Thursday, September 20, 2007

DAY Fourty-One Callaway MN to Park Rapids 75km

DAY Fourty-One Callaway MN to Park Rapids 75km [should be]
Sept 19 Wed D85.84 km M 38.8 A 16.2 PT 5h17 RT 8h total 3335.9 km

Wind Out of the cold north…. Not too strong. Gone by the pm
Temp 8C all morning, clear skys by Osage and 18C
Road Condition Great until we entered the Wildlife Refuge and at the Visitors center km23 became gravel until km40
Accommodation: Clean nice spot a little out of town. The owners are away so a fellow we met in town said just set up. We had a Kelly Kettle meal and early to bed.
Food: Breakfast at a Pub owned by the little hamlet of Callaway…. Coffee is free and we brought our own brekkie.
Lunch picnic in the ditch
Supper rice noodles and sands
Overall Saw deer, buffalo, CND geese, lots of ducks, wet lands and gravel in the wildlife refuge. Road wasn’t too bad as no traffic. Minnesota seems to have poorer soil, more hills and trees than North Dakota. Harvesting potatoes. The trucks were driving really fast to Park Rapids back and forth to the fields. They make Potato chips here! Was a bit longer in the saddle due to the gravel, but really quite scenic with all the little lakes. Ended up touring around town looking for a RV park that turned out to be long stay only. The information here was not too informative for the site we are at due to them not being Chamber members!

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