hey guys welcome back we are at charles lindbergh state park here by little falls minnesota
doing some winter hiking it's like a beautiful like foggy morning kinda and the trees are kind of
covered in that hoar frost which was really pretty on the drive in but now that we're to the park i
think it's like melted but it's still really pretty but i guess there's some way at the tip
still some of that frost we have like six inches of snow here that we'll be hiking in we were
thinking about doing snow shoes but the trails are pretty maintained so um don't need though
we're just gonna use our boots so excited to get out here at chelsenberg and do a little hiking and
just enjoy the day it is 17 degrees and no wind so it's pretty nice pretty nice so makes fun of me
tell you what let's go that's how much snow is here all right so here is a map of charles
lindbergh state park so it's right along the mississippi actually there's a road and then
it crosses the mississippi and then over here is a bunch of hiking trails so we are right here and we
are gonna head on this trail that goes down here and around to see the site where jenny landed that
was the plane site for charles lindbergh when he landed here and also there is another section to
the state park it is on another area here of the on the other side of little falls so
right here is where charleston respect park is but then if you drive through little falls
there's another section over here that has more hiking trails along the mississippi
there's the river behind us which obviously is but we can hear it
so um yeah it's like we can hear the trickle of the river down there because there's like
a little crack in the knife so definitely don't be walking out on that data two inches
crazy man don't listen to him here's some snowshoe paddles so there have been some people out here
on this trail snowshoeing you guys i'm super impressed i didn't know what to expect with the
trails here but they're like really groomed and really nice and very easy it's a beautiful day
we've got some snow packed stairs here so got to be careful going up these we crossed the bridge
we just walked up the stairs we're right there so we will walk up here on this ledge that goes
along the river you can kind of see where i'm looking and then we will make the loop so here's
the ledger just walking along with the river down below it would be really pretty i'm sure
in the summer too so we have never really done a lot of hiking at this state park we've been
to it but we've never just done any hiking so it's really pretty i'm really impressed
so fun fact we were actually here this past summer because we were gonna do a vlog but when we got
here the mosquitoes were absolutely absolutely horrible and we literally got no more than that
first bridge that we showed you and we had to turn around like bug spray wasn't even helping
so fyi summer months a lot of mosquitoes but not a soul around today so
but it's really it's really beautiful here in the winter so definitely a park to visit if
you're looking to go winter hiking really nice trails wow look at that you guys that's really
pretty it's such a mix of like the pot bowls and pine trees this is a pretty area of this trail
we are already right here super easy hike in here really nice really pretty area too of this trail
made it to the landing site of charles lindbergh's plane jenny this is where charles lindbergh landed
his very first airplane right here i would have hoped that back in the day this wasn't as wooded
i'm sure it wasn't because that would be a hard land obviously this was very much
open back in 1923 so i made it right here now we're gonna take the shortcut back we're gonna
see if there's any trails open down here by the river all right we made it back to the bridge
if you've been following along you are nowhere a member of the state park passport program so
it's winter i wonder if there's stamps out all right they do have the stamp out here we go
awesome there it is you guys haven't been to a state park since october 4th
okay so we're still at Lindbergh state park here we just got our passport stamped because
we actually moved parking spots because in order so there's a big parking lot area like right by
the sign here when you come into the park um and then if you cross the road here there are more
trails that go along the mississippi river so we're gonna go on those trails right now
all right so we're on the other side of the road and here's a sign this is a charles lindbergh's
house right there where he grew up see if i can zoom in
there it is it's all gated though they do offer tours of the house in the summer months um it's
closed right now because it's winter but um i have done the tours there it's pretty neat to see so if
you're ever in the middle class definitely check it out if you want to see the inside of where
charles lindbergh grew up actually you guys can walk to the house i thought it was all close so
we're gonna go walk up to charles library's home right now it's fully open so you just can't go
inside of course and right here on the other side of me is the mighty mississippi so frozen
of course all right you guys there it is cute little house that sits right on the river
cool and just so you can see right over there is the state park on the side of the house here
there's this cute little gate that you can go down here go to the river now we're down here by
the mississippi there's a little trail that runs right around here we got some downed trees here so
i just gotta make our way to keep going whoa look at this you guys i have no idea what this is cool
what do you think this is there the love shack
sorry guys um i have no idea what this is you guys there's no signs or anything
i don't know it's pretty cool very cute little thing whatever they did with it so
that trail led us over here to the lindbergh museum and there's the mighty mississippi
so yeah i think we'll turn around here there it is so way out there the river is actually open
and then it freezes up i can see the water and as we were driving here to the park the river
was open so i'm just going to show you where we were so we were parked here we went across went up
to the house and then there was a trail that came down here and we hiked here to there so we're just
getting back here and now we are gonna head into little falls go get some caribou coffee and then
we're gonna head to the other section of bloomberg and i check out the hiking on that side which is
total opposite side of little balls so get a little coffee that'll warm us up this hiking
has kept us warm so not bad but you can't go wrong with some caribou coffee right all right you guys
so right down the road from charles lambert's day park is mill park here in little falls and it's
kind of where the dam comes out of so the river is open right now as you can see it is absolutely
gorgeous there's still like steam coming off the water this morning and there's tons of ducks and
there's swans on the river i don't know if i'm going to be able to get them on the video here
all right you guys here's where those swans are oh they're so pretty check it out there's ducks
and everything they're watching us look get all the ducks down here on the edge
cool there they go they're just chilling on the current the current's actually
blowing pretty hard i was actually surprised to see that so yeah just cruising the current today
guys this is really pretty it's just there's so much wildlife so definitely
if you are in little falls and you're coming here to see charles lindbergh be sure to
come to mill park and walk here along the river because it's open and it's gorgeous and there's
these beautiful swans and ducks and we did see we couldn't tell because it was too quick it
was either a beaver or it could have been a river otter um we saw it come up and then it
went back down so um lots of wildlife down here so pretty and now time to go get some coffee
all right i got a campfire mocha and boring man over there got a black coffee hey no
i have that one though it's good yeah he's had these many times but he's just
digging the black coffee today so this would be good you guys we're at the other section of
charles and birth state park and it's just a tiny little area here of parking so this
area is located off of a grouse road in little falls and here is a map of the trail here so
we are right here and i'm we'll probably go down this way and then along the mississippi and around
all right let's go got our coffees so we didn't realize that the state park had these
two different sections until i was looking at the map and i saw this like section way
on the other side of town so first time here never been to these trails at all ever so
it's pretty cool check it out and the sun is starting to kind of peek out it was like a
really pretty day though it's like the trees some of the trees still have all
that horror frost on them when we're driving it was like a moody feeling day
a little picnic area this would be a cute spot in the summer months this is really
pretty
all right you guys we just finished the loop here we're just getting back to our vehicle so thank
you guys so much for joining us here at charles limber state park in a little falls minnesota so
this other section here like i said awesome little hike however it is not maintained so it's a lot
harder walking but this would probably be a better area for like snowshoeing or something if you have
those so definitely come take advantage beautiful state park in the winter here and yeah it was a
great day so i hope you guys are all enjoying your winter hikes here in minnesota so be sure
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