I should be writing this from Amana, Iowa but alas it was not meant to be.  We had reservations in Iowa starting September 23rd, said our good-byes to our kids and thought we were off to the land of the Hawkeyes but our truck had other ideas.  We had been having issues with an engine light coming on for about a month and had it in and out of the dodge service center several times thinking we finally had it fixed.  But it wasn’t to be.  The day before we were scheduled to leave the light came on again.  One more time to the dodge dealer ended up with us leaving it for 8 days.  Thankfully they gave us a nice little Jeep Compass to use but also grounded us…

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…