Since you'll already be up there anyway, check out White Bear Lake and Bald Eagle Lake (right next to eachother) White Bear gets very crowded on the weekends but calms down later in the afternoon. Other options would be Big Marine, Lake Elmo, or Forest Lake. There are tons of options as far as lakes go, the key is to pick the right time to go in order to avoid lake traffic. On the weekends that would be before noon and after 5, anytime before 5 during the week.
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