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Our plan as we left Lake Itasca was to travel as far as Fargo, North Dakota. What we didn't think about was that campsites would be scarce on a weekend in July in a city with few campgrounds. Plan B. We called the toll free number for recreation.gov and got a...
We T@B and T@G owners expect to attract attention in the campgrounds we visit. Actually anywhere we go, gas stations, rest stops, grocery store parking lots. Folks are curious about these cute campers and want to learn more. And we're accustomed to being the only...
Flowing out of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota is a little stream known as the Mississippi River! Karen ventured out onto the stepping stones inadvisably and now has thoroughly soaked shoes. After that we both peeled off shoes and socks and waded across. The water...
This guy is huge! Reputedly the third largest free standing memorial in the country, the Iron Man statue dominates the landscape at a little city park south of Chisholm along US-169. It calls you to spend a moment pondering the role of the individual mine workers in...
Back in 1893 Frank Hibbing found indications of iron deposits here and made plans to mine the iron and to build a town here for the mine workers. The mining operations proved lucrative and Hibbing underwrote much of the state of the art infrastructure and encouraged...
Greyhound Bus Lines can trace it origin back to Hibbing, Minnesota, in 1914 when Carl Wickman began offering rides in a 7 passenger car manufactured by Hupp Motors in Detroit. The Greyhound Bus Museum in Hibbing does a nice job of interpreting the first several...
What a treat! This is another of the incredibly well interpreted living history museums of the Minnesota Historical Society. The visitors center offered some wonderful exhibits on the history and future of forestry as well as a great movie on the last log drive...
Once we decided to make a stop in Grand Rapids, we needed to find a campground. The Allstays app revealed a COE campground nearby and with a couple of phone calls we managed to reserve the last available site for just one night. With a classic car show coming up the...
Monday morning we broke camp at Lindbergh State Park and set the GPS for Hibbing but ended up in the Land of Oz. as we traveled we learned that Grand Rapids is home to the Judy Garland Birthplace Museum. We learned that Baby Gumm came from a theatrical family and...
Minnesota Military Museum on the grounds of Camp Ripley has an amazing collection of militaria from the Civil War to present, reflecting the time frame of Minnesota statehood. It evokes a Smithsonian kind of reaction. "If only we had a week, or a month, or a year,...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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It snowed in Iceland day before yesterday! And the secnery is phenomenal Mountains and water everywhere The unique Icelandic ponies And famed Icelandic sheep The spectacular Goðafoss, phenomenal waterfall with a link to Iceland's conversion to Christianity And even a...
Our brief visit to Lerwick, the capital of the Shetlands in Scotland gave us a taste of the culture and lifestyle of the Shetlanders and a desire to experience more.
What a bonus to be able to visit Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle in the Scottish Highlands on our Iceland and Ireland cruise.