Blogs from Minnesota, United States, North America - page 6

We left Wausau this morning at 8 AM and 75 degrees. It turned out to be perfect weather. Most of the day the sun was shining, we had some clouds in the sky, and the temps were in the low 80’s. And for transplanted Floridians, that was perfect. We hit the road and headed west to Winona, Minnesota, where we planned to meet the Mississippi River. The three hour drive took us through the farmlands of Wisconsin. Where yesterday was flatlands, today was rolling hills of green and a feast for the eyes. It appeared to me that these farms were privately owned, unlike the ones we often see in states like Kansas, where farmhouses are miles apart. There were many farms with neat little homes sitting beside red barns and 3 or 4 or even ... read more

After returning from Bemidji on a Wednesday we decided to leave the motorhome packed and just repack again for another weekend of camping. We found a site open at Upper Sioux which is just under 2 hrs away from us. It's a nice park set down in a river valley by the Minnesota and Yellow Medicine Rivers. Our site was pretty spacious and open with no shade. It was a pretty hot and dry weekend too. We later realized there was no dump station at this park. You had to go into Granite City to dump. We dumped when we got closer to home at Baylor Park. We also learned that we could not get any service at our campsite so that made for many trips up to the office area where we could use our ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Après les pluies de la nuit, ce matin le ciel est d'un bleu pur, et comme la région ne doit pas manquer d'eau la campagne est d'un vert intense, un plaisir pour les yeux. Ajouter à ça, régulièrement de magnifiques panoramas sur le lac Supérieur et la route devient un plaisir. Surtout après avoir quitté un hôtel bien ordinaire. A Ironwood il doit y avoir une vingtaine d'hôtels, motels, mais tous avec un aspect miteux, je pense avoir trouvé, le moins pire. Ma direction première est la ville de Duluth, arrivé à Ashland, il des indications pour une route scénique, qui fait le tour de la presqu'île de Chequamegon, avec au bout les "Apostle Islands", le détour de 100km environ, me semble valoir le coup. La bonne idée, la route longe le lac, ... read more

Just last minute details to tend to tomorrow. Weather forecast shows a major winter storm for tomorrow and Thursday for Montana. We won't be there till Sunday. Hopefully will be OK by then.... read more

Headed to the Airport! I decided to try out using a travel blog for this trip, as it'll be a little bit more extended than my trip to Nepal. I should be able to post regular updates, and this way people can check them out as they want instead of getting emails when I send an update. :) I head to the airport with Dad in about half an hour. Outside it's nearly thirty below (accounting for wind chill), a far cry from the 70 and sunny that is the current temp in Santiago! AND that's not even the high for the day! One last check over the luggage and packing list, and then it'll be off to the airport!... read more