ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU,
HEATHER.
STATE PARKS ARE VERY PLENTY
IN MINNESOTA.
WE ARE FORTUNATE HERE, IF YOU
LIKE TO HIKE, BIKE OR TAKE IN
NATURE, THERE ARE MORE THAN 75
TO CHOOSE FROM.
BUT, NOW, WE WANT TO KNOW
WHICH ONE YOU LIKE BEST AND
WITH A HALF MILLION VISITORS
EACH YEAR, IT'S NOT QUESTION
WHY I CHOSE ONE OF THE MOST
POPULAR.
GOOSE BERRY --
FIVE WATER FALLS.
HIGHLIGHT GOOSEBERRY FALLS
LANDSCAPE.
BUT THIS STATE PARK OFFERS SO
MUCH MORE THAN JUST A PRETTY
VIEW.
IF YOU OPEN UP, THERE IS AN
EXPERIENCE FOR ALL FIVE OF YOUR
SENSES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
REALLY FOCUS ON WHEN I'M
WALKING THROUGH THE TRAILS IS
MY SENSE OF HEARING.
LISTENING FOR THE ROAR OF THE
WATER FALLS GOING OVER THE
HEDGE, LISTENING FOR THE BIRDS
SOUNDS IN THE WOODS.
Reporter: AS THIS NATURALIST
TAUGHT ME A SNIFF OF THE AIR
WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT IS IN
SEASON
WHAT WE ARE SMELLING IS THE
MILK WEED.
YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND YOU
CAN SEE THE BEES CLUSTERING
AROUND ON THE MILK WEED.
MOTHER NATURE DID NOT FORGET
ABOUT YOUR SENSE OF TASTE.
ALL OF THESE BERRIES ARE
EDIBLE.
Reporter: FANTASTIC, SO
GREAT.
THIS IS A GOOSE BERRY.
THEY ARE TART.
IF YOU LIKE THE TASTE, YOU WANT
TO LOOK FOR A DARK COLOR.
Reporter: SO, THIS IS THE
NAMES SAKE?
YEP.
THAT'S NOT MY FAVORITE.
IT'S DEFINITELY A LITTLE
TART.
GOOSE BERRY FALL ALSO APPEAL
TO YOUR SENSE OF CURIOSITY.
A U IT'S A UNIQUE COME
BINNATION OF GEOLOGYnd HUMAN
HISTORY.
WHERE WE STAND, ROOT MAINS
OF THE CIVILIAN CORPS CAMP THEY
STARTED IN 1933.
THE CCC WAS A PROGRAM SET UP
BY FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION TO
GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.
IF WE DID NOT HAVE THE CCC
HERE, GOOSE BERRY WOULDN'T HAVE
OPENED UP.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE 80
STRUCTURES THAT MAKE UP THIS
PARK
IT'S IN THE AREAS WHERE YOU
CAN DISCOVER JUST HOW MASSIVE
THIS PARK IS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO THE
FALLS.
THIS PARTICULAR SPOT, OVERLOOK
DOESN'T GET QUITE AS MANY
PEOPLE.
IF YOU ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A
SPOT TO GET AWAY, FIND SOME
QUIET, PEACEFUL SILENCE, THIS
IS ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD SPOT
TO COME.
Reporter: SO, AFTER YOU
EXPLORE THE FALLS AND CAPTURE
YOUR MOMENT IN FRONT OF THE
ROARING WATERS, TREK A LITTLE
DEEPER AND YOU WILL DISCOVER
THERE IS EVEN MORE
OPEN YOUR SENSES AND WALK
INTO THE WOODS, A WONDERFUL
PART OF BEING HERE.
WE ARE GOOSEBERRY FALLS
STATE PARK AND WE ARE THE BEST
STATE PARK IN MINNESOTA.
SO, PARK RANGER NICK HOOF
MAN SHARED A TIP FOR VISITORS
IF YOU COME BEFORE 11:1 AM OR
AFTER 4:00 P.M.
, PARKING IS MUCH EASIER.
DON'T FORGET, THEY ARE OPEN
YEAR ROUND, A COUPLE OF OTHER
--
HARD TO GO WRONG WITH ANY
OF THEM
WE HAD A GREAT DAY.
IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN IT'S
EVEN 3 1/2 HOURS NORTH OF THE
TWIN CITIES
YOU HAVE TO SEE IT.
BUT NOT SO HIGH ON THE GOOSE
BERRIES?
I DIDN'T LIKE THE GOOSE
BERRIES ALL THAT MUCH.
STICK TO THE JAMS AND JELLIES.
NEXT WEEK AT 10:00, WE ARE
LOOKING FOR YOUR BEST COURSE
TAIL, TUNE IN TO SEE A WINNER,