High was 77-yay! We took off this morning, traveling as we really love to, but seldom have the time for: off the interstate, along small highways, where you see farmland, old barns, old cars and tractors for sale, marshland filled with cattails, mama with her dozen teeny ducklings at the edge of the highway-yikes! Tree-lined on both sides for miles, lakes, small towns, boat trailers behind pickups lined up for a block or two on both sides of the highway by a lake. And a bluegrass or rock and roll cd playing what Tom calls "travelin' music".
We saw lots of resort signs and one jumped out to me when it said Brindley's. We had a Campbell reunion there in '86 or '87. By the time it registered we were past the sign and who knows what driving our long rig in there would have been like. We have gotten a kick out of how many Lutheran churches we see in Minnesota-though not a surprise. Guess seeing a Methodist one was, though.
We are camped 16 miles out of Duluth in Cloquet, MN. After getting settled we drove into the big city (86,000) and went down to the waterfront - Lake Superior. Tom toured a 3 floor museum in the old train depot downtown. John Cozad, he wished you'd been there to see the Mallet engine and hear the sound tape they played talking about its power, pulling the ore trains etc. Said it was phenomenal.
The bridge picture is of the aerial bridge which they raise when a boat or a large ship that is sailing to the other lakes needs to go under it. We saw an iron ore train waiting by the docks. The cars are smaller than coal cars because of the weight they carry. We walked along the path to a lighthouse. We saw a boy carrying a 2 mo old Pomeranian that was adorable-black head and white body-small like a small cat. Mother said their male has black head, white tail and from back of head to tail it is zebra striped in black and white.
As we pulled out of the parking lot we saw a double motorcycle pulling a trailer that looked like an old Chevy. Its passengers were 2 beagles!
The State highways are sometimes bumpy and we wonder if some cupboard door will be open inside the camper, but no bad things have happened yet. I-35 between here and Duluth is much bumpier!
Another great day of retirement. Tom can't keep track of what day it is - what a shame! I think it's great for him.
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