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Grok And I And The GMC
Me: Oct. 8, 2025 What causes GMC Sierra 3500 diesel error code, continue driving, cleaning exhaust filter? Grok: Understanding the “Cleaning Exhaust Filter – Continue Driving” Message on GMC Sierra 3500 Diesel The GMC Sierra 3500 with the Duramax diesel engine (typically the 6.6L L5P in recent models) uses a Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) in…
Grok, YouTube And I Fixed The GMC
December 1, 2025 It is dangerous, frustrating and frightening to have your truck go into “Limp Mode” while pulling a trailer. It first happened between Thunder Bay and Bayfield, Wisconsin on Lake Superior. The truck operates in reduced power and speed to protect the engine. It can happen for a variety of reasons: high engine…
The Madison, Wisconsin Farmer’s Market
Making our way back to Virginia, we had some interesting stops along the way. I took one last picture of the St. Croix River before driving to Babcock County Park Campground in McFarland, just outside of Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin is known for its cheese, but we haven’t really seen it. We drove Rt. 8 east…
St. Croix National Scenic River
Thursday, September 25, 2025 We took two cruises on the St. Croix National Scenic River. I booked two nights in Interstate State Park, which is right on the river. People book this campground months in advance on the weekends. We were lucky to get a spot for a Wednesday/Thursday. We are on our way back…
Northern Mushroom Tour
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 L:61 H:64 Martha picked up a brochure in the Farmhouse Restaurant about an outdoor class on mushrooms. We have wanted to do this for some time, so she called and scheduled it. Our last hike piqued our interest. There were so many mushrooms of all sorts. All of this rain and…
Hike The Sea Cliffs Trail
Monday, September 22, 2025 L:61 H:65 I drove up to Walkie’s in the morning. He told me to come back if my check engine light came on, and it was. The truck was running a lot better. It sounded good and was getting better gas mileage. He wasn’t there, so I poked around the yard…
Apostle Islands Cruise
Sunday September 21, 2025 L:61 H:72 It was a foggy, rainy night and morning. We drove into town for the 1:15 Cruise. They told us in the office to go down to the yellow line on the docks. We were early, but wanting to sit on the upper deck, we walked down, getting behind a…
Madeline Island
Saturday, September 20, 2025 L:59 H 75 Martha loves a farmer’s market, so we went to Bayfield. It had been cloudy and a bit of rain, but by the time we got there, it was a sunny, beautiful day. It was a nice, little market with about 12 booths. Martha bought a couple of different…
A Rainy Day In Little Sand Bay
Friday, September 19, 2025 L:58 H:63 It was a rainy, gray morning, which was nice to catch up on a few things – emails, a little news, the blog, etc. Since the Apostle Islands Cruise was cancelled yesterday due to high winds, we had scheduled for today. However, it wasn’t looking so good for today…
A Day to Remember
Thursday, September 18, 2025 Walkie told us to return in the morning so he could install a new air filter and clean the sensors. He called in an order for the filter yesterday, saying it would be delivered about 9:00. We arrived at 9:45. I wondered how he could get reliable deliveries in his remote…
Duluth to Little Sand Bay, WI
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 L: 62; H: 77 Leaving our happy spot in Spirit Lake Marine and RV Park, we headed for Little Sand Bay in Russell, WI. to see Apostle Islands National Park. We have allotted a week to explore 21 islands in Lake Superior. I was excited for a pretty drive with rest…
The Lift Bridge
September 16, 2025 Low 58 deg, high 80 We are staying southwest of Duluth in Spirit Lake Marina and RV Park. It’s a great spot really, backed up to the water with electric water and WIFI. It has good showers and a great store. It has antiques, boat supplies, RV supplies, coolers, fishing gear, nets…
On to Duluth
September 15, 2025 Low 57 degrees, high 73, sunny! Finland State Park Campground was a great place to stay, peaceful, quiet, pretty. At first national forest and state forests, make me a little nervous. They are remote, and you don’t know what crowd will frequent them. This one couldn’t have been better. It is well…
Rt. 61 South of Silver Bay
September 14, 2025 55 degrees at 6:00, high of 64 Exploring Rt. 61, we drove south to Split Rock Lighthouse, an icon of the western shore of Lake Superior. “Standing as a sentinel on the North Shore, the Split Rock Lighthouse was built in 1910 in direct response to the catastrophic gale of November 1905…
Our Place and Waterfalls
September 13, 2025 57 degrees at 6:00, high of 63 Great news! The furnace is working!! We started the day with breakfast in tiny Finland at Our Place. It has been packed every time we have driven past, and it was busy this morning. Martha ordered pancakes and bacon, while I ordered a bacon and…
Finland Campground
September 12, 2025 51 degrees at 6:00, high of 64 We are moving to Finland Campground today, so we went to Zup’s Food Market in Silver Bay. A lady with a very good voice was singing briefly as we shopped fruits and vegetables. Then a young man sang as he stocked the shelves. He nodded…
Hike High Falls and Two-Step Falls
Thursday, September 11, 2025 We went to the Visitor’s Center to get a day pass since we couldn’t get a campsite in Baptism River Campground. The young man suggested Finland Campground in the national forest, just past Finland, MN. We talked for a long time with a nice lady working there. She is of Finnish…
Drive to Tettegouche State Park, MN
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 42 degrees at 5:00 am We straightened up, hooked up, dumped, filled the fresh water tank and were on the road by 8:30. TCan 11 wasn’t so daunting heading back east. The road reconnected with TCan 17 west of Thunder Bay. Before the city, we turned south on 61. It was…
Fishing French Lake
Wanting to catch a couple of fish for dinner, we went to a rock behind the Teaching Center, that a ranger had recommended. Martha patiently watched and played games on her phone while I fished a variety of lures with the regular spinning rod and the ultralight rod. Nothing. No hits, no runs, no errors.…
Paul Kane Trail
Monday, September 8, 2025 39 deg at 4 am I laid in bed readdressing my furnace problem. Sail switch, I decided. Was I blocking air flow with my tape? I could hear the technician I might hire, laughing at my Velcro tape job. On our way to hike, we stopped at the canoe launch parking…
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