Tom and Jen bought a truck camper.
We made some progress the past couple days. Rugby North Dakota is the geological center of North America. We didn't know this bit of trivia until we arrived. We stopped to visit the Prairie Village Museum. It's a fun museum with a large collection, buildings, cars, tractors, telephones, etc, where you can dive into the... Continue Reading →
Grand Marais is a very fine marina town. Coffee seems to be the thing here with many cafe's to choose from. In the morning many came out to stroll along the water front with some type of java beverage in hand. Jen and I are late eaters and many of the restaurants closed too early... Continue Reading →
275 miles, and 7 hrs with stops in Wawa for fuel and along the way to take photos at the many roadside lookouts. The drive around the north shore of Lake Superior from Sault Ste Marie to Neys Provincial Park reminded me of Finland. There are so many along the route like we saw in... Continue Reading →
We found a wonderful park (Aune-Osborn Campground) to sit and watch the freighters go up and down the St. Marys River. It is the lot for the picnic area/boat ramp. https://youtu.be/IlyJcig02rw The Soo Locks Visitor Center is a nice place to view the locks. You can watch freighters go through the locks. It's like watching... Continue Reading →
Heading to Sault Ste Marie before crossing into CANADA. We stopped stop at Lehtos pasties in St Ignas for dinner.
Finland was a planned detour on our dream road trip to Alaska. We took an opportunity to travel there with two of our daughters. Oh what a detour it was. We will probably find a reason to go back to Finland. 17 days there was not enough. We rushed our last few days and wished... Continue Reading →
We booked sleeper cars on the night train from Turku to Oulu. They were kind of cool. The total trip was about 10 hrs. That was due to a 3 hr stop in Tampere. The train stopped at Tampere from 11:30pm to 2:30am to switch cars and engines. It was a great chance to get... Continue Reading →
Jen and I rushed out of Lappeenranta early heading to Helsinki to spend the day walking the city. Due to a missed flight connection at London Gatwick coming into Finland we missed a our full day in Helsinki. Kauppatori My focus was to get freshly cooked Muikku at Market Square (Kauppatori). We got it and... Continue Reading →
Kajaani-Paltamo We saw a moose on the road while we were traveling towards the lakes region. Unfortunately there isn't a photo. On the way to the Lakes Region eagle eye Jen spotted a road named Lahnala Road (Lahnalantie). We were not on the lookout for anything like this and I'm surprised she picked it out.... Continue Reading →
Update: Drove in Helsinki today. It was rush hour (1700 or 5pm), beautiful day sunny and 75F, cruise ship on town. It was nerve wracking. Cars, buses, taxis, pedestrians, bikes, and Jen doing the navigating. All the activity required the radar to be at full power. After spending two weeks in the Finland countryside driving... Continue Reading →
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