

This is the woman responsible for organizing the Magical Mystery Tour. I bet you can recognize a theme for the day. Another fun day and a successful geocaching adventure.