Gary and Susan's Travel Blog
6/29 – Paint Lake provincial campground for last night but we could only get it for one night. The place is packed but we got I think the best spot – long, wide, table, fire pit, electric/water, and free firewood. … Continued
6/28/19 Day 3 in Canada. Continued great scenery in Manitoba. To our animal list we can today add fox, sand hill cranes (pic), black bear, and swarms of large flys. BTW, there is minimal traffic this far north. 90% of … Continued
6/26/19 – In northern Minnesota, bordering with Canada, is this huge national park, 40% of which is water. There are 5 large lakes dotted with islands, and all connected. Rainy Lake is the largest at 1 million acres. It has … Continued
One of hundreds …. and this photo of Everest – taken just now. As you can see, he needs grooming. We tried in Duluth but they all were booked up. We did get a couple vaccines there he needed. That’s … Continued
This was huge. But, just as we started getting rain, and heading directly at the heart of the storm, the road diverted to the left and stayed just on the edge of the thing until we got to Kenora where we … Continued
6/17/19 – For the last few days in Michigan’s UP, we were on the northern tip of the Keweenaw peninsula which juts out into Lake Superior about 75 miles – great camping sites in state parks. We spent the last … Continued
6/12/19 – We have finally left the South, currently in the UP (Upper Peninsula of Michigan). In the past week we have been making miles! – thru parts of Tennessee, WV, Georgia, and finally Ohio where we met up with … Continued
5/27/19 – Now in southern Alabama, Town of Ozark. The heat continues to be bad. After arriving it took forever to cool the trailer down. Outside it was 98, – inside?, over 90 when we arrived. It wasn’t until around … Continued
This is called “The plant that ate the South” – an invasive species introduced from Asia, and still expanding. It is EVERYWHERE!
