Day 102, Friday July 13, 2018, MINNESOTA Paul Bunyan country

It was tough to leave some of the friends we made while at that great fishing lake, Devils (no apostrophe) Lake, ND. At the last hour one of the men I had met brought over some perch that he wanted to give me. It was about 7 pounds of fish and  neatly packaged in a frozen state. We will enjoy that for sure.

We also left my weather receiver under the trailer ,where we keep it to record the outside temps. During the drive today , a neighbor called us and said he would send it to our home address, and we think we have a way to get it to us, via friends who will visit us in the UP, when we camp there. People are good.

The topography changes from the pothole and marshland of ND, to a very flat land just before the border crossing into MN. It stays that way for about 50 miles and then begins to undulate  again.   The flat land is where we started to pick up the sugar beet industry. Many fields of sugar beets are planted in MN .

The beginning of the sugar beet fields in MN.

More of the same  in sugar beet fields.

We ate lunch in Crookston and gassed up at $2.78/gallon. The price of gasoline dropped as we went easterly. Both Crookston an Bemidji have construction mainly on the main streets ,working on highway improvements and in Crookston a main sewer line as far as we could tell. The downtown was completely shut off.

Our arrival in the RV Park immediately turned a light switch for me but not Ruth, We had camped here at Royal Oaks  in Bemidji before, Sometimes things just "click" and you remember. Sometimes you don't.
 The site has two beautiful Bur Oak Trees on either side, but the back-in was flawless, Slowly is the answer. We decided to put off the laundry until the morning as the temps were in the high 80's  and we settled for some groceries and a stop at Walgreen's for meds. The Visitor center here is very elaborate with the centerpiece being a fireplace that has a stone from each state. It is a beautiful structure  build next to two huge statues of Paul Bunyan and the "Babe". We had a light supper as Ruth didn't feel like eating, so that brought us to evening and a quiet park surrounded by the "BIG RIGS".

Last night's sunset on Debvils Lake.

Our campsite in Bemidji (out of town)

We are between the tress and in plenty of shade.

Tomorrow we will see the "Father of All Rivers" the Mississippi River where it all begins at Lake Itaska and the State Park there. That is after the laundry gets finished.