It's now Wednesday and we've made it to Minnesota.   Apparently we chose a boring route to get through Wisconsin and there wasn't much to stop for.  I wound up just taking pictures of a couple of houses so I can say I was there.  We're not far into Minnesota and it's already been exciting.  We stopped at a little town called Stillwater and it was full of neat things to see.  We browsed in a huge antique store and then walked through town for a while.  Down to the St. Croix riverbank where there was a lift bridge.  This is where a section of the bridge is raised like an elevator to allow boats to pass underneath.   We watched a paddle boat go down the river and then went back to a place where a bar was build into a cave on the mountainside.  There were steps going to the top of the mountain (157) to be exact.  I only made it about half way up but Mike made it to the top (though it took him a very long time.  By this time we were exhausted and went to our Hotel.  Tomorrow we'll go to the Mall of America and then head towards So. Dakota.  Wish you all were having as much fun as we are.

Spent a very busy day walking around Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island.  Everything was beautiful.  Left there around 3:00 and drove to the upper peninsula to Tahquamenon Falls,  They were fantastic!  Finally got settled in for the night around 10 and I was so tired I put off the blog until this morning.   Got lots of pictures....and you can see that the woodpecker and chipmunk weren't  afraid of humans.

Finally got started about 3 this afternoon.  drove north to Mackinaw City arriving after nine.  Got a few pictures of the bridge, but it was too late to do much of anything else.

Today I visited a friend that I have known since grade school.   Had a great time reminiscing and catching up.   Tomorrow we start the actual trip.  First heading north to the Upper Peninsula and then going to travel west and see what we can get into.  Talk to you all soon.

Nothing much to write about today;  Made it to Portsmouth Ohio (my old stomping grounds)with no problems.  Visited with an old friend for a while.  Now I need to get rested up and plan to head back out about 8 or so in the morning.

Taking a road trip with destination of My Uncles' birthday party in Washington state.  Follow our adventures as we travel across the country.