Owattona, MIinnesota

After a six and a half hour drive from Chicago, we arrived at Rice Lake State Park in Owattona, MN. We were greeted by a swarm of dime sized blood sucking mosquitoes. We quickly pitched our tent but were forced to run out and drive to a local Walgreens to buy bug repellent spray. We collected dry shrubbery and started a nice fire which helped with our bug problem. We drank a bottle of wine and roasted marshmellows over the fire as the skies got pitch black. We were warned about a racoon problem, which we quickly learned about. Marisa woke up at 3am to a few racoons sniffing for food around our tent. They didn't wake me up because I'm a heavy sleeper.