Friday, June 30th

We started the day off with a hearty breakfast at the 371 Cafe in Cass Lake and then drove the 16 miles up to Bemidji. This is a pretty community, situated on the shore of a lake of the same name. In Bemidgi, we saw a sculpture of the legendary Paul Bunyan and his Blue Ox, Babe.

We then drove about 40 miles south to Itasca
State Park which is home to Lake Itasca and the headwaters of the mighty Mississippi River. After we both "walked across the Mississippi, we had lunch at the lodge and returned home.








Later that evening we drove thru the parking lot near a casino and saw hundreds of Chippewa indians at a Pow-Wow, much like a religeous ceremony. We were fascinated by the chanting and dancing. We were told that it would be OK to park and go in but I felt that we would be interlopers.