Road Trip

The "Fly by the seat of our pants" road trip was a lot of fun. Mom and dad decided that they did not want to make any plans as to where we were going to go and what day we would be there etc. We decided to start our vacation in Grand Forks ND. We stayed at my favorite motel Happy Host. Below is a picture of me in our hotel room.

For only a Quarter this bed vibrates! It is sensational...hehe

The next day we went to Fargo ND and shopped again. The sales were great. Of course it was only fair that dad got to go to 3 or 4 hunting stores. Here is a picture of Scheels that has a ferris wheel inside it!!

On the road again...to Superior Wisconsin. The next day we travelled to Duluth Minnesota.
In Duluth we went on the Vista Fleet (boat cruise on Lake Superior)

This is a picture of the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth.

We drove along the Superior Lake coast all the way up to Ontario stopping at many tourist spots.

First stop was at Two Harbors. This is a picture of the lighthouse there.

Standing in Lake Superior

My feet in the Lake Superior Water!!!

Next Stop was Gooseberry Falls. The falls were formed about one billion years ago.

Next we stopped at Split Rock to see the lighthouse.

Throughout the entire trip all my mom said she wanted was to stop along the road to pick rocks for her flower bed. So here they are picking rocks!!

Oh look at the Pretty Rock!

We also stopped at spots in Beaver Bay, Little Marais, Silver Bay, Schroeder, Tofte, Lutsen, and Grand Marais. We stayed the night in a cabin in Grand Marais. It is a beautiful town to visit and spend time in. We really enjoyed it. The next day we went to Grand Portage (large casino here) and then crossed the border to Thunder Bay Ontario.

Once in Ontario we went to Thunder Bay and stayed at a hotel that faced Lake Superior. It was very pretty there. (Our hotel is the building in the background)





Ship loading grain....I wonder if it has any of our grain there because this is one company we sell our grain to.
The falls in Canada are amazing compared to the ones in the United States right now. My dad says he can pee faster than the ones that we saw in the US.

Throughout Ontario we saw lots of Moose. This is the first set that we saw.

We went to Ignace to visit Patrick where we went to the dump and saw in total 6 bears and a cub. We also went to Sioux Look Out to pick up frozen fish and of course pick blueberries near the airport. We all got bitten by little black flies. Aghh I have been scratching ever since.

During our stay in Ignace we went fishing and everyone was catching fish left and right except me. I only got 2 and non of which were keepers. Better luck next time I guess.

Then we went to Black Sturgeon Lake near Kenora. This is where my dad's cousins' cabin is. I went fishing everyday and early in the morning I finally caught something. I caught 7 fish. (4 keepers, 1 jack and 1 that my dad did not get into the net in time otherwise it would have been a keeper too. The picture above is of the biggest fish I caught!