Blogs from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, North America - page 22

Have to make this quick because we are leaving in a few hours for Nashville. I will try to put up more later but for now I am going to try and put a bit of video I was messing with last evening instead of packing.... read more

Well, some time has passed since we last made an entry. We have been working our booties off! Putting in long days during the week to help us sustain our winter adventure plans. We have had some good time in between. Since our last entry, leaves have started to fall and our anticipation grows as our journey nears. We took a short weekend over Labor Day to Colorado to visit. We wish we had more time there to visit everybody, but time was short and we hope to be able to see more when we return from the adventure we have always dreamed about. We spent time with J's mom on Friday night. She picked us up from the airport and..boy..did she spoil us. Food galore, wine, breakfast in bed and a relaxing evening started ... read more

So I left Chicago at Midnight on Monday night (well, tuesday morning if you must). 9 hours later, 6 spent crammed behind two large American women who, almost in unision with the start up of the bus engine, reclined their chairs and spent the entire bus ride that way, laptops out, movies playing and snacks out. It was a shame that I was travelling at night because i missed all of the American Country side which would have been nice. But!...The great thing about the Greyhound is that you get to experience very random country towns (albiet usually only for an hour at the most) that you would otherwise never get to see. Anyone been to Eau Claire, Madison, Middleton..anyone? They are pretty interesting places, a provide a little more insight, however small, to the American ... read more

This coming weekend we will be going to the Eccentrick Festival in Raleigh North Carolina. Brian and his good friend Olaf have been working non-stop on a vegetable oil conversion for our bus the "Nebuchadnezzar". They hope to have it ready by Thursday morning (its Tuesday night right now). In the event it isn't ready for this trip it will be ready for our tour in November/December. I also purchased a new camera so I won't have to use my phone any longer. :-) ... read more

Day 59..... Since our last update, we have driven, in only 3 days, over 1100 miles through Wyoming and South Dakota to Minnesota. Along the way, pretending to be patriotic Americans, we stopped at Mount Rushmore to view the giant heads of Lincoln, Roosevelt, Jefferson & Washington. We also made a lengthy stop in the Badlands, a strange yet beautiful sight and home to the movie of the same name. It was also home to numerous Rattlesnakes which meant Angela was unwilling to stray too far from the road. We finally arrived in Bloomington, just outside Minneapolis, to stay with Martin's cousin Marianne, her husband Michael & baby Maxwell, who were the perfect hosts! It was so wonderful to sit on a comfy sofa and have a proper cup of tea. Also, Martin even had time ... read more