so we just did a thing we are officially Minnesota passport
holders um Jeanie what do you mean you're a
Minnesota passport holder? you mean you got a passport? no no no
let me explain so if you didn't know Minnesota is pretty much one of the
coolest states ever we have at 75 state parks we have 10,000 lakes and we have
four full seasons I mean come on we literally have the coolest state ever,
right? Give this video a like if you think Minnesota is awesome! And because
we have such a beautiful state with so many state parks and
so many lakes including Lake Superior the Minnesota DNR has their very
own State Parks Passport Club and I just got mine in the mail and I'm so excited
about it check this little cutie out there it is
that is the Minnesota State Parks Passport
Club so let me explain what this little cuties all about. So this little book
is just like you would think of an international passport
you get stamps for every state park you visit
so check this out you have a bunch of pages in here
and then each state park in Minnesota has a stamp at the office so after
visiting the park you just go into the state park
office there and get your passport book stamped until you hit all 75 state parks
in Minnesota I don't know why it's taken me this long to get this little cutie
but I am so excited about it and I'm kind of
kicking myself because we have been to so many state
parks this year already that I gotta go back now so I can get on
stamp with the passport club you get this little passport that i
showed you and then it also comes with this
travel log and in here you're able to just
write down the park you visited what you did at the park and then some of the
favorite things that you did that you wanted to remember about your time there
so this is really cool it's a great way to just kind of log
your adventures throughout the state parks
and then it came in this cute little mesh bay that has the
minnesota state park logo on it and then when you get it you're gonna have this
little card in there where you can go register so i just registered right
online through that website easy peasy or you
can fill this out and send it back to the office so they
have a really cool little setup here that is so fun
you can purchase these passport club books um right at a nature store at a
state park or you can call the state park office
listed on their website and they will send it to you and that is what i did
because we are in the middle of a pandemic
in 2020 the nature stores are not open so i did have to call in and have it
ordered I have my little receipt here and the book itself is $14.95 and then
shipping it did cost an extra $6.92 cents for a total of
$22.97 for one book so being part of the Minnesota
passport club does have its perks so once you get up to 25 passport stamps
in your book from the state park you will receive a pin
and a certificate for a free night of camping at any state park and then
once you hit 75 stamps on your passport book
you will receive another free night at any state park for camping
and you will also get a plaque showing that you have
completed all 75 state parks in minnesota
so pretty cool right so if completing this little book
isn't enough of a challenging and motivating thing to do
there has been someone who has done this book eight
times so yes once you complete it once you can do it again
and again and again so that's a lot of miles and it sounds like so much fun
completing this booklet eight times can you imagine now there's actually another
club with the dnr that you can take advantage of there's also a minnesota
hiking club and that is also associated with
the minnesota state park system however we aren't doing the hiking club part we
just wanted to do the passport club we have always had the goal to go visit
all the state parks in minnesota and there's so many corners of minnesota we
haven't even touched like the southwest corner of minnesota
we have never done anything down there so we are so excited to get started
getting our little passport stamps and also do not forget if you are looking to
join the passport club in order to enter state parks you do have to have a
parking permit you can buy a one-year parking permit for only $35
and that is good for one full year from the month of purchase so if you purchase
your state park pass on june 2nd of 2020 you have until june
30th of 2021 to go to all state parks with that parking permit there are also
parking permits for just day use which i think they're about seven dollars so
depending on how many state parks you are looking to visit in a year
it's definitely more beneficial to just buy the one year park pass for the $35
so because we just got this in the mail we are so excited to get started get in
our stamps and our passport cupboard we are heading out this weekend to go to
some state parks here in minnesota and we cannot wait because we have not been
to these state parks for a long long long time so it's going to be great if
you have any more questions about the passport club or the hiking club
definitely leave the comments below otherwise you can definitely look right
on the minnesota dnr's website they will have everything listed for you
and i want to know are you a passport club member
and if so have you just got your book are you working on it have you completed
it already i would love to hear how far you are on
your journey and i want to wish you all an amazing time through the minnesota
park system because we are so lucky to live in such a beautiful
state with so many beautiful state parks so go have some fun
get some stamps and make some memories and if you haven't already be sure to
give this video a thumbs up and subscribe for future
vlogs as i will have a lot more state park adventures
if you haven't seen some of our state park adventures already from this year
be sure to go watch those videos because those are so awesome we have been having
a lot of fun this year exploring the minnesota state park so with that said
we will see you guys in the next vlog bye guys