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Day 21 – A lucky day
This is October 6, the end of our first week on the Mississippi River Run tour. It’s an unscheduled day, so we could do what we wanted. We got our laundry done the night before so just had a few groceries to pick up and a fuel tank to fill. We wanted to take Gracie…
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Day 20 – Water, wood and music
It’s a given that when your tour follows a river there will be water experiences. We had a great one today. We also had some surprising ones involving things we both love. What a great day! Our day began with a cruise on the Mississippi. As we were waiting to board our boat we saw…
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Day 19 – St Paul – saints and sinners
At 8:00 am sharp our bus departed the campground for a full day mostly in St Paul, the capital of Minnesota. First stop was Minnehaha Falls, a park in Minneapolis. The park was inspired by the poem Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This poem created interest in the American frontier in general and…
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Days 17 & 18 – on the road again
This tour is loosely following the Great River Road, a national scenic byway that loosely follows the Mississippi River for its entire length. All this looseness has led to some quirky route planning to get us to locations included on the itinerary, as well as to campgrounds that can accommodate our group of 24 RV’s.…
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Day 16 – Headwaters of the Mississippi
Today we began our tour of the Mississippi River with, appropriately, a visit to the headwaters of the river at Lake Itasca. First, though, we visited a couple of iconic locations in locations in the town of Bemidji. First stop was Bemidji Woolen Mills. This fourth-generation family business has been producing woolen products from the…
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Day 15 – Day 1 of our Mississippi River tour
It’s September 30, the day our Mississippi River tour begins. All of the participants have arrived now. We had an administrative meeting with everyone this afternoon where we had brief introductions to the trip leaders and all of the travelers. We represent 12 states, as well as Australia. There are seven first-timers in the group,…
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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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The wanderings of two women and their dog
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