May 26, 2008

MN - Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Campground



This was a nice campground with easy access to the Twin Cities - it is about 5 miles away from Kevin's sister and her husband in Hugo.


Unfortunately it was right in a major hail storm and tornado path the evening of May 25th. A mere 4 miles away families completely lost their homes to the tornado and a small child was killed. Amazingly, the Scout came through with just a couple of pock marks on the diamond plate from the hail. We're certainly counting our blessings. Note the hail on the ground in the "frosty" picture - this was a few hours after the storm had come through. And still a little hail remained on the ground the next morning when the clear shot was taken.


We were in site #24, which is a pull-through site (neither of us wanted to try backing at our first site). We didn't spend too much time camping since we were visiting our many family members and friends in the Twin Cities - but the sites were big and pretty well spaced for nice privacy.