Crossing over Lake Superior from Minnesota to Wisconsin on US2. We stopped at a winter winery in Iron River, WI, where they made mead and hard cider!!

Our campsite at "The Harbor" outside of Three Lakes, WI. We'll be here until Tuesday, July 6th. The weather is supposed to warm up, and we hope to do some fishing on the many lakes in the area. And, if not, it is still a beautiful place to spend the holiday weekend!

Today (Tuesday), the high was going to be only 66 and windy, so we went into Rheinlander, a town about 14 miles south of us to see about getting Charlie Dog a hair cut. Didn't work out, but Bob was able to get one for himself. We saw a sign for brick oven pizza, and decided to stop there for lunch, both of us missing having good pizza. Imagine our surprise at the framed pictures at the rest rooms! As you can imagine the pizza was pretty good w/the owner having this sense of humor!!! Yep, Seinfeld fans...that's Kramer!!!

We are staying at Hamilton's RV Park on Fox Lake, about 15 miles north of Bemidji in Minnesota. We arrived on Thursday and will be leaving tomorrow morning, June 28th, on our way to Wisconsin. Bemidji was the first city on the Mississipi. The river feeds into Lake Bemidji in town. The headwaters of the river are at Itasca, a few miles west of here. The town center has statues of Paul Bunyon and Babe, the Blue Ox, which were erected in the 1930's. The weather has been overcast, mixed w/rains and winds. We were able to get out in Ducky for a little while yesterday, and plan on trying it again later today, once the skies clear. Has been a nice relaxing time, and good to take a break from the road dust.

The state park is very nicely maintained...large camping sites with lake views. It was too windy for us to try to put our little boat in the water, and we were leery of the sunken trees around the lake, but we enjoyed our short stay. We will be heading to Minnesota tomorrow.

As you can see, many areas were flooded. The locals told us it was an annual event after the snow melted. There was another sign on the right hand side of the closed road that read "Watch for water on the road". I think it should have said "Watch for the road under the water!" If you enlarge the other photo, you will see there are cattle stranded on the island. Guess folks don't wait for the cows to come home here unless the ferry is running!

No, the picture of the cultivated field is not a duplicate...it's basically what we saw today for about 400 miles along Rte 2 going from Glasgow, MT, to our stop at Devil's Lake, ND. The highlights of the day are crossing from MST to CST, where we "lost" an hour, and going through Rugby, which touts itself as the geographical center of the U.S. Once again, I didn't have the camera ready for the best shot of the historic marker, but take my word, that's what it says.

Incredible that in the midst of miles and miles of alfalfa fields, there is the largest natural lake in ND, Devil's Lake. Here, we are on the way to Graham Island State Park located at the lake, where we will spend the night and the next day.

As predicted, the rains continued throughout the night, and storm clouds loomed the next morning with 70% chance of rain. This was the closest we got to seeing the eastern part of Glacier National Park, as we continued east on Rte 2. Today and tomorrow will be road trips through Montana and into North Dakota.

Nearing Glasgow, where we stopped for the night, after driving about 350 miles. At least the change of terrain will start re-acclimating us to sea level in Florida!

Get ready for the Sunday drive this Father's Day, June 20th, 2010, as we travel on the Road to the Sun through the western part of Glacier National Park, up to Logan's Pass, approximately 29 miles from the entrance, where the road was closed due to snow. The following are views going up and back. Enjoy.

We were lucky to have good weather. After returning back to camp, about 4 miles from West Glacier, a severe thunderstorm broke out. Tomorrow's forecast is for 70% chance of rain, with "poor" event conditions. We might not be able to see the eastern part of the park. If not, that will be something else added to our list for "next time".

"Sacred Dancing Waters" feeding Lake McDonald near the entrance of the park.

To give you an idea of the roadway...

A few of the many waterfalls. One area was called "Weeping Wall" where rivulets sprang from crevices along the rock face. Judging by all the water runs offs we saw, I think the area should be renamed Weeping Mountains.