Lake Shetek State Park.......

                               
                                          Our campsite at Lake Shetek State Park

                                                   
                                                        Christa doing some cooking

                                                       
                                                                      Enjoying our supper

                       
                                      Otis waiting for someone to drop some food for him to eat

                                                                   The trails in the park

                                       
                                                             Sunset over Lake Shetek

                                                               Rick walking the trails

       
                                             Christa on our walk around the island

Rick wanted to shoot the MSAA State Field shoot this year so we made a camping trip out of it. Since I knew he would be gone the whole day shooting I asked Christa and Jese to come along. Jese decided he would shoot the Field too so Christa, Oliver and I spend most of our time at the park.

Lake Shetek State Park is a gem of western Minnesota! If you are camping in a RV you will be happy to hear that it is one of the three state parks in Minnesota that have full hookup. They also have electric sites and tent sites. Christa and Jese stayed in the Oak Woods campgrounds in a tent site and we stayed in the Sunrise Campgrounds in a full hookup site. We were both really happy with our sites, they are very big sites with lots of room to set up all your stuff. The Sunrise campground is pretty new so the trees are still small so if you get a site in the middle of the campgrounds you will be in full sun. I would say that within 5 years it will be shady.

We only got to walk on one of the hiking trails. We took the Loon Island trail, it was about a mile. The trail is crushed rock and very wide and easy to walk.

Christa, Oliver and I spent a lot of time at the beach. The water was clean on the days we were there. The beach itself was pretty small but the water was shallow so it was nice for the little kids. We had floaties so we took Oliver out deeper on them with us. They have a big area roped off for swimmers.

We will definitely being coming back to the park. We are thinking about going back at the end of August. Next time we will be bringing our  bikes for the bike trails and spend more time exploring the hiking trails. We also hope to rent a canoe.

Lastly I have to say how proud I am of Rick. He is having the best summer of shooting that he has had in a long time. He not only won the SMFS but set a new MSAA State Record at the MSAA Field! He could not be happier with his shooting.

Happy Camping
Sharon