Saturday August 21, 2021

Day #27

Transition day! From Ashland, Minnesota to Deer River Minnesota. Every time we drove into Ashland, this one particular spot gave us a view of Lake Superior on the horizon, not to mention the length of straight roads we drove. The states out west have miles of straight roads, well so does the Michigan and Minnesota.

Then the cities have curves, we traveled through Superior, Wisconsin today passing the largest train yard, I had ever seen in the U.S. Passenger Train Depots in Europe were huge.

Winds blow the US Flag

From the beginning of our trip today, Doug has battled the wind, sometimes up to 18 mph. Wind puts a huge sway into the groove of pulling the camper.

After passing into Minnesota, we see the Mississippi River at Grand Rapids. The Mississippi is probably 30 yards wide and not very deep. It appeared that I could wade across it.

Minnesota

We had a few drops of rain, but not for long.

We arrived at Blueberry Hill Campground and Golf Course! Yep, camping at a golf course. The campground has about 30 sites with water, electric hookup, sewer, new bathrooms, showers and laundry!

The sites are huge and grassy with table and fire ring. As I stepped out of the truck to guide Doug as he backed into the site, the 18mph wind was back with a chill. The temperature was 63 degrees at 2:15 p.m. Once we got used to the temperature and wind, shorts and sleeveless shirt didn’t feel bad.

Doug took off for the golf course and I worked on blogs and finding hotel rooms further north.

This close to the Canadian border and supposedly being able to see the aurora borealis or moose or bear or fox or elk or big foot, we had to go! We didn’t want to pull the camper, so we’ll do one overnight.

The campfire was great in the chilly night air. As we enjoyed the campfire, a young man came back to his camper. We are guessing that he is working local and living here at the campground. He let his dog out and began throwing a toy for the dog to work off being in the camper all day. It was amazing to watch the obedience of the dog – he had been trained well. He immediately shot from a sitting position, retrieved the toy at a flat out run, returned to his master and held the toy in his mouth with expectation in his stance for his master. When his master took the toy, the dog took a sitting position next to his master. Sometimes his master would wait a couple of minutes after throwing the toy before releasing the dog to retrieve. The dog would sit with patience waiting for the command.  A lot of work was placed in teaching the dog.

Snuggling down into the sheets for a warm sleep, it was great to have the camper window’s open and AC off.