Most campgrounds make a good chunk of their yearly income this holiday weekend
Campgrounds take a hit this Memorial Day weekend
Temporarily closed./// frustration is mounting at campgrounds in minnesota as memorial day weekend quickly approaches.
What is usually a big weekend for outdoor enthusiasts has been stunted by the coronavirus.
Kimt new 3's jessica bringe joins us live with how the ?
?a campground in rochester is holding up.
Jessica?xxx with chains on the pool..
Restrooms and all other public facilities closed the campground is certainly not in a celebratory mood.
Across the state?
Private and state campgrounds remain closed to overnight stays.
And they're meant to stay closed until june 1st.
And that's a big problem for c?owner barb philip of ??a campground in rochester?
Marion.
Currently there are only about 10 lots being used out of their 85.
Phillip says those spots are filled because the governor's order allows people traveling through or going to stay at mayo clinic to use the site.xxx <he did say like traveling nurses and things like that so these folks are all going to the clinic and they really can't park in downtown rochester anywhere so they've chosen here > philip says she's losing about a quarter to a third of her revenue for the whole year by missing out on memorial day.
Live in rochester jessica bringe./// thank you jessica.
Under the governor's order "dispersed camping" is open in minnesota state forests..
For hearty wilderness campers./// for many?
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