Sunday July 31, 2016- This morning we are leaving Duluth, heading to International Falls, Minnesota. This destination is someplace neither Lennie or I have ever been to!?!
We have to make a major stop before our next destination of Canada. Gas & some groceries at Walmart, that & Walmart is our ATM machine!
We had this problem before, the year we went to Alaska, it was a hose. that's the first thing Lennie's going to check & sure enough that was the problem. There's a HOLE in the hose he replaced in Anchorage! We're adjacent to an Auto Zone, they of course don't have the necessary hose we need....Lennie does carry Mechanics tape, which is better than Duct tape when it come to repairing things. Hopefully it will hold to we get to our destination of Arnold's RV Park in International Falls!
I needed an "Otis Break" & made him get off my lap.....all he does is go around the back of the seat looking for another way onto my lap! The dog never gives up!
It's a very small RV Park, caters mostly to Fishing & Boating families as does everything else in International Falls!
Lennie couldn't wait till we were set up so he could pull that hose off, & this time in a joint effort, we wrapped it properly. He called the Cummins Shop in Winnipeg, they do have a hose in stock! The tape job will work till we get up there, actually probably even longer!
Monday August 1, 2016- International Falls, Minnesota for us was just a lay over before entering Canada. It's one of those places you've always heard of, but just never been to....now we can say we've been there too! International Falls is one of the coldest cities in the US in the winter, but today it was 85 degrees & humid! I had to go do my favorite chore.....
While I was doing laundry, I heard a few other customers complaining how hot it was!!! This laundramat did NOT have A/C! Most times it probably isn't necessary! There was no shade to sit in so Lennie & Otis went back to the RV park till I was done then they came & rescued me!
Soooooo, what do you do when visiting International Falls? Most people, unlike us, come for more than a day! They also come with a purpose!?!This is definitely lake country up here!International Falls, Ranier, Rainy Lake, & Rainy River, get your boats & fishing poles out, situated in scenic Minnesota. Not to mention Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota's only National Park-218,000 acres of islands, waters, & campsites &....boat tours! But we weren't in International Falls for that kind of fun, just passing through soooooo we went to:
This is the tallest Smokey the Bear statue & in the winter, they put scarves & mittens on Smokey & the cubs!!!!
This is the Famous Ronning's which boasts to be the last store in the US! They are one block from the US /Canadian border.
If you're coming from the Canadian border into Minnesota, this is the first sign you see!
These hills would be a real test for the mechanic's tape!
Our one day in International Falls is over! Tomorrow we leave for Canada!
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Tuesday August 2, 2016- Good-bye Minnesota!!! We are on the road to Canada. Now from International Falls, you can see the Canadian border, easy peasy but......we're not entering there, we have about a hundred mile drive!!!
WELCOME!!!!
There's our destination!
Pulling in!
This is a good size park. The sites are located on circles. When we pulled into our location Swamp Bay, there was already 2 Fifth Wheels parked in their sites ahead of us. This gave us ZERO space between their rigs & our RV as we passed them! I just held my breath as Lennie inched along side those two Fifth wheels, just waiting to hear the sound of scraping as we made contact.....but we didn't!!! We made it without doing any vehicular damage to any of our units!!!Later that night,the owner of the fifth wheel behind us came over to congratulate Lennie on his driving!!! He said his wife was watching out the window, I'm sure she was holding her breath too as she watched!!!!
After all the excitement of getting into our site...we're all set up!
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Wednesday August 3, 2016- Today was a down day for us........Haircuts for both the boys, Lennie & Otis!!! Poor Otis! It was his first haircut since his accident May 18th, tho he's been long overdue for a haircut, I just didn't think he was able to stand on his bum leg for too long!He's all groomed up now!!!After haircuts.......our picnic!
I know....the #1 Park rule is:DON'T FEED THE ANIMALS but I think they mean maybe BEARS??? This little critter was just begging to have his picture taken & what better way to get him to pose than by throwing him a potato chip!?!
After lunch we drove into Winnipeg to the Cummins shop to pick up our hose for the RV, & to find a place for Otis to get his nails clipped!!!😕 We're not telling Otis that part!!!!
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Thursday August 4, 2016- This morning when I got up Lennie was gone.....in the car???? That usually means he's gone after breakfast pastries, but there's nothing close by for him to be doing that??? Soon enough he came in, he'd just gone to find the bike/walking path! then he wanted to know if I wanted to go on a bike ride? I kept looking out the window & it looked like rain to me!?! today finally the weather tho overcast & rainy at times, 70 degrees & it felt good!
Today Otis sorry but you're not tagging along! We won't be gone long, just lunch & a little looking around Winnipeg.
It's cheese & potato perrogies, with carmelized onions, coleslaw & a sausage!Dessert will come later!
Behind the Forks Market is the Riverwalk. We're going to come on Sunday, right now we're just taking a quick look around!
Remember what I said about DESSERT later......now it's later!!!
(Those weren't both for me!?!)
Time to go home, it's raining a little & Otis is missing us!
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