Category: Mississippi River 2022
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Day 14 – Lake Bemidji
Our last day on our own before our Mississippi River tour starts. We did a little housekeeping, but spent most of the day at Lake Bemidji State Park, hiking around with Gracie. This gem of a park offers camping, lots of hiking and biking trails in the warm months and snowmobiling and x-country skiing in…
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Days 12 & 13 – to Bemidji MN
Two more days of travel brought us to Bemidji, Minnesota, where we will meet up with the members of our Mississippi River tour with Fantasy RV. Day 12 took us from Alma Center to the town of Cloquet, Minnesota, just outside the city of Duluth. During this day we stopped at Scheel’s outdoor store in…
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Day 11 – to Alma Center, WI
Monday morning came, as it always does, bringing our wonderful weekend with Sharon and Andy to an end. They came by to see us off and to share a beautiful batch of wine cap mushrooms picked that morning. We are so spoiled! Thanks for a great visit guys! Hope to see you again soon! We…
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Days 9 & 10 – Exploring, Learning, Tasting
The 2 days we spent with Sharon and Andy at their property in Manchester and their home in Beaver Dam introduced us to many beautiful and interesting spots. We took a hike through John Muir Memorial County Park, located near the home where the famous naturalist and his family lived after immigrating from Scotland. This…
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Day 8 – Sailing, sailing …! And then …!
We began our day today with a sail across Lake Michigan from Ludington, Michigan to Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The sail was aboard the SS Badger, the last coal-fired steamship in service in the country. Although the crossing took four hours aboard the boat, it saved at least 8 hours of driving around Lake Michigan, including through…
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Day 6 – Imlay City
We planned our route to include a visit with Stu and Deanna Davis. They live in a wonderful Victorian home in Imlay City, Michigan that they have lovingly restored over many years. It’s filled with all sorts of antique collections that are artfully arranged throughout the house. We enjoyed dinner with them at a local…
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Day 5 – Niagara Falls
I’m one of those people who has lived a lifetime within a very reasonable drive of Niagara Falls, yet never got there to see it. My loss! Niagara Falls is a truly spectacular natural wonder. This is a great time of year to go see it, too. The summer crowds are gone, the weather is…
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Day 7 – on and off the road
Since our first week started with a water heater malfunction, it was only fitting that it should end with one. We have been operating on cold water only since the second day of the trip. The weather was warm for the first few days, and there were plentiful hot showers at the campgrounds where we…
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Day 4 – Deep doo-doo, or, the waste that could not escape
I forgot to mention that we prepared for this day by hooking up Wanda2 to the Jeep last night before we turned in. This was supposed to give us an early start. And a dry start, since rain was expected in the morning. We were soooooo proud of ourselves!!! Read on to hear how the…
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Day 3 – Finger Lakes
For several years, since we started traveling with Wanda1, we’ve been visiting the Finger Lakes area of New York in the fall. We’ve stayed at New York State parks on Cayuga and Seneca Lakes. This is beautiful farm country, with many Amish dairy farms, and many wineries. The area is known for its excellent cold-weather…
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