Duluth

After breakfast Ken walked over to the Walmart to get a haircut. Then we headed out of town, with a stop to see Paul Bunyan and Babe, the Big Blue Ox located at the Bemidji Information Center. Bemidji is built around two lakes. Of course, Minnesota is the Land of 10000 Lakes, so there are lakes everywhere.

Lee with Paul & Babe

Ken was here too!

The drive to Duluth took us through some more interesting countryside, dotted with lakes and rivers, with hillsides covered with trees. The change from endless prairies was quite welcome. We rejoined our friends at Ogston’s Campground in Saginaw, northwest of Duluth, where we are staying a couple of nights.

Ed checking blowout damage to fender (photo by Nanci)

Ogston's--parked on a nice lake

Tom and Nanci arrived just ahead of us (good timing, guys!), and the rest of the group came in later. The reason for their delay was that Ed had a blowout on the street side rear tire on the Alpenlite. Here's Nanci's description: "The explosion took part of the fender skirt but luckily, there was no other damage to the rig. Right after it happened Ed pulled out his cell phone to call Good Sam so that they could come change the tire for them. But fate intervened and they had no cell service. Wes jumped out of his rig and he and Ed changed the tire themselves. Pretty darn good for a couple of retired guys!"

Mike and Judy went out to explore the South Shore, while the rest of us had a happy hour.

Happy hour: Nanci, Tom, Lee, Ken, and Ed