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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…
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An Afternoon at The Beach
September 1, 2025 60 deg in the morning, 80’s in the afternoon I went back to the beach for some cell service. It is such a great place to sit in the morning! We drove back to the Thunder Bay Overlook. It is spectacular in any weather. This morning it was a bit cloudy. It…
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Hike Manito Miikana
August 26, 2025 46 degrees at 6:00 am, 72 high Martha woke up sneezing with a sore throat, but by 11:00 she was ready to go on the Manito Miikana hike, a one-hour hike out to a lookout. We smiled when Luis told us there are lots of roots. Everywhere we have been has lots…
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Labrador
August 6,7,8, 2024 I wanted to fish the Green River with Ron Lowry, but he said it had not been fishing well lately. After some discussion, we agreed to go after the monster Brook trout in Labrador. Actually I don’t care about big ones, but I wanted to catch a lot of them. Some of…
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Ocracoke Island Tuesday
April 30, 2024 We had a relaxing morning before going to explore the beach. The wind was still blowing about 17mph, but it was warming up from the 64 degrees we woke up to. We walked out the back of our campsite and climbed the steep dune for a view of the campground and a…
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Costa Rica, Monday April 1
We had a busy day at Mawamba Lodge. Breakfast was delightful in their pretty, open air restaurant with great food and service. Martha fell in love with our waiter, who was very nice. Next, we were taken by boat down the river to the village of Tortuguero. A walk through the cute, little village and…
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Move to Sedona, Arizona
August 14, 2022 at 3:20 AM 59 degrees at 6:00, high 91 Three hours south on 160, then “Everything’s Fine on 89” is Sedona, Arizona. Martha had requested Sedona, after Mark’s recommendation. Along Rt 89, we saw a sign for Wapatki National Monument. Since this trip is all about the national parks and monuments of…
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The Loneliest Road, St. Louis to Mt. Vernon, Kansas
It took an hour to get to St. Louis on I64. Traffic was moderately heavy and sometimes frantic. It rained heavily as I navigated the southern edge of the big city. You can complain about 18-wheelers all you want, but I have nothing but respect for these road warriors. I could barely see the lanes,…
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Driving I64 Charlottesville to Mt. Vernon, Il
With a clean truck and trailer, I got off at 6:35 am. I remembered 64 being pretty easy to travel, but today that was not the case. There was lots of traffic. Well, normal traffic. Turning off 81/64 at Lexington, it is less traveled and quite beautiful. We have had so much rain, everything is…
