Sasquatch Hunting

With high hopes, we left our super secret undisclosed location and headed east into the Minnesota wilderness to try and find the ever elusive Sasquatch. We heard about a place that has been terrorized by the foul beast and we thought we better get over there to check out the situation. We set up our base camp at St. Croix state park in eastern Minnesota.

St. Croix River

Very wooded country and we can see why Sasquatch would want to live in that remote area.

As we set up it was very apparent that what we heard was true. This campground has over 200 sites and there where maybe 3 campers in all there. People obviously were very afraid of running into one of those oversized bipedal monstrosities. 

Not one soul in this part of the campground. With camp set up, we made battle plans for the next day to attack this beast. We decided to go to the local swimming hole. Sasquatch needs to drink right?

We made the drive to the swimming beach, only to find it deserted. No sign of life. Sasquatch or human. We had the idea that maybe if we searched from the fire tower, that there would be a very good chance to see something. So back to the pickup to find that and find it we did.

100 feet up. Above the canopy for a majestic view of the surrounding area.

Lisa was a trooper. She made it up 3 flights of stairs and decided that going to the top was not in the cards today. The thing is just bolted together like a childs cheap erector set. So she decided to take her chances with the Sasquatch and that I could take all the glory if I saw one. I got to the top and it was rather windy above the trees. That tower was not as solid as one might think. So with a death grip of me hanging on to the railing, I fished out my phone and took some pictures to study later when I was on solid ground.

After a quick review of the pictures, it was discovered that there was no Sasquatch there. I think we will have to try a different technique tomorrow. Back to the camp for revelry and tom foolery!

Moose working as the campground host for the day.

The next day we went to Banning State Park, not far from where we were. We heard of reports there. We checked out the campground first and it is not big rig friendly at all. Off to the woods.

At Banning State Park there is the remains of an old Quarry from the turn of the century.

You can see the drill marks in the rock. They used to mine Hinckley Sandstone from this Quarry and ship down to the Twin Cities for buildings. Not much left of it now except for a lot of rock piles and a couple of buildings.

This was the power house containing the air compressors, generators and steam engines.Well, with no discoveries, we started making our way back. Our path took us along the banks of the Kettle River. What a beautiful river with rapids and everything. We thought that this river should be in Colorado and not in Minnesota, it was so wild.

There was even a kayaker shooting the rapids. 

Lisa contemplating her existence.

At the end of the day I went through my photos and I may have gotten a Sasquatch photo. You will have to decide for yourself.

It was a much needed little vacay. We are headed back to our super secret undisclosed location unless something out of the blue comes up. I would like to leave you with one final photo and thought. Rather a question. Do Sasquatches poop in the woods?

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Yes they do because it's a hell of a lot better than pooping in one of these things.

Until the next adventure.