Comments on: Camping Minnesota

By: kc!

kc! — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:11:26 +0000

I’m going camping tomorrow night at Frontenac State Park. All this camping talk has got to me and I must get out of the city soon. Just me and Jeff for the night tomorrow.

By: noodleman

noodleman — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:58:35 +0000

It was quiet the sight and experience.

I’d bet it wasn’t quiet at all!

By: jstone

jstone — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:42:11 +0000

Tettegouche & Itasca are favorites from car camping. While the BWCA is not a state park, it offers Minnesota at it’s best. However, Yellowstone and the areas around the park (to me) are far superior than the BWCA. For example while hiking the Hellroaring Creek Trail last Saturday, we spooked the Cottonwood Pack (5 adults & 3 pups) It was quiet the sight and experience. We saw many grizzly bears, black bears, moose, elk, bighorn sheep and mt goats…another great week in Yellowstone.

By: kwatt

kwatt — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:42:26 +0000

There are legislators who barely make 4′9″.

By: kurtis

kurtis — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:20:45 +0000

You’re right, kc, but Rat’s quote says “under 8 or under 4′9″, not “and under.” How many 8 year olds are that tall?

By: kc!

kc! — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:26:37 +0000

The law states that kids under 8 must be in booster seats unless they are 4′9″ or taller. Once you are 8, regardless of height, you can ride without a booster.

By: kurtis

kurtis — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:01:13 +0000

But that does strike me as too much law. As a short kid, I would have been using a booster seat into high school. I suffered enough shame and indignity without taking a car seat with me on field trips in eighth grade.

By: kurtis

kurtis — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:02 +0000

What does your kid knowing his way around Windows XP have to do with him surviving a car accident? Because it’s one of those things where IQ doesn’t come into it.

By: Rat

Rat — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:40:09 +0000

Yes, the stadium bill would have lost more than likely. I wrote my rep and senataor urging them to vote for it, and when they voted against it, I wrote them another letter.

OK, I was wrong, Dave.

By: mnblrmkr

mnblrmkr — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:27:30 +0000

Actually did vote against he outdoors/arts tax. Not because I opposed the tax/purpose itself, but because I don’t think tax policy should be handled that way.

But I did oppose the Twins stadium tax.

At least the outdoors/arts tax followed proper proceure, unlike the Twins tax. State law required that be put to a vote, but they manage to get a one off bill to waive that because they knew it would lose badly if it was actually put to a popular vote.