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| Rather a long drive back to the town of Bemidji (but easy straight road through miles of cornfields) and we still needed to sort out the jetpac and stock up on a few supplies, we also just had to see the statue of folk hero Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox !!! All good fun and a story from the campfires of loggers back in the early 1900's when this whole area was about timber and the logging industry.. Paul mythical or not was a legendary woodsman and hero of the early logging days...the myth partly sprung up as Lake Bemidji is the shape of a footprint supposedly Paul's !!! The Blue Ox was Paul's faithful companion.... Good all round fun with the staff in the visitors centre playing their parts... |
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| The historic town has sculptures on each corner block much like the "president" sculptures in Rapid City, South Dakota... |
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| This and next pic 2 of the sculptures... |
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| On route here we saw a lot of storm damage, trees down and farm buildings damaged...talking to folks Grand Rapids, MN is still without power.... Rain had been threatened all day and on the way home we had a downpour but still high 80's.... |
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| Sunday 24th July....Itasca State Park... After yesterday's rain a beautiful blue sky morning for our visit to Itasca State Park and the Headwaters of the Mississippi at Lake Itasca... And this is it !!! Very innocuous and a place for folks to walk across the Mississippi either through the water or across the stepping stones... |
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| Hard to imagine that this is the beginning of the Mighty Mississippi... |
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| Lake Itasca.... |
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| The Mississippi River... |
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| Storm damage... |
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| Lake Itasca from the Schoolcraft Trail.... |
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| And our lunch sandwich spot for today at Mary Lake in the state park..... |
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| An easy walk around the lake to walk off lunch.. |
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| A really good day....we drove back via a different route this time mainly through forest with some viewpoints and historical markers... Minnesota has 10,000 lakes and 1 square mile of water for every 15 square miles of land.... Back home and BBQ/ cook out Greek style pork chops and salad with of course a few tipples... More soon from.. The Mellow Campers... |
Hi Sue & Michael,
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Like the sound of the Greek style pork chops yum yum.
Good to see that water towers are still featuring in the blog,love the sunset pics.
Has been a pretty miserable week here with loads of rain,however it is quite warm.
Spoke with Ackers yesterday who tells me he is hooking up his caravan and heading to Studland Bay Dorset tomorrow (30th) with the family for two weeks.
Sounds that he needs the break from new regime at Maxxium!
Have not heard from Mr Bloor,but I cannot wait to ask him where`s the Catfish Capitol of the world.
Was going to say looking forward to the weekend,but every days a weekend now great.
Take care,enjoy.
Ann & Dave
We had great wifi and made the most of it....more posts soon....
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Hope you enjoyed your weekend...
For now..
M & S x