We departed Big Spring CG about 10:00 AM on August 27, after 4 nights camping and 2 days paddling. By leaving a day early we were successful in missing the remnants of Hurricane Laura, which did make landfall that morning and was predicted to continue northward up the Mississippi River valley.
We negotiated scenic US highways through eastern Missouri stopping for the night fairly early at Riverfront Park, a city park in Canton MO. Riverfront Park is on the banks of the Mississippi River just below
Lock and Dam No. 20. The park was very convenient, only about a mile off the highway. It had full hook ups with 50A service and the price was right. Our neighbors offered to share their shrimp dinner, but we gratefully declined. At dusk, folks made fires right on the banks of the river. It was a neat place.
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| Lock and Dam No. 20. This photo was lifted from Wikipedia |
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Our camp at Riverfront Park
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| About a dozen barges locked through while we were at Riverfront Park |
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Camp at sunrise with a barge up-bound
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Stopped at a rest area in Iowa
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We spent the next night, August 28 at a Walmart in Pine City MN, about 65 miles north of the Twin Cities. After leaving Missouri the temperatures dropped dramatically. It was very pleasant at our camp in Canton MO and downright cool in Pine City MN. We never ran the air conditioner in the coach after departing Missouri. The drop was not due solely to moving north; temperatures were generally cooler through the whole midwest.
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Camp Wally World at Pine City MN
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We finally arrived at Ely MN, one of our favorite places, and checked in on site 15 at Fall Lake campground.
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| Site 15 at Fall Lake |
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Some sites have a private path to the lake. Not ours though.
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Day-paddling on Garden Lake
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| You can fix anything with duct tape |
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A pair of ruffed grouse near camp
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So true
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This is the forecast for the next 10 days starting today Tuesday September 8. FROSTY!!!!!!
We will put in at Lake One for our 2-week wilderness trip on Wednesday Sep 9. That morning the low temp is forecast to be 30 degrees. BRRRRR! Thankfully however the temps should rise in the next week or so, and there is no rain in the immediate forecast.
3 comments:
Wow! Quite a change in the temperatures from steamy North Carolina. I think it agrees with Matilda! Love your blog, learn so much and fun to be along vicariously. Rusty misses the hour of happiness but is hanging in there.
Love seeing your new rig. Nice fire pits. Great camp on the mighty miss. We have moved on from the RV lifestyle, but boy do we understand how great it is and how much you are enjoying it.
You are our heroes - temps are a bit too cool for us! We have trouble walking the dogs at these temperatures, never mind sleeping on the ground. After the last three days in western Utah (yes it was cold here), we will be glad to be in Vegas in temps of 90 - over 100 and this time I don’t think I will complain.
Looking forward to seeing you both in November! Buly and Doris
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