03Aug 2014 by Lboll No Comments

Grand Marais, MN & Family

Traveling
We parked our coach at Dakotah Meadows RV Park in Prior Lake, MN on May 8th and stayed put until we headed to Grand Marais on June 13th.  Anyone that knows us knows that Grand Marais is a special place for Joe and I and our kids.  We started camping in Grand Marais in 1973 with our oldest son, Eric, then 18 months old, in a borrowed canvas pop-up.  The brakes went out in our 1971 Chevy Vega as we came into the town and we had to order new brakes that were shipped to us on the Star Tribune truck from Minneapolis.  Our intentions were to stay overnight in Grand Marais and then go into Canada.  I am a big believer in things happen for a reason.  We were…
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03Aug 2014 by Lboll
The Great Mississippi River

The Great Mississippi River

Campgrounds
Here I am the first part of August going back to catch-up on our blog for the end of April.  I’d just skip this time but I have to write a little about our trip along the Mississippi River coming from Ohio back to Minnesota. We were fortunate to find this beautiful Corp of Engineer Campground on the Mississippi River in Thomson, IL.   This was a fantastic find.  Not only was it just $9.00 a night (with our senior pass) but we had a site right on the river that was fabulous.  This park was exceptional not only because of the many sites on the river but they had a very large section that was first come sites.  We have discovered with our traveling that if you go into a…
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