Maplewood State Park ~Pelican Rapids, MN

Maplewood State Park

I love this park so much that we ended up going three times while visiting family in MN!

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The first time we ended up just taking the twins and my niece.

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This is the woodland trail loop.

It is under a mile but so pretty!

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I may have told my husband that I was not going home…

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Minnesota in the fall is hard to leave!

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My adorable niece.

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For the second visit, we had all of our kids and came into the park from the south.

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This is a small portion of the Star Loop trail.

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Next, we walked some of this beautiful trail near Maplewood Church.

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I had actually decided to try a family picture with this stunning backdrop but a birthday party started.

I could not bring myself to get out my tripod and set everyone up for a family pic with an audience.

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We drove into in the park a bit more and ended up stopping to take this pic on a side road.

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I love how it looks like everyone is cooperating and having fun but in real life, I had one mad at me and glaring for most of the pics…

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On our 3rd visit, we had just the girls(the boys opted to stay and play with cousins).

We hiked on the Ironwood Trail.

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I can’t get over how pretty the woods were.

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The girls decided to throw leaves at Nick on the hike back to the vehicle.

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Love these.

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I am already missing fall in Minnesota!

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