It’s been fourteen years since we sold our house in Minnesota and headed out to travel a bit, first by boat, and then by RV.  We’ve had great times, met even greater friends, had a few adventures, and saw sights big and small.  I can’t say we’ve wore through every bit of wanderlust in our … More At the End of This Road

We’ve had quite a streak of daily thunderstorms lately. So when the 4th of July dawned clear we decided to take advantage of the fine weather by taking a mini-road trip through neighboring Chisago County. Our first stop was the quaint lake town of Lindström, settled and celebrated by Swedes.  Not too much was open … More Around Chisago County

We continued up the North Shore to Grand Marais, Minnesota and the main event, the Wooden Boat Show and Summer Solstice Festival. Our caravan had reserved campsites at the Grand Marais Municipal Campground well in advance, a good move as the campground appeared to be full despite the cool June weather. This was one of … More Grand Marais, MN

Our group continued up the North Shore, making a quick stop at the new Visitor Center at Tettegouche State Park.  I failed to take a picture of the gorgeous new building so you’ll have to check it out through the link. Besides building a Visitor’s Center that meshes well with it’s setting, the DNR situated … More Tettegouche Visitor Center

We packed up and headed up to the North Shore for a short summer solstice trip.  Everyone living in a Great Lakes state or province knows that the “North Shore” refers to to rocky, grand coast of Lake Superior from Duluth, Mn to Ontario.  Locals also fondly refer to it as the Norwegian Riviera, poking … More Two Harbors, MN

The lack of campgrounds in the Twin Cities allowing camping for longer than 1-2 weeks has sent us north of the metro to Cambridge MN and the Isanti County Fairgrounds campground. Where we have about 50 acres of manicured grass nearly to ourselves. Shopping is close, the views are pleasant, and the staff friendly. Brings … More Cambridge, MN

May brings the opening of the fishing season, a really big deal in Minnesota.  It also is the best time to do some panfish angling, so when son Jay offered to take Greg to his favorite, secret lake to fish for crappies, Greg jumped at the offer. Even though they delayed the trip to try … More Gone Fishin’

We arrived in Minnesota on May 1st, apparently two months ahead of spring.  And jumped straight into catching up with family, friends, and all those health care appointments. We stayed at Minneapolis NW KOA in Maple Grove, not because it was our top pick, rather it is the only choice.  These commercial campgrounds have never … More Catching Up In Minnesota

You know you are back in the Midwest when you can spy towns miles away by their monolithic grain elevators rising out of the prairie.  Our first sight of Elkader, Iowa was no different.  Our introduction to town was huge and imposing. And totally distracted us from finding the entrance to the Elkader City Campground.  … More Back in the Midwest

At least one of us has been wishin’ he could go fishin’ so we headed to Table Rock Lake in southern Missouri where we knew friends Dave and Brenda would be parked with a fishing boat. It’s good to have friends in all the right places!  And in this case the right place is Old … More Table Rock Lake, Blue Eye, Mo