Wednesday, August 20, 2025 Leaving Itasca

 

Wednesday, August 20, 2025  Leaving Itasca

MEOWT!  MEOWT!  I soooo want in those bushes and my humans won’t let me go.  MEOWT!  I will go sit in my favorite place outside.

It was foggy this morning.  As we passed the lake on our morning walk, we couldn’t see it.  We headed to the bike trail.  Spouse walked with me for a while, then I was on my own.  The sun came out and it was quite pleasant.  The trail is shaded by the woods.  I walk for about an hour, contemplating hooking Artie up.  We have the only campsite that is not level.  It actually has small berms at the driveway to make it even more interesting setting up.  I don’t think this would be evident even if we saw it in a photo, but it is there.  This park is filled with locals, so they know which sites to get.  There was a reason why this site was available.  Oh well, we made it work and had a good time…  Now, can we hook up…

We get Artie cleaned up and then Spouse got the truck into position.  He did some super leveling of Artie.  It didn’t take long and we were hooked up.  All that worry for nothing!  YAY!  We pulled a bit forward so we could load the bikes, and so that I could get a few more mosquito bites, then we were on our way.

They advertise all the National Forest areas, and the boondocking you can do.  I think it is a diabolical plot by gazillions of mosquitos to lure unsuspecting campers into their domain, so they can eat you alive!

Since we got a late start, we decided to stay at the Country Campground in Detroit Lakes, where we stayed before coming to Itasca.  When we checked in… freshly made Italian Parmesan bread…  Oh, it is soooooo good!

We have gone as far north and east as we are going.  We contemplated visiting a friend in Canada, but Spouse gets interrogated every time he crosses the border.  He is on some watch list that he can’t find anything about.  So, we will start heading west.  We plan to take a small highway south of I94, across North Dakota, until we hit the Missouri River.  We will turn left then, eventually ending up in the Rapid City area.  We know nothing about this area, so we can be 2 days, or a week going through, who knows!  If I have internet service, I will post my blogs.  Otherwise, they will have to wait till I get internet service, whenever that might be.