Tonight we are in the Hay Lake State Park campsite close to a little tiny town called Jacobson, MN. It is absolutely the most remote place in which we have camped. There is one more family camping here and it looks like they've been here for about a year. I'm not exactly sure how they do it because the mosquitos and black flies are voracious. This is one of those places that we will spend most of our time inside the motor home and not be too upset about leaving tomorrow. Frankly, the setting is beautiful and if it weren't for the insects, could be a very nice place to stay. However...
You will see in the picture attached that Ginger has gotten a promotion. Usually she is tied to the table in the middle of the motor home. If she is not tied she absolutely drives the support team crazy with her panic breathing, drooling, and need to be as close as possible to the windshield. But now look at her! She's in the front seat, still doing her panic breathing and drooling, but much happier being able to see the sites of Minnesota. As I mentioned in my blog a couple days ago, Kathy Ossmann has taken a few days to return to her family home of Paw Paw, Michigan, to help her father move into an assisted care facility. So Cindy has been the sole support person, except, of course for Ginger in her new role as navigator.
Today we rode 72 miles from Walker Bay over to Jacobson, Minnesota. We started the ride in rain, but it soon stopped and we were able to finish under threatening skies. The cloud cover was actually a relief from riding in the direct sun. Just as we arrived in Jacobson, we once again crossed the Mississippi River, now grown into more than a bubbling creek into a real river. I have attached a picture of the now adolescent river.
Tomorrow night we will be in Wisconsin. After about 80 miles down through Duluth, MN, we will cross into our ninth state and be officially moving toward Michigan and then Canada. We will ride in Canada for 11 days, and then move into our finish in New England.
But tonight its stay away from the black flies!
Hey Rich and Cindy (and Ginger):
ReplyDeleteJust getting caught up on all the blog posts and it sounds like the trip is going well overall. Rich: I'll get a personal note off for next week's e-mail (and apologies for not having done so yet).
Enjoying the TDF. Lance looks strong but lost some time with a flat on the cobblestones. Don't know if you're following it but the first three stages were absolute chaos. Today was calm with Hushovd winning.
Hang in there!
Corrections: Pettachi won yesterday. Hushovd in green.
ReplyDeleteI did announce your ride in June. Will do so again.
Looks like Ginger is really enjoying the promotion. Kathy just might find herself riding in the back when she returns. I miss her drooling on me-- Ginger, that is.
ReplyDeleteBless Cindy for taking over--doing all the driving, leveling, dumping, etc. She is a trooper!