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Monday morning we broke camp at Lindbergh State Park and set the GPS for Hibbing but ended up in the Land of Oz. as we traveled we learned that Grand Rapids is home to the Judy Garland Birthplace Museum. We learned that Baby Gumm came from a theatrical family and...
Minnesota Military Museum on the grounds of Camp Ripley has an amazing collection of militaria from the Civil War to present, reflecting the time frame of Minnesota statehood. It evokes a Smithsonian kind of reaction. "If only we had a week, or a month, or a year,...
It started out as a plan to drive to St Cloud to get the F-150 serviced at the Ford dealership but when Yelp! yielded the information that Bill's Standard Service in downtown Little Falls was an option the plan changed. We dropped the truck off locally then went in...
Yesterday's rain cloud did have a silver lining. We scored a state park campsite with electric. We'd been unsuccessful on Friday, not surprising since weekends in July are high season in northern campgrounds. On Friday we ended up at a KOA near Minneapolis and that...
Video: Charles Lindbergh at Little Falls Yesterday after getting ourselves and our T@B situated, the two of us decided to head off on a bit of a hike despite the mosquitoes. We grabbed the portable Thermacell and headed off to hike on the grounds where a young Charles...
The Oliver H. Kelley Farm on the banks of the Mississippi near Elk River MN is a working farm utilizing 1860's agricultural techniques. It's a Minnesota Historical Society site. As we were walking from the visitors center to the homestead we noticed farm...
Thanks to Don McLean and American Pie for helping us all remember. Thanks to Aerial America for giving us a visual image of the site in Iowa. Thanks to Roadside America for giving us the location. Thanks to the landowner for permitting the memorial erected by Ken...
Our rules regarding the map on the side of the T@B say that we must do something interesting and also spend at least one night in a state before we can add the state sticker to our map. Last summer we drove through a portion of Iowa on our way from Minnesota to...
Even before the 1992 publication of Robert James Waller's novel and the 1995 release of the movie starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep the Bridges of Madison County, Iowa have been celebrated. This one was moved to Winterset City Park in 1970 before the first...
In a four room rental house in 1907 the wife of a Winterset IA pharmacist gave birth to a 13 pound baby boy. By age three Marion and his parents had moved on and by the time he was seven they lived in California. A surfing accident led to a part time job at Fox...
Planning a trip? Dreaming of travel? Perhaps some of our adventures could inspire yours! Over the last several years we’ve had the distinct pleasure of many cross country journeys traveling though the Lower 48 in tents and our various teardrop campers as well as an amazing Alaska adventure that did not involve a camper.
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In 1997 East Grand Forks, Minnesota, and its big sister city, Grand Forks, North Dakota were devastated by a major flood of the Red River of the North. Nearly every home was damaged and whole neighborhoods were wiped out. One local told us that everyone in the area...
Besides short travel days and longer stays, this trip is also remarkable in that we don’t have a destination. It’s about exploration especially of the small towns scattered across the country. And we’re finding a lot of city park campgrounds often located within easy...
When we first arrived at Arnold’s Campground RV Park in International Falls, Minnesota, we learned Amanda had arrived just minutes before us. Set up was minimal, just plug into shore power and put down stabilizers before setting up our chairs in the shade. Right away...