02 Bemidji to Brainerd - My First Century Yesterday the ride from Itasca to Bemidji turned out to be shorter than expected by 10 miles. Today’s ride turned out to be longer than expected by a good 10 miles. Yesterday started out with a flat tire after only 10 miles. But after the flat the ride was
Prelude (Day 0) Mississippi Headwaters Standing at the headwaters. I remember wading here when I was much younger.We had a lovely 20 mile ride around Lake Itasca planned for today with a stop at the headwaters of the Mississippi. As the sign says, 2552 miles! That is roughly the length of our journey, in
The Long Road Home Having spent three wonderful days with Jim and Karen in Chelan, the goal is now to get home! However, we are not willing to drag the camper for 16 hours one day and 14 the next, so it will take us a few days. Day 1: Chelan to Heyburn State
Three Days in Chelan Well, I think it is time to head East. When we started making our egg scramble for breakfast this morning the sausage had mold on it, and so did one of our bags of shredded cheese! Its nothing that a stop at a grocery store won’t fix, but we
Snowy Adventure The North Cascades (America’s Alps) is a beautiful stop on our journey. Not to mention the warmest temperatures (72 degrees) since Indio! It is also Memorial Day weekend, and the place is a zoo! Cars are everywhere, people are everywhere. Its almost as if friends and families have been
Deception Pass State Park Yesterday was laundry day and hang around the park day. Jane headed into Oak Harbor to wash a load of clothes while I stayed at the camper to catch up on a some emails and Runestone issues. She brought me donuts. To work off the donuts we decided to do
Jane Can not Control the Weather This morning we woke up to a bit of broken sunshine at our campground. The water was as smooth as glass. A bit of rain left over from last night was dripping down on the top of the camper. We got packed up and headed out to Port Townsend to
More Photos from today and 1986 This morning we went through all the weather in about 30 minutes! We started out at our Salt Creek campsite, where the forecast was for 60 and overcast most of the day. But as we climbed toward Hurricane Ridge we got into the low clouds and rain. The temperature was
Retracing our Steps Camping takes teamwork. One person has to back up the camper, the other has to direct them and place the blocks to get the camper level from side to side. One person meticulously plans the trip, the other pulls on the rubber gloves and takes care of the black water.
