A Family On The Road

Day 44: Farmer’s Market, Minneapolis and a Mali Mish BBQ.

With two days left in the Twin Cities, we still have a lot to see and not very much time. As we mentioned before, we are not fans of towing the Airstream in the snow and at this part of the country, it would not be totally strange if we were to see a little snow in September. Our plan today, stock up on some local farmed goods at the Saint Paul Farmers Market and head over to Minneapolis to see what that ‘other’ city is all about.

Day 44: Farmer's Market, Minneapolis and a Mali Mish BBQ.

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Day 43: Minnesota Children’s Museum in St. Paul.

The campground is starting to fill up a bit as today is Friday and we are no longer the only people in our loop. The weather here has been great although it can change at the drop of a hat. We are here for another couple more days and we still need to try to squeeze lots of visits in before we leave. Today, we have some housekeeping to do as well as some sightseeing so we got to it bright and early. At our pace, that is around 11am.

Day 43: Minnesota Children's Museum in St. Paul.

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By Dan, ago

Day 40: A day trip to St. Cloud, Minnesota.

We woke up this morning and noticed that a bunch of our dish towels under the sink were soaking wet. No, someone wasn’t feverishly washing dishes and drying them off while we slept. After a closer look, we found that the connection at the upwards portion of the ‘U’ pipe of the sink drain had worked itself loose. Thank God we had those towels there or we might have had a lot more water in hard to clean places. And that, was the most exciting thing we have done for the last 2 days.

Day 40: A day trip to St. Cloud, Minnesota.

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By Dan, ago

Day 39: Catch up with life in Clear Lake.

Today we are once again going to stay put at our campground. Four full days of travel kind of kicked us in the you-know-what. So we are going to do our best to avoid getting in our van today. Challenge accepted!

We started off our day with a little homeschooling lesson about geodes. Back at the museum in Deadwood, we bought some geodes for the girls and they have been begging for us to crack them open ever since the gift shop lady handed us the receipt. Not at all annoying, kids. Not. At. All.
Day 39: A day in Clear Lake to catch up with life.

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By marlene, ago

Day 35: Little House on the Prairie in De Smet, South Dakota.

We second straight night of boondocking and our second straight night at Cabela’s was nice and uneventful. Once again we woke up late and was the last one in the parking lot to leave. Since Cheyenne, Wyoming we have not had any Sprint coverage on our phones and data card. We have been limping along with minimal roaming capabilities on them and WiFi connections wherever we can find them.

Day 35: Little House on the Prairie in De Smet, South Dakota.

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By Dan, ago