45 degrees here...

It's COLD up here in Northern Minnesota!
We have the flannel shirts, sweaters, jackets and socks out again.

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Meet our new best friend - Samantha. the Nuvi GPS. She's a great addition to my navigating tools. But what I really want you to notice is the number of lakes up here! More than 11,800 of them... Look at all the blue on the screen & that's only showing a small area.

Recognize this picture??? It is the Quintessential travel icon, on the cover of my Great American Road Trip book, the mascot of the American Road, on the National Register of Historic Places, 72 years old. I am so happy to have finally made it here! Bemidji, MN where the Mississippi River begins its long, long course dividing the US into east and west.

So many towns do something to get into the glossy travel information. Virginia, MN has an open pit iron mine overlook with this HUGE piece of mining equipment in the parking lot. Named "King of the Load". Fun for pictures...

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We liked this Black duck in, where else? ... Blackduck, MN.

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I loved the kayak/canoe display in Walker, MN. So colorful!! The entire side of their huge building was covered with watercraft.

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Today we made our way over to Northeastern MN - to Grand Marais. We are in a campground right on the beautiful Lake Superior, within walking distance of the harbor, the gift shops and restaurants of this tiny touristy town. Happy campers...now if it would just warm up a little!