Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Wenberg State Park and Lake Goodwin

For many years, my parents took our whole family (including my grandpa Ernest) camping most weekends in the summertime.  Our favorite place was Wenberg State Park (on Lake Goodwin) in Stanwood.  It's a short 40-minute drive from Maltby, and it was a perfect day for a ride and an afternoon of remembering the fun times my family had when I was growing up.

The park is virtually unchanged since the last time I was there, and I could still remember our favorite campsite and the patch of grass where we would play baseball with my dad.  The lake is clear and looked very pristine and blue today, and the swimming area was filled with local people enjoying the last week of August. 

I used to take my son Dave camping there when he was small, and I'd pack our little tent and his two-wheeler bike and throw everything into the back of my little red Datsun pickup truck. I'll have to take my granddaughter there so I can say that five generations of our family have been there.

 
 
 
 

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