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Catching up with Friends in Minneapolis
8/11/2019 Last night we were camped in front of Clyde and Julie Erickson’s new house in Bayport, MN. They took us out to dinner at a nice place overlooking the St Croix River. Afterwards they let us do a load of laundry at their house while we caught up on what had been going on…
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Quilts, Trains, and Gardens
8/10/2019 The Old Creamery Quilt Shop in, exactly that, an old creamery in Randall, MN was our first stop of the day. Unfortunately, the coffee shop was no longer in business. Beth liked the unique assortment of buttons. We were both in a mood for the warmth of quilts since our Atwood Heater wasn’t working…
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Windshield, Gardens, and RR Brews
8/9/2019 Safelite was ready for us at 0745 where they worked outside their garage before the temps rose for the day. Our rig was just a little too tall to get inside. We scheduled this after a rock hit our windshield while crossing North Dakota on March 24. The service folks were courteous and had…
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Fort Peck to Fort Buford
8/5/2019 The day began with phone calls to Progressive and Safelite in order to schedule a windshield replacement. Looks like Minnesota will be a good place to stop and have it done on our way east. Fort Peck had a good campground and we enjoyed the night there. The town itself has a theatre, a…
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Cruising Route 2
8/4/2019 Other than the BNSF freight trains, it was a quiet night in the Chester City park. Heading east on Route 2, we stopped in several small towns to see old homes, shops, and courthouses. Opened in 1919 as the Roosevelt Highway, Route 2 stretches 4,000 miles from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon. 750 miles…
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Carriages departing Alberta
8/3/2019 How do you find all these off the beaten path places? One of the sources is the Roadtrippers web site. This morning was one of the first disappointments. The Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre was a couple of grain elevators, but nothing was open and it looked like there hadn’t been any activity for…