hello everyone we are here at maplewood state park by
pelican rapids minnesota and we are kicking off our time here at
the state park with some kayaking here on
beers lake yes beer but it's kind of too early for that but
that's okay and then we're gonna go enjoy some hiking here at the park so
we're so excited to be here because look behind us you guys check out those
colors you should have seen the drive here we
had about a two hour drive and it was just lit up everywhere out
here it's so pretty the sun is just coming up it's
about eight in the morning so we're so excited to be here get on the
water do some hiking and enjoy minnesota's fall because you guys
if you're a minnesotan you know fall time is the best so
follow along as we do some kayaking and hiking at middlewood state park
can you hear the loon he's calling right now
it's so pretty
we just got down here to the access and he started in
he's way out there
keep it coming
all right you guys so we're here at the dock we're gonna get our kayaks here in
the water and beers lake is really cool because
from the access here in the state park right when you get on the water if you
go to the right it's like narrow channel
areas and look at those colors they're so pretty
i'm so excited to get these out there so yeah it's gonna be a good day
all right you guys we just got on the water here we are on
beerus lake oh my gosh this is so pretty so one thing i've been so
excited about this year is to do some fall
kayaking it's officially here it is september 19th and the fall colors are
starting to pop up here oh my god it is absolutely
gorgeous this is like lit up up here so totally loving
this new change of scenery even though i know
that memes it's coming to the end of minnesota's kayaking season which i am
so so sad about i feel like i did not have enough time on our kayaks
this year but that's how it is so for all of you
minnesota kayakers i sure hope you are enjoying these last few weekends we have
left here minnesota this is amazing check this out
my wife looks like fall colors your kayak matches the leaves
oh that's crazy i tell you what you know
oh don't capsize you know
oh i don't know about that
check it out guys look at that come on
so pretty my husband's getting stuck again
what are you doing i have no explanation for him
we're just sitting here because we found a nice like calm spot on the lake so
we're just enjoying this peacefulness right here
just looking at the colors very nice yeah
so pretty minnesota definitely knows how to put on
a show doesn't she whoa it's so pretty so
today's plan as i mentioned earlier we are going to do some hiking here in
the park and then after that we are going to go into pelican rabbits for
lunch and we're going to go see the world's
largest pelican you guys did you know that did you know pelican
rapids has the world's largest pelican that's pretty cool it has been a long
time since we've been up here to pelican rapids the last time we were
at maplewood was when we went camping here and that was like
five years ago probably it's been a long time so
it's so good to be back here there's so many nice lakes here in the park
that it's like perfect for kayaking and it's just calm and quiet and peaceful
because it's a park so that's what we love about kayaking and
state parks is that you don't get all the crazy like riff raff that you
want on like regular lakes so this is just awesome
and then when we are all finished in a pelican rapids we are heading
to glendalough state park which we have never been to the state park so we are
so excited we're gonna go check it out hopefully we can get the kayaks out as
long as it's not too windy on the lakes there
stay tuned for that video that is coming up that is our afternoon plan
so morning here in maplewood and then glendalough this afternoon
i'm totally digging that my kayak here matches the
fall colors this perception kayak is called sunset that's the color
and um so it's perfect we got fall colors and sunset colors that's what i'm
all about so no complaining there
oh so pretty look at that all right so we're gonna wrap up our
kayaking here at maplewood miles around trip up on a map here of
exactly where we paddled here on beer's lake right from the access
really really great like narrow inlet areas to go paddling in
um and then the other side of the lake is a lot like bigger
so um we prefer the smaller inlet so now it's time to go do some hiking
so let's go
wow it is so pretty the leaves are falling in some of these areas we're at
lydia lake right now just checking out the boat access area
really pretty maple wood city park has this really pretty scenic
five mile loop that you can drive so we are currently on the loop it is a gravel
loop five miles long and look at that sumac
you guys oh my god it's like such a pretty red the park has a lot of
restored prairie areas and so it's kind of like a little tour they
kind of show you like when the prairie was planted and where it is at now
and they're so pretty it's like this pretty like amber
wheat color but yeah it has like the fall tone it's so pretty and then you
kind of see like some overlooks of some of the lakes that you drive past
here on that five mile loop so pretty
all right let's get the hike started so we are doing the hallaway hill
overlook so this hike is at the very like end of
the park here and we are parked right here and we are gonna go hike up to
hallaway hill and back so yeah about one mile round
trip pretty easy has some really pretty overlooks we did
this hike years ago and it's really really nice trail
all right just got on the trail here it's so nice out you guys we're coming
after like a more beautiful day sure so first i just want to say thank you
guys so much for all the comments and love on my brand
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be a mix up with my videos so a little bit more details and stuff
on the blog mixed with my videos so really cool but
of course i will always be vlogging so what'd you find snake was it really yeah
oh you guys every single time we go hiking i swear
we see a snake well i don't see it and then he finds it and then
sometimes i run in to them though chase
anyways let's hope there's that many of those today
no yeah all right anyways let's go to hallaway hill
wow this is so cool we're on the hill aerial views you guys check this out
wow this sumac is literally on fire it's so pretty
oh it's so pretty wow maple void is such a pretty state park
so cool
we made it at the top we just packing done
it was a good day here at the park
one last stop before we head to pelican rapids for food have
to go check out the beach here lots of picnics in the park today
because it's such a nice day it's like one of those days we could have probably
done that but they haven't really looked at it
they have a really good mexican spot here so no sandwiches
no sandwiches today mexican is the phone the menu oh yeah
i believe the state park without getting our passports down
ready yep boom there it is good job officially number six on the
books we're getting there long way to go all
right you guys we made it for lunch hola amigos
Taqueria Escobar what is it
you're so good with your spanish sitting out here on the patio and they
got like mexican music going straight margarita salsa cerissa
especially oh fancy this is cute place
all right there it is you guys i got a chicken burrito
drenched with queso because like that's the best
and then vince got a pasta burrito nice oh such a perfect day to be sitting
outside eating too cute little tone of pelican rapids
that was awesome that was very good and we decided to get our spanish down
we'd love to sit and like speak some fluent spanish
i'm doing this one that's where it's at it's like really cute because it's like
right next to the world's largest pelican
so guess where we're going to eat our ice cream she got the
bleep just got
they serious a nice name for my ice cream she said it too i did
the blank it just got serious what'd you get
fudge fudge dream i don't know human is wonder woman you
guys i don't even know
there it is you guys
how cute it's the biggest pelican in the world i
know that is the biggest pelican in the world it's great
who knew minnesota held such a title
there he is
just found out the pelican has a name his name is pelican pete
pete he was built in 1957. he cost $1200 and he cost only $1200
for pelican pete you guys who knew try and build a pelican nowadays for
$1200 and see how far that goes right
all right you guys we're gonna end this vlog right here on pelican rapids
awesome awesome day at maplewood state park having some amazing mexican
and of course some ice cream cones and seeing the world's largest pelican of
course i mean come on how cool is that if you guys have any questions of course
comment below now stay tuned for our next vlog because we are heading over to
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