Blogs from Minnesota, United States, North America - page 72

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

The final carefully crafted expedition of the Summer of 2006 started off on the 10th of August from my homestead here in Bozeman. Off to a late start due to a compulsory tardy friend of ours, I started the first leg of a three leg journey that would take me from Sioux Falls, SD to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota and end at Devil's Tower in Wyoming. Sioux Falls, SD: Bikes, Lakota, Weddings, and Lasers The journey Eastward was fairly uneventful until we hit Sturgis South Dakota in the middle of the Sturgis Motorcycle Ralley. I'm sure this phrase has been used before, but it's perhaps the most appropriate way to describe the city of Sturgis (and the surrounding 10 to 15 mile area around it) during this week, "Swarms of Flys, buzzing and ... read more

We have spent a couple of days in Minneapolis, its part of the twin cities in the midwest, the other city being St Pauls which is just a few miles away. The Mississipi river flows through the centre and there are several lakes to the south west with massive houses overlookin them. The city seems to be more a great place to live than a tourist hotspot. The place itself is lots like other US cities and seems clean and safe with quite a few parks. They also have a thing called the skyway, this is a series of public walkways that connect together many of the buildings in the city so basically you don't have to go outside to walk around, apparantly there are 4 miles of walkways. This is good considering the heat at ... read more