Friday was another travel day, up I-94 through Eau Claire, crossing the Mississippi near the Twin Cities, and on to Little Falls, MN, where we have a campsite for the weekend. Except for very slow traffic going around Minneapolis (no accidents, no road construction---a mystery backup), the trip was uneventful.
This park was the summer home and farm of "Lucky Lindy's" family. (They lived in Washington DC in the winter, as his father was a congressman.) It's right on the Mississippi River which, on this morning's walk with the dog, was invisible due to morning fog.
We arrived to sunshine, finally, and we hope to have everything dry by the time we leave. Unfortunately, Minnesota has been having the same weather as Wisconsin----lots of rain---and this park is muddy with lots of standing water. This is the site across the road from ours:
So this is an environment just lovely for mosquitoes, and we were hit with swarms of them as soon as we got out of the RV. Back to long pants, long sleeves, with the addition of lots of repellent. This was a great opportunity to try out a gift that Kelly gave to Dan: a Thermacell mosquito repellent which burns some sort of cartridge and is supposed to clear an area 15 x15. We lit it up while Dan grilled chicken last night, and it certainly seemed to work. Now....as far as trying out the muddy hiking trails....we'll see. The rangers were talking as we registered about which trails were just muddy and which were impassable. Not a good sign.
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