2010 MN State Park Trip

Red River SRA

The Red River State Recreational Area (SRA) is located in downtown East Grand Forks. We were having some starter problems with my scooter so we left it at the motel and rode double on Pat's scooter to the park. We rode through the park and Pat took some pictures along the way. This was one of the few parks that I have seen that had curb and gutters. The park came about as a result of the Red River flooding several years ago. There were many private homes in this area that were destroyed. The "powers that be" were smart enough to realize that if they let the residents rebuild in this same spot they would be having the same flooding problems in the future. The home owners were bought out and the area was turned into a State Park. Click on any of the thumbnail pictures to see an expanded view. Use your browsers "Back Button" to return to the thumbnails or click back again to return to the text.