It was a driving trip south on the Great River Road from Minneapolis/St Paul, Minnesota, to Hannibal, Missouri, that prompted us to buy a new RV. Day after day of looking for clean public restrooms and night after night of looking for comfortable motel beds helped us decide it was time to own another RV. … Continue reading Great River Road: Minneapolis to Monticello
It’s a good thing Dave is an excellent driver. He got to practice some freeway maneuvers today. He was in a lane left of a truck and about 100 feet back preparing to pass it when he saw part of its load tip a bit. Since there was no one directly behind Dave, he was … Continue reading An exciting day on the road
Having finished the northern part of the Great River Road we headed back to the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metro area. US Hwy 10 was part of our route. This was a very bumpy road–Minnesota winters make all the expansion joints expand and contract until, by Spring, you feel like you are driving down a railroad track. … Continue reading Busy, Busy, Busy
Another day of driving the Great River Road through mostly rural country. This is the type of area where roads had rural route numbers instead of names. When 911 decided every road had to have a name, someone had to pick those names. Several roads here appear to have been named after the people who … Continue reading GRR: Grand Rapids to Lake Itasca
We visited the Cuyuna Range Historical Museum in Crosby, Minnesota. Lots of stuff but little interpretive signage. Some of the things brought back my own memories, though, like being in this depot looking at a Brownie Scout uniform and remembering when my Brownie troop took the train for a day trip from Decatur, Illinois, to … Continue reading GRR: Brainerd to Grand Rapids
