August 9-13, 2017 The Skyline Parkway parallels Lake Superior for 28 miles and gave us a wonderful introduction to the Duluth area. Its elevation a few hundred feet above the lake provides for excellent views. The oldest sections of the Parkway are over a hundred years old. Along the Read more…
August 7-8, 2017 We chose a two-night stay in Bemidji to see the headwaters of the Mississippi River. A bonus was the statues of folk hero Paul Bunyan and his ox Babe. The statues were built in 1937 for a winter carnival to honor the area’s history of logging and Read more…
August 3-6, 1027 Le Musee´de Saint-Bonifance Museum The museum is housed in the oldest building in Winnipeg, a convent of the Grey Nuns, built around 1850. It served as school, orphanage and hospital as well as convent. Exhibits in the museum highlight the cultures of First Nations people, fur traders, Read more…
July 31-August 3, 2017 The Forks Humans have been meeting at the junction of the Assiniboine and Red Rivers for at least 6000 years. The city of Winnipeg grew up around this site. At The Forks [where the rivers meet], we took two walking tours with Parks Canada personnel, started Read more…
July 27-31, 2017 We knew we were in the Commonwealth when a city named Regina had intersecting streets named Victoria Avenue and Albert Street! Legislative Assembly Building Our first stop in Regina (about 40 miles from Indian Head) was the Legislative Assembly Building. Looking at the dome from the rotunda Read more…
July 27-July 31, 2017 The drive from Medora to our campground in Indian Head, Saskatchewan was . . . varied.. First, there is a stretch of highway in North Dakota where we went an hour without seeing a tree. Second, the border crossing was very easy. Information about what produce and Read more…