Bemidji is a small (pop 16k) town in north Minnesota about 100 miles south of Canada. Our first stop here was International Falls. Although this is not the northernmost spot in the US, it is for us as Angle Inlet is only reachable by boat, so latitude 48.6024 is it for us. For lunch, we took our picnic basket over to the Rainy Lake Visitors Center at Voyageurs National Park. Voyageurs is a true water park best explored by boat, kayak, or canoe. We ate at a table by the lake and watched the boats go out to fish. We hiked along a nice path through the forest, too, before heading back. Another day, we drove over to Itasca State Park. Here, on the north end of Lake Itasca, a little river called the Mississippi starts it’s 2348 mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico. It is the only place you can walk across it!