{"id":40,"date":"2005-09-03T09:56:53","date_gmt":"2005-09-03T09:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/?p=40"},"modified":"2024-01-11T22:56:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T22:56:18","slug":"september_3_2005_bemidji_koa_bemidji_min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/?p=40","title":{"rendered":"September 3, 2005 Bemidji KOA Bemidji Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>September 3, 2005<br \/>\nBemidji KOA<br \/>\nBemidji Minnesota<\/p>\n<p>So glad we were able to stay up here.  It\u2019s been great going out each day and exploring the dirt roads and back country around Bemidji.  Upper Red Lake was amazing- huge lake more like an ocean.<br \/>\nFeel so much like fall the colors are  changing  the air is getting cool and crisp<\/p>\n<p>Had a grand time here at the KOA Mary and all the staff are great.  Also made a good new friend in Bob Riddle.  Hope to run into him in Quartzite  Arizona this winter.  Met Tad and Deanna McBlacne  who are here for the summer as work campers. They just started full timing this year and have an interesting web site:<br \/>\nwww.rvhappenings.com<br \/>\nThey will be at Quartzite as well this winter.<\/p>\n<p>This KOA is run like no other I\u2019ve been to, pancake breakfasts, steak dinners and even raffle drawings!  Additionally the wireless internet, that works flawless is free.  The whole feeling here is one of family and friendship.  The Bemidji KOA is up for sale so I\u2019m not too sure how long Mary will own it but  Mary also has a KOA in Terre Haute and after getting to know Mary I\u2019m sure it just as magnificent a place.  It\u2019s Mary and Keith Davidson<br \/>\nTerre Haute KOA<br \/>\n5995 East Sony Drive<br \/>\nTerre Haute Indiana<br \/>\nBe sure to stop by and say hello when your in the area!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/bemidji-koa-crew.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"383\" \/><br \/>\nThe KOA Crew cooking us a steak diner lets&#8217; see that from left, Jane Unash, Virginia Youngdahal, Denanna McBlane, Mary Davidson, Gunar Youngdahl, Tab McBlane and Bob Unash<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/bob-wins-a-prize.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"379\" \/><br \/>\nBob wins a prize at the steak dinner raffle<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/drawing-for-a-painting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\" \/><br \/>\nThat&#8217;s Mary raffleing off an origional oil painting<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/drawing-for-a-mailbox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\" \/><br \/>\na hand panted mail box by Mary goes up for raffle.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/bob-dishing-out-to-heather.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\" \/><br \/>\nanother night at the chile cookout they did, that&#8217;s Bob dishing up a bowl for Heather<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/tad-and-bob-at-campfire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"384\" \/><br \/>\nTad and Bob at Bob&#8217;s camp<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/first-fall-color.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\" \/><br \/>\nFirst fall color<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/first-fall-color2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\" \/><br \/>\nAnd second fall color<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/heather-and-dmk-and-henry-upper-red-lake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\" \/><br \/>\nHeather DMK and Henry at Upper Red Lake<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/henry-at-upper-red-lake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\" \/><br \/>\nHenry at Upper Red Lake<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 3, 2005 Bemidji KOA Bemidji Minnesota So glad we were able to stay up here. It\u2019s been great going out each day and exploring the dirt roads and back country around Bemidji. Upper Red Lake was amazing- huge lake more like an ocean. Feel so much like fall the colors are changing the air [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2507,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/2507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmichaelkennedy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}