Day 46- August 11 Wisconsin to North Dakota

Day 46- August 11   Wisconsin to North Dakota

Woke up early to go on  the coffee cruise at 8:30 am with all the adults.  Since Scott and I don't drink coffee, I brought tea and Scott brought water.  It was so peaceful and quiet going through the river system and under the low bridges.  All 9 adults had a seat on the pontoon boat, even the 2 dogs.  It started to rain lightly, but we weren't too concerned.  They put up the top once we got out from the last bridge.  We made a slow cruise across the lake back to the lake house, watching the fish jump.  

Coffee or tea cruise?

calm river cruise



 

Don't stand up!

Relaxing morning

Almost back

Had breakfast when we returned as all the kids had crawled out of bed while we were away.  Breakfast even included the fish they caught yesterday, yum!  We got packed up and showered and left by 11:30 am.  The sun had come back out briefly again as we were leaving.  We felt so welcome at the lake house and we all had a great time!

Gale's and Schultz's

Back on the bumpy interstate again today and it rained on and off for the first part of our trip.  We went past an Amish community outside Minneapolis and more corn crops.  It was interesting watching the installation of power poles, 500 KV transmission lines along our route.  Everything from workers in line baskets stringing the power lines to the lay down yard where they prepped the large metal power poles.

We drove through Minnesota and into North Dakota.  Got into our parking lot type campsite just west of Fargo about 8:00 pm.  Had chicken salad for supper before the kids and I drove back to Fargo to go school shopping at Walmart.  They bought binders, booklets, clothes, runners and locker storage supplies.  Darby bought a day planner and then later realized it had all the American holidays listed and their map in the back instead of Canada.

We covered lots of territory today and drove for 8 hours.  We plan to do the same over the next 2 days to make it home.