Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Fairmont Chain of Lakes & Historic Downtown – Fairmont, Minnesota


July 11 

The chain of lakes includes Amber Lake, Hall Lake, Budd Lake, Sisseton Lake and Lake George.

We had a nice walk from the park we started from taking us past many homes along the lakes, and then through a neighborhood and then past a very nice grassland area. 
 female Wood Duck & Ducklings

 random houses along the lake





 cabins for rent along the lake
 Hall lake cabins
 Chipping Sparrow - young

female Brown-headed Cowbird




 White Pelican
many beautiful flower gardens
 Dickcissel
 Dickcissel


 Song Sparrow
 Song Sparrow

 Song Sparrow






The trail continued past there through some woods and we had just passed a sign that said bicycle path, so we kept going. Not far after that sign, the trail dead-ended. On the map we had (from the visitor’s center) showed it looping around back to the park area where we started. Greg got on Google Maps and it was really a short distance left to go, so we thought we could “bush-wack” our way and connect with the trail on the other side. It didn’t take long to realize that wasn’t a brilliant idea. Maybe with long pants and hiking boots, but we were dressed in shorts and the grasses were cutting our legs and there was no path to be seen. So, we had no choice but to turn around and walk all the way back. It was lunch time and hot out at this point. Since Greg walks faster than I do, I stayed at the park with the shade and the bathrooms and he went to get the car. (what a guy!) It seems they just haven’t finished the trail since there were a few stakes in the ground, but not yet if ever.

We were at lunch by around 1:00ish. We stopped at Channel Inn for lunch that sits right on the lake. We split a fried pork tenderloin and a shrimp po’boy and tater tots of course. 




 pork tenderloin
 sides
 Shrimp Po' Boy

The downtown area really wasn’t much, we drove through and stopped at a spot that I hoped would have a magnet of Minnesota. It was a pharmacy/gift shop and sure enough it did. 
Martin County Courthouse

One last stop at Walmart for stuff and things and then home to get ready to move tomorrow. It should be almost as long a drive as it took to get here. We are making a short stop at Summit, South Dakota on our way to North Dakota. We will stop on the way back for a longer stay where the major sites are in South Dakota.

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